aquaticlife light

Rookie_Reefer · Mar 4, 2014

I have aquaticlife light in my reef tank which has 3 light zone, white, blue and night. Its set to default settings i.e.
White light - 9AM - 17:00
Blue light - 8 AM - 20
Night 20:00 - 6 AM.
Obviously between 6 and 8 am, its totally dark.

I wasn't sure if this timing is optimal? Do you recommend something other than above timing?
Regards,

Reefing Madness · Mar 5, 2014

vlangel · Mar 5, 2014

Rookie_Reefer said:
I have aquaticlife light in my reef tank which has 3 light zone, white, blue and night. Its set to default settings i.e.
White light - 9AM - 17:00
Blue light - 8 AM - 20
Night 20:00 - 6 AM.
Obviously between 6 and 8 am, its totally dark.

I wasn't sure if this timing is optimal? Do you recommend something other than above timing?
Regards,

I also have an Aquatic life fixture with the same white, blue and moonlight led settings. For me the default settings didn't work as well for my lifestyle or my coral as what I set up myself. Its kind of personal preference and what suits your corals and tank.

NanaReefer · Mar 5, 2014

I've been running the same fixture for 3+yrs on factory settings. It's been perfect

Rookie_Reefer · Mar 5, 2014

vlangel said:
I also have an Aquatic life fixture with the same white, blue and moonlight led settings. For me the default settings didn't work as well for my lifestyle or my coral as what I set up myself. Its kind of personal preference and what suits your corals and tank.

What did u change it to?

vlangel · Mar 5, 2014

Rookie_Reefer said:
What did u change it to?

I have the moonlight led come on at 9am, (I am home all day so I enjoy the tank in the morning too), then at noon the moonlight goes off and the blues come on. At 1:30pm the whites also come on. All 4 bulbs run until 7:30pm when the whites turn off. Then at 9pm the blues turn off and the fish go to sleep.

vlangel · Mar 5, 2014

I needed less white hours because I have LPS, (which don't need as much light) and I feed pretty heavy and didn't want to grow algae. That is my reasoning for running the lights less hours.

Rookie_Reefer · Mar 5, 2014

vlangel said:
I have the moonlight led come on at 9am, (I am home all day so I enjoy the tank in the morning too), then at noon the moonlight goes off and the blues come on. At 1:30pm the whites also come on. All 4 bulbs run until 7:30pm when the whites turn off. Then at 9pm the blues turn off and the fish go to sleep.

I assume you have a fish only tank? I didn't think corals would survive with not having lights on for 12 hours as you do.
When you say moonlight, you meant night light?
I think with the factory setting, I have my lights on more than what its supposed to do. I was expecting to get more feedback but o well. Will run to fish store and ask them.

vlangel · Mar 5, 2014

Rookie_Reefer said:
I assume you have a fish only tank? I didn't think corals would survive with not having lights on for 12 hours as you do.
When you say moonlight, you meant night light?
I think with the factory setting, I have my lights on more than what its supposed to do. I was expecting to get more feedback but o well. Will run to fish store and ask them.

No, its a coral tank with LPS, softies and even a crocea clam. You can check my tank out in the members aquariums in the nano tanks under Dawn's 36g bowfront. Different corals have different lighting needs. LPS and softies have lower lighting needs than SPS. Crocea clams have high light needs so I have it placed very high in the tank and where it gets direct light from the bulbs. You want your lights on long enough to meet the corals needs but not so long that you grow unwanted algae. Of course light is only 1 contributing factor to unwanted algae. LOL