how long do you keep lights on for??? - Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

01-02-2004, 11:18 AM

StirCrazy

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Join Date: Oct 2001

Location: Kamloops, BC

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I run my actinic for 14 hours/ day and my MH 12 hours per day.

I did the 4 to 6 hours with MH per day when I was batteling heat issues in the summer and while the corals stayed alive they did lose a little color. so the info Doug and myself had read about the saturation point in corals being reached after 4 to 6 hours might have been mearly for them to live.
I now believe for real nice color you need more than this basic requirment.

Steve

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