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paddyob 01-30-2011 08:12 PM

Light Cycle
 
Just looking to see what the most popular light cycle is.

I am running:

1 hr blues (dawn)
7hrs Full light
1.5 hrs blues (dusk)

Looking to see what has worked for others.

hound96 01-30-2011 10:30 PM

lights
 
i run 12 on 12 off right now once i finnish doing my new lights it will be 1hr dawn 10 hrs day light 1 hr dusk 24 hrs moon lights

PoonTang 01-30-2011 10:33 PM

I run my MH for 10 hours and instead of actinics I run 50/50 PCs for dawn and dusk. The PCs are run from the seasonal cycle of my Apex so they run for 1- 11/2 hours before and after the MH.

bignose 01-30-2011 10:38 PM

1.5hrs dawn
8hrs daylight
1.5hrs dusk

burrows14 01-30-2011 10:44 PM

3hr dawn
5hr full daylight
2hr dusk
then total darkness....... lol

paddyob 01-30-2011 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burrows14 (Post 586635)
3hr dawn
5hr full daylight
2hr dusk
then total darkness....... lol

Just wondering... what are you growing in your tank? Have you noticed any slowing of growth with only 5 hours full spectrum?

burrows14 01-30-2011 11:01 PM

I have nothing but SPS in my tank. I am running a 6x54w Ati powermodule and am getting great growth a PE. I read somewhere that sometime less is more when it comes to lighting and I have been very pleased with how my tank has responded to it. I will try to find the article.

BlueTang<3 01-30-2011 11:06 PM

1.5 hrs leds 1 hr actinic 11 hrs full lights 1 hr actinic 1 hr leds.

silentcivilian 01-31-2011 12:45 AM

I run a 2hours dawn, 5hours daylight and 2 hours dusk... and I suddenly feel like im not giving my tank enough light reading these numbers...

Aquattro 01-31-2011 12:50 AM

Dawn/dusk actinic on at 8am, off at 12:00 am. Halides on from 1:30pm to 9:00pm.


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