Can someone advise me on light schedule?

[Bam327]

I’m new to all of this and I don’t have a Par meter and I really have no idea if my lighting schedule is adequate or not. Any criticism is appreciated.
I have a 4x2x2 120 gallon DT. I’m running a 48” 6 bulb T5 Nova Extreme Pro fixture and supplementing with a 48” Reef Brite Lumi Lite actinic LED bar
In my T5 I’m running 4 Blue +, one Coral +, and one Purple + bulb. 2 Blue + and on their own switch while the other 4 bulbs are on a different switch.
So here’s the schedule I’ve been running for about 6 weeks.
7 AM - LED actinics come on.
9 AM - 2 Blue + T5 come on. (LED still on)
11 AM - LED actinics turn off and 4 bulb T5 comes on. (All 6 T5 bulbs are on now)
5 PM - 4 bulb T5 turns off (2 bulb T5 still on) and LED strip turns on.
7 PM - 2 bulb T5 turns off
9 PM - LED strip turns off

The ReefBrite Lumi Lite is very very deep blues. I’m using this as kind of a sunrise/sunset mode.
I just have no idea if this is an ok schedule enough. I don’t know if my lights are on long enough or not enough.
I have a mushroom, candy cane and hammer coral. The hammer and candy cane are only a couple days old but are doing pretty well. The hammer isn’t 100% open but probably 70%. The others are doing well.

I appreciate your thoughts.

 

[Ron Reefman]

I think you are running enough light. Certainly not too much.

As I understand it, the zooxanthellae in coral does photosynthesis for about 4 to 6 hours around midday (in nature on a reef). Think 10am to 2 pm or 9am to 3pm. And it takes about an hour of good midday light for the zooxanthellae to get started with the chemical reactions to do photosynthesis.

Less of a strong photo period will get less photosynthesis and therefore less food for the coral. Longer photo periods like 8 to 12 hours don't seem to do any harm, but they don't do much good either. It's millions of years of genetics at work. In other words, it nature not nurture that controls the coral.