Am i suposed to run lights 24/7

[50gTallnewbie]

So im rather new to this but im just wondering about lighting ive done a ton of research and most people say 10-12 daylight is this right tonight i turned all my lighta off and all my corals retracted even my mushrooms shrivled up is this normal? Am i just freaking out for nothing ?

 

[Katrina71]

Relax. They sleep too.

 

[Katrina71]

I smiled when I read that. Been there.

 

[Roy 9121]

What kind of lighting are you running? Does your tank Get any natural sunlight?

 

[50gTallnewbie]

Yea it gets a bit of natural sunlight during the day and im running two 22 inch T5 HO 1 ocean sun and one atinic(spelt that wrong) 460 i think

 

[Roy 9121]

Yea it gets a bit of natural sunlight during the day and im running two 22 inch T5 HO 1 ocean sun and one atinic(spelt that wrong) 460 i think

I would say run them about 8-10 hours a day. Maybe start them at about 8- 10 am.

 

[50gTallnewbie]

So i turned my lights off last night at 11 this morning i turned the first one on for about 2 hrs then the full spectrum after that my water is now rather cloudy is that normal of is there something wrong

 

[madweazl]

Cloudy is usually indicative of a bacterial bloom. How long has the tank been set up?

 

[50gTallnewbie]

Its been running for 8 months now

 

[WrongGenotype]

Sounds like it might be a algae bloom. If you could post a picture we could help confirm.
If it is an algae bloom I would suggest running some fresh carbon, do a water change, and oxygenate the water.