pos_user Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 hey guys. I ordered teh quad and should be getting it in a few days. Do you have any preferences or opinions on how the lighting times should be. I believe it has to plugs and 2 switches for a dusk till dawn effect. If that is true...then should i have the actinic overnight for 12 hours, and have the 10k bulb on for 12 hours. Or should it be off for 12 hours, and all bulbs on for 12 hours. What do you guys do if you have this 96w quad and what do you suggest I do. thanks. Link to comment
Cellenzweig Posted April 1, 2004 Share Posted April 1, 2004 I would say Actinics for 12 hours and daylight for 8-10. Maybe Actinics on at 10am, daylight on at 11:30, daylight off at 8:30pm, actinic off at 10pm. Link to comment
AquaFilly Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 Only 1 cord coming out of my coralife aqualight 96w quad. I have it on 12hrs a day. It's 1 bulb so you can't choose what parts of it you want to be turned on. I have the 50/50 bulb. Do a search on it. Some people say the white part of the llight turns yellow after several months and the water appears green. I haven't experienced this yet, but then again i've had it running less than a week. Link to comment
pos_user Posted April 2, 2004 Author Share Posted April 2, 2004 oh ok, i thought it was 2 plugs and 2 switches. I guess i will be running it from 10-12 hours a day then. thanks. Link to comment
yoshiod9 Posted April 2, 2004 Share Posted April 2, 2004 if you already have coral in your tank...don't do what i did and just put the light on the tank and turn it on for your reg. photoperiod. make sure that you acclimate your coral to the light slowly...otherwise they might shrivel up and be mighty upset with you. =) goodluck! Link to comment
pos_user Posted April 2, 2004 Author Share Posted April 2, 2004 cool, thanks. Yeah, no corol in my tank. Just LR and some clean up crew. Link to comment
Cellenzweig Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 I just bought the 24" aqualight with 2x55w. (I have 2x65w in there now. 1x10k & 1xactinic. The ballasts take 55-65w) It has two cords & two fans. Link to comment
AquaFilly Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 no we're talking about the quad. it's one 20" 96w bulb. Hence one cord. Link to comment
pyrrhus Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 i have the retro kit by CSL it has 2 switches and cords for the 2x96w lamps, i believe most powerquad are half blue and half 10k (mine are at least) so you dont have much choice for keeping actinics on longer than the daylights, and they are only 17", its also a used bulb that ive used for bout a month and my water isnt green will watch for it though Link to comment
birdman204 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 The CSL ( the company went out of buisness for those who don't know) Powerquad is a 96W lamp, one cord, one plug, 50/50, that means 1 half of the tubes are 03Actinic, and the other half are daylight(usually 9,000 - 10,000). If you are upgrading your current lights, I would suggest shielding the livestock for a few days, so they can acclimate to the new intensity, and possilbly new color temp. Link to comment
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