Light Schedule

[spongebob2]

Im About To Power Up And Fill My New 65 Gal Tank What Time Schedule Do You Recomend For Two 250 Mh,two T5 Actinics,two Moon Glow I Have All Three Sets Of Lights On Seperate Timers,thanks Again

[jimmyj7090]

My ballpark suggestion would be;

Actinic - on 9-12 hrs
MH - on 6-10 hrs
Moonlights - on when nothing else is.

I set my light schedule around the times that I'm there to see it more than the actual time of day. Also in summer, it can help with heat if the bulk of the tanks "day" is actually earlier or later in the day (so the Hot lights are not on during the hot hours of the day).

Personally I run this light cycle;
VHO actinic, 12 hrs- on from 1pm - 1 am
150W 10K center MH, on 10 hrs - on from 2pm - midnight
2x250W 14K MH's, on 6 hrs- on from 5pm - 11pm
Moonlights - on from 1am - noon