Entropy Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 What does your lighting schedule look like? I just add a T5 actinic to my tank so mine looks like this: 3:00 PM left side halide comes on 3:15 PM right side halide comes on 8:45 PM single T5 actinic (39w) centered goes on 9:00 PM left side halide goes off 9:15 PM right side halide goes off 10:15 PM T5 goes off 10:15 PM led night light goes on 12:00 AM led night light goes off I pushed my halides up an hour and added an hour of on time to each plus added the actinic for an hour. I only have a couple of zoo colonies so I am interested in see what they do. Also might start adding some more stuff so it looks less like a fish only tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 LT3 is a pair of 48 inch 54 watt T5 actinics. (108 watts actinic). <-- newly added this last month. LT1 is left side 400w 14k SPS LT2 is right side 400w 14k SPS Yes - I run a longer lighting schedule than most people do. -But been running it that way for 3 yrs now. Before we got the Aquacontroller - we used regular timers and it was pretty much 12hrs all tank lights on, followed by 12 hrs all sump/fuge light on (all night). This is on a 215 Brick/125 sump/fuge w 37 frag tank connected to same sump. Tank is 30 inches deep. Lights are 11 inches above water. No moonlights currently. Now - don't laugh too hard at my schedule - we certainly didn't start the system out like this.. we slowly increased it up to the 12 hr periods over the course of the 1st year. Now we are staggered: the time all 3 lights are on (brightest part of day) is the 7 hrs from 11:30 until 18:30. If Time > 07:00 Then LT3 ON If Time > 22:30 Then LT3 OFF If Time > 09:30 Then LT1 ON If Time > 18:30 Then LT1 OFF If Time > 11:30 Then LT2 ON If Time > 21:30 Then LT2 OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 2:30pm atinics ON 3:00pm MH's ON 8:30pm MH's OFF 9:00pm atincs OFF This seems to work best for my eclectic bill. Also I only want them on when I'm home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 10:30 am Actinics on 11 am Daylights on 9 pm Daylights off 10 pm Daylights off If I run the lights longer then this I get CRAZY algae on the sides of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) Well Mine is a little diffrent 6am 2 6ft VHO Actinics and 4 39w T5 Actinics 6:30am Left 400 watt Reeflux 12k 10:30am Center 400 watt Radium turns on 12noon Left 400 watt Reeflux turns off 3:30pm Right side 400 watt Reeflux turns on 5pm Center 400 watt Radium turns off 9pm Right side 400 watt Reeflux turns off 9:30 Actinics off I have LED's that add some red and also do a dawn/dusk, moonlights, and lighting effects. I do this to keep the heat load off of the tank. This way the chiller never comes on. I cant imagine running my MH longer then 5-6 hours a day. I get great color and growth at 5-6 hours. Edited May 21, 2008 by Bmwaaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4R00P3R Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 (edited) 7am Mains ON/nightlights OFF 8am Secondary ON 8pm Secondary OFF 10pm Mains OFF/nightlights ON 105g tank: 18"deep 30"tall 48"long Oceanic model 2 sump Mains: 2 48" 54watt T5 actinics, a 48" 54watt T5 daylight, a 48" 54watt T5 10k, and a 24" 65watt T5 plantgrow sumplight Secondary: a 48" 54watt T5 10k and 3 48" 54watt T5 daylights Nightlights are 420nm LEDs Edited May 23, 2008 by 4R00P3R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadodge Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 12:00 T5s on, 9:00 T5s off-moonlights on till midnight. Fixture 8x54w. Lights about 6" away from water, temp stays at 78-80. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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