Photoperiods

[Chelsey]

What is your photoperiod on your tank? I love staring at my tank and would have the lights on all the time if I could, but I'm worried that my current photoperiod is too much. I have a 6 bulb Tek light T-5 fixture with a lighting cycle like so: 4 bulbs on 10 am to 10 pm, 2 additional bulbs on 2 to 6 pm. I'm too lazy to walk downstairs and look at what bulbs are on exactly (actinic + or blue + or whatever else), if that is important I might persuade myself to get up So, what are your photoperiods?

 

[dc_909]

ATI B+ 2-10
UVL SA and Day 2:30-9:30
Halides 3-9

 

[BigBadZoaDaddy]

I have my lights come on for only 8-10 hours total, normaly if I had the option, which I do but like you it sounds I am a bit lazy LOL
my lights come on at about 2-10or12 at night.

If I had it my way whcih means not being lazy and hooking up one more timer LOL
my actinics would come on for 12 hrs and the halides would be on for 10 in between the 12 of the actinics.

 

[143gadgets]

SPS Tank:

Actinics On: 12pm
Halides On: 3pm
Halides Off: 9pm
Actinics Off: 1am

LPS/Zoa Tank:

Halides On: 9am
Halides Off: 5pm

 

[msman825]

T5's 4 Act on at 12 4 10k's on at 1 all run till 10.30 MH's 2 uri 4 foot act and 2 10k 4 footers on at 12 2- 175\ 20k's on at 1 all run till 10.30 also

 

[ct_vol]

120g SPS dominated mixed reef

2 x 3' VHO Super Actinics on 6:30 am to 7:00am just so I can check in the morning before work
2 x 3' VHO Super Actinics on at 1:30pm to 10pm
2 x 3' VHO Actinic blue and 2 x 250w 14k Phoenix MH 3:30pm-9pm
4 x 2 LED Blue Moon Lights on when all others are off... 10pm to 6:30am and then 7am till 1:30pm oh and the Tunze controller LED if you count it...


75g LPS and Zoa Tank

48" 8 bulb t5 sunlight supply sunblaze 3 x 10k, 2 x 420 nm, 3 x 460nm on
6:30am to 7am to check and then 3:30pm to 10pm


24g Aquapod Mixed Reef

150w 20k MH Sunpod on 6:30am to 7am to check and then 2:00pm to 10pm
LEDs on when MH off...

 

[cardgenius]

This is my schedule

Actinics on: 12pm
Actinics off: 1pm

Halide on: 1pm
Halide off: 11pm

Actinics on: 11pm
Actinics of: 12am

 

[Azurel]

I have my 03 actinics come on at 10am till 9:30pm and my halides come on at 1pm ( I think) and turn off at 8:30pm. During the summer I will run the halides a littel longer and in the winter I shorten it a bit......All lights are run on timers so I don't have to mess with it....

 

[JGoslee]

58gal
2-250watt de 14k phoenix and 2-39watt super actinic
9:00 am actinic come on
10:00 am halides come on
10:00 pm halides go off
11:00 pm actinic go off

 

[Kigs!]

hmm.. 24g. 70w 14k HQI
10:00AM white LEDs on
12:00PM blue LEDs on
1:00PM MH on
11PM MH off
12:00AM white LEDs off
2:00 AM blue LEDs off

 

[fishes2889]

33g 4x54 watt T5's
LED's on all night
12:00 noon actinics on
2:30 daylights on
8:30 daylights off
10:00 or 11:00 actinics off (depends if its a weeknight or weekend.)

 

[3mm3]

I run my hqi for 12hours :glasses7:

and then the other 12 hours get lunar lights

 

[Chelsey]

WOW! How deep is your tank? Much to my dismay I just changed my photoperiod to:

4 T-5s on 12-9
6 T-5s on 2-6

I will see if my zoas color up and grow better with less light, maybe the shallowness of my 40 breeder was causing them to bake.