All my corals came from led lit systems. Never had an issue with putting them on the bottom for a week or 2 and then putting them in place when running halides.
Just use common sense.
Alot of reefers tend to over think the lighting issue.
Its just one piece of the reef puzzle.
Yes back in the day we ran halides for 12 hrs with no problem and good growth.
8hrs is a good photo period after trying them all.
Run the blues for the same period of time and use ramp up/down.
Imo, its best to set the time and then adjust your halide height down to the level you want.
For blues I would run Orphek light bars. Radions will also do the job quite well.
I will most likely never run t5's again after my experience with the Orpheks. One bar = 2 t5's.
I ran t5's and all other old style tubes over the years. For me the bars just beat the t5's if your just looking for color support for your halides.
I gave away my t5's but still hold onto a 36" 6 bulb Giesemann fixture that is a quite nice setup. I cant seem to let it go, lol.
Its nice to have as a backup system to all my halide and led fixtures.
Just use common sense.
Alot of reefers tend to over think the lighting issue.
Its just one piece of the reef puzzle.
Yes back in the day we ran halides for 12 hrs with no problem and good growth.
8hrs is a good photo period after trying them all.
Run the blues for the same period of time and use ramp up/down.
Imo, its best to set the time and then adjust your halide height down to the level you want.
For blues I would run Orphek light bars. Radions will also do the job quite well.
I will most likely never run t5's again after my experience with the Orpheks. One bar = 2 t5's.
I ran t5's and all other old style tubes over the years. For me the bars just beat the t5's if your just looking for color support for your halides.
I gave away my t5's but still hold onto a 36" 6 bulb Giesemann fixture that is a quite nice setup. I cant seem to let it go, lol.
Its nice to have as a backup system to all my halide and led fixtures.