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My tank is in my office and in the summer the t5 lights + chiller turn my office into a furnace.
I started killing my t5s in the afternoon between 12:30 - 3pm to help with the room temperature.
I then extended my lighting an hour earlier in the day and 2 hours later in the day.
I did some reading, and didn't find anything super conclusive around if this would be problematic or not. Read something talking about corals needing at least 5 hours of light in one window for the photosynthesis to kick in. Not sure if there is truth in that.
Im running 7am -> 12 noon ( 5 hours) then 3pm -> 9pm (6 hours). That is a total of 11 hours of full light which seems way excessive. I previously did 10am-7pm (9 hours) and would prefer to do something more like:
9am -> noon (3 hours) 3pm -> 8pm ( 5 hours) for a total of 8.
Would this jump out as problematic to anyone? Is there truth in needing 5 hour+ blocks?
The addition of the chiller this year put me over the edge - dying in my office if the lights are on all afternoon! =)
I started killing my t5s in the afternoon between 12:30 - 3pm to help with the room temperature.
I then extended my lighting an hour earlier in the day and 2 hours later in the day.
I did some reading, and didn't find anything super conclusive around if this would be problematic or not. Read something talking about corals needing at least 5 hours of light in one window for the photosynthesis to kick in. Not sure if there is truth in that.
Im running 7am -> 12 noon ( 5 hours) then 3pm -> 9pm (6 hours). That is a total of 11 hours of full light which seems way excessive. I previously did 10am-7pm (9 hours) and would prefer to do something more like:
9am -> noon (3 hours) 3pm -> 8pm ( 5 hours) for a total of 8.
Would this jump out as problematic to anyone? Is there truth in needing 5 hour+ blocks?
The addition of the chiller this year put me over the edge - dying in my office if the lights are on all afternoon! =)