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Longer Less Intense Lighting versus Shorter More Intense Lighting
There may be no science to any of this or maybe there has been a huge study and I have no idea! But I was thinking about this the other day and wanted to get your thoughts on it. Several months ago I decided I wanted to keep various types of coral in my tank (other than acros) so I decided to raise all the lights about a foot higher off of the water. I didn't touch the intensity or the amount of time that the lights stayed on or stayed off. The other day I decided to extend the time the lights were on by a couple of hours and that's what got me thinking. So let's talk about it!
1. Which do you think is better, a longer photo period less intense lighting or a shorter photo period with more intense lighting?
2. Do you think there is a benefit to either one of these ways and if so what would they be?
image via @apt220
There may be no science to any of this or maybe there has been a huge study and I have no idea! But I was thinking about this the other day and wanted to get your thoughts on it. Several months ago I decided I wanted to keep various types of coral in my tank (other than acros) so I decided to raise all the lights about a foot higher off of the water. I didn't touch the intensity or the amount of time that the lights stayed on or stayed off. The other day I decided to extend the time the lights were on by a couple of hours and that's what got me thinking. So let's talk about it!
1. Which do you think is better, a longer photo period less intense lighting or a shorter photo period with more intense lighting?
2. Do you think there is a benefit to either one of these ways and if so what would they be?
image via @apt220