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Looking for recommendations for light schedule. I currently have my hd 26 ai turn on at 7 am and off at 11 am. I only look and admire my reef tank from 2:30 to about 8 pm. Should I reduce my light schedule to 11 am to 9 pm? Or remendations on how long I should keep my lights on?
 

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Looking for recommendations for light schedule. I currently have my hd 26 ai turn on at 7 am and off at 11 am. I only look and admire my reef tank from 2:30 to about 8 pm. Should I reduce my light schedule to 11 am to 9 pm? Or remendations on how long I should keep my lights on?
Are you keeping corals? If fish only then lights don't matter. I have coral and run my kessils for a total of 12 hours, 5 hours peak lighting with the rest being a ramp up/down
 
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Are you keeping corals? If fish only then lights don't matter. I have coral and run my kessils for a total of 12 hours, 5 hours peak lighting with the rest being a ramp up/down
I am keeping corals. But I'm thinking since I'm not here all day and lights turn on at 7 am and off at 11 pm is just a little to long. So I might change the schedule to 11 am on and 9 pm off. With a ramp up and ramp off.
 

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I am keeping corals. But I'm thinking since I'm not here all day and lights turn on at 7 am and off at 11 pm is just a little to long. So I might change the schedule to 11 am on and 9 pm off. With a ramp up and ramp off.
Ahhhh, in OP you said they went off at 11am
 

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Are you keeping corals? If fish only then lights don't matter. I have coral and run my kessils for a total of 12 hours, 5 hours peak lighting with the rest being a ramp up/down
Just curious, what is your spectrum settings? I've not really found what works yet for me.
 

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Just curious, what is your spectrum settings? I've not really found what works yet for me.
I didn't get the WiFi for this exact reason. I just use the controller. Peak is 85% but I worked up to there.
 
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I peak at 50 percent for blues and keep the other colors in the upper 20s. Anything higher the corals seem not to be happy at all.
 

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I peak at 50 percent for blues and keep the other colors in the upper 20s. Anything higher the corals seem not to be happy at all.
I'm sure you can Google the preferred settings others have used.
 

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I typically don't see ppl running the reds and greens so high. That being said other advice here about duration is good. Around 12 hours total, ramped with peak duration between 4-6 hours. Borrow a par meter and set your intensity based on the corals needs.
 
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