JIM27 Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Do you have your lights on a timer or do you just turn them on manually like me? And how long are they on? For my tank, I just turn on the light whenever I wake up in the morning, it varies from 7am during the school year to 9-11am now during the summer time. I turn them off usually whenever it gets dark. I just try to get atleast 8 hours and no more than 12 hours of light a day. Sure some may describe mine as a little f---ed up and lazy but my corals dont seem to mind. Link to comment
SLOreefer Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 thast fine...light varies in nature also. i dont see any problem with it being that sometimes during severe storms corals do without light for about 3 days at times. the only problem i could see with it is that the corals cannot figure out a balance and may eventually stress. but i dont think it is a very big deal at all. for my tank i had them on timers and liked it that way so if i didnt come home i didnt have to worry about it Link to comment
yellowtang Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 now i have my tank on a timer for 12hours a day Link to comment
reefphreak Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 12 hours here also. 12pm to 12am Link to comment
Physh1 Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 I've got a intermatic programable timer and I've got it on varied photoperiods throughout the week. My lighting is on roughly 6-7 hours a day. Cameron Link to comment
Yup Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 I run mine for 8 hours on a timer. I bought one after a good night out on the town, and I didn't make it home. The corals really didn't like it! It cost me $5 at home depot for a cheapy one, but it works great. I do vary the lights from month to month from 6-10 hours when I feel like changing it. It seems to help keep algae in control. I think algae is very light specific, and by changing the photo period it kills the current strain and it takes a month for the next to develope. Link to comment
NaNO ReeFiN Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Actinic - 1PM to 11PM White - 1:30PM to 10:30PM Link to comment
skeletor Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 act 9:30am - 8:30pm (11hrs) 10k 10am - 8pm (10hrs) LED moonlight 8pm - 8am (12hrs) tank is 20gal PC's are 2 x 55w act and 2 x 55w 10k -skeletor- Link to comment
~_~ Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 12:30pm to 10:30pm for about 4 months now. The tank gets a little tiny bit of extra light since it sets next to a window. Link to comment
chufa Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 11 am-11 pm on an automatic timer. On a weekday, the lights going off in my tank serves as a good reminder to go to bed...zzz Link to comment
TiGs Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 My lights are on 3:30pm - 10:30pm daily. I would leave the lights on longer but it's summer time now and my tank temp reaches 85 degrees. Too expensive to AC the whole house. But I did just get an Iceprobe chiller, once installed my lights will be on longer Link to comment
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