Light timings for new Reef tank

wonderphil-reef

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Hi all,

Hoping someone can help me out here. I am setting up my new reef tank with a sump and refugium.

I have a Kessil h80 Tuna Flora over my refugium with colour setting for growth for the chaeto.

I then have two Kessil A80 Tuna Blues over the top over the tank.

The tank is 900mm L * 400mm D * 400mm H.

My questions are, are the A80's going to be enough for a tank that size for fish and anemones (I think I leave coral for bit later on).
Second I have seen different setups where the light for the refugium comes on when the lights for the tank turn off, is there a recommendation that anyone can give about this?

 

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your main lights should be on for 12hrs or less ... I haven’t seen any difference lighting for 10hrs, but opinions may vary..
You run the sump light on a opposite schedule...doing so smooths out water param swings like pH over the course of the day...
Hopefully someone comes in and elaborates further...
 

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Too early for my math to be good enough to do a metric to standard conversion. I don't think the A80 will be enough for anemone though
 

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