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.

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

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.

1.5hrs dawn
8hrs daylight
1.5hrs dusk

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?

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.

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

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...

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