Question on lighting...

[ShoniNikki]

So I was just curious about lighting schedules for reef tanks... currently I have a 29 gallon bio cube with all its basic lighting which are...
1- 36 watt actinic blue
1- 36 watt 10,000k daylight
1- .75 watt lunar blue led bar

What should my light schedule be?
Am I supposed to run all 3 lights during the day? And only the moonlight at night or do they all shut off at night? I don't have a timer for my lights yet so I'm trying to figure this all out so I can get what I need! I feel like I'm wasting my lights life span the way I've been running them! Any info or advice is much appreciated!

 

[Mike J.]

The light schedule at the equator, where most corals are, is 12 hours light, 12 hours dark. Generally you'll set the lights to ramp up to full brightness for a 6 hour period then ramp down. So, 3 hours in the morning ramping up, 6 hours full light, 3 hours ramping down. You can run your moon lights or not at night.

 

[ShoniNikki]

Okay awesome :)