Is this too much photo

Miller Aquatic

Active Member
View Badges
Joined
Oct 6, 2023
Messages
450
Reaction score
121
Location
Bradford
Rating - 0%
0   0   0
first of all this is a fowlr fish only tank so I know it doesn’t matter for coral but was curious about algae and sleeping for fish. I have two older style reef breeders photons over my 180. I go to school in the morning and was hoping to be able to see them in the morning and I go to bed at 10ish. I was thinking of making two photoperiods but I’ve heard it’ll burn my leds faster. Right now i have it setup to ramp up very slowly at 6 a.m and peak at 5 p.m at 90 white intensity then fast ramp down til 10 p.m. If it would be a lot less mantinence and less stressed fish I will sacrifice the morning view. I am going to set it up soon.
Also would a 16 hour photoperiod be detrimental to my leds? TIA

IMG_1485.jpeg
 
I did my lights like that for years before I retired so I could feed in the morning before I left. I just had some whites ramp up in the morning then ramp back down. They were on for maybe an hour total including the ramp. I ran my regular cycle for corals later
 
Upvote 0

TOP 10 Trending Threads

ARE YOU READY TO CONFESS TO CRAZIEST, DUMBEST, FUNNIEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE IN REEFING?

  • Yeah, I'll confess! (Share your story in the comments!)

    Votes: 61 56.0%
  • Nah, I'll keep mine a secret...(Don't be like that, share with the class!)

    Votes: 48 44.0%
Back
Top
Home
Post thread…
Market
What's new