Lighting your tanks- How long?

[vetteguy53081]

How long do you have your lights on each day and why do you choose the length of time for your lights?
With daylight savings time approaching, do you change the time accordingly or leave it the same?

 

[Dburr1014]

How long do you have your lights on each day and why do you choose the length of time for your lights?
With daylight savings time approaching, do you change the time accordingly or leave it the same?

1 hour blue, 3 hour ramp up, 3 hour full spectrum, 3 hours more blueish, 3 hour ramp down, 1 hour blue.

14 hours, but also have moon phase of you want to count that. It's always different everyday.

And no, I don't change it.


I watched a video from WWC how they ran there tanks with full spectrum then blue. Made sense to me as I started growing some hair tuffs here and there. It under control and the coral don't mind the changes I made.
It's been about a month now with these settings.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

From 8:00-8:00 blue and white spectrum, and then a 2-hour moonlight spectrum.

 

[vetteguy53081]

1 hour blue, 3 hour ramp up, 3 hour full spectrum, 3 hours more blueish, 3 hour ramp down, 1 hour blue.

14 hours, but also have moon phase of you want to count that. It's always different everyday.

And no, I don't change it.


I watched a video from WWC how they ran there tanks with full spectrum then blue. Made sense to me as I started growing some hair tuffs here and there. It under control and the coral don't mind the changes I made.
It's been about a month now with these settings.

Same here with moonlight.

 

[Rshahnyc]

1 hour blue, 3 hour ramp up, 3 hour full spectrum, 3 hours more blueish, 3 hour ramp down, 1 hour blue.

14 hours, but also have moon phase of you want to count that. It's always different everyday.

And no, I don't change it.


I watched a video from WWC how they ran there tanks with full spectrum then blue. Made sense to me as I started growing some hair tuffs here and there. It under control and the coral don't mind the changes I made.
It's been about a month now with these settings.

Can you share your light spectrum pic?

 

[Dburr1014]

Can you share your light spectrum pic?

Sure, Reefbreeders light.

White 30% max



RB, LB, and V 80% max

Red and green are 5% with red down ramp when white cuts out mid-day.
I do also have T5 on 6 hours when led is max.

Getting 350/400 par at top of rock.
My clam spawned last night.

 

[exnisstech]

Sure, Reefbreeders light.

White 30% max



RB, LB, and V 80% max

Red and green are 5% with red down ramp when white cuts out mid-day.
I do also have T5 on 6 hours when led is max.

Getting 350/400 par at top of rock.
My clam spawned last night.

Were you using the old app before? I have 3 photons but am still using the old app and been hesitant to change since it works.

 

[56longroof]

I run 12 hours total. Actinic and 10k T5 ramp up and down 1 hour with 10k halides on for 10 hours.

 

[Dburr1014]

Were you using the old app before? I have 3 photons but am still using the old app and been hesitant to change since it works.

I'm using the latest app. It works really well once you get the hang of it.

Here a couple screen shots.
The odd time start/finish cuz it ends/starts on the hour and the software bounced me without the extra minute tagged at start/finish.



Moon phase and active hours are seperate in the program.