Lighting Time - Scheduled Around My Day?

[tutmatt3]

Hey Guys,

So I JUST finally upgraded my lights to the marsaqua cheap ebay chinese LEDS, and since they don't have dim up/down, I have to be more creative with my lighting, as I can only control my outlet timers for whites, and another for blues. I'm also keeping settings pretty low to acclimate the tank!

Since I'm gone most of the mid-day (and I enjoy seeing blues the most), I thought the following, let me hear your thoughts!

Blues: 06:00a-11:00a & again @ 03:00p-10:00p (12 hours total)
Whites: 03:15p-06:30p (3.5 hours total)

I thought about alternating them, blues, then whites, then blues - but then realized I wouldn't be able to maximize from whites & blues being on @ the same time to give the highest par available.

Love to hear your thoughts! The reason why I want the blues running late is so I can enjoy my tank when I get back, and don't care to look @ the tank w/ whites on haha.

 

[andrew james]

That might be a bit long, I dont know if it will hurt anything though. Personally I'd just skip the 6-11 all together and do like 2-10pm only.

 

[tutmatt3]

That might be a bit long, I dont know if it will hurt anything though. Personally I'd just skip the 6-11 all together and do like 2-10pm only.

True
I'll try that out! Thanks
Wish there was a way to ramp these up without customization + apex

 

[harryball69]

I run my blues an hour at start up. then ramp up and down everything and run 6.5hrs. Then back to blues for the last 2hrs. It seems to work..

 

[tutmatt3]

Well these have a knob, so there is no ramp feature.
A bud who runs his does blues @ 80% for 8-10 hours, and whites at 30% for 3 hour

Just trying to figure out the schedule now that's best both for the tank & my visuals