Lighting talk

[Cpage101]

How many hours a day do you run your lights? I have my Photon ramping up and down 14 hrs and my t5’s come on from 11AM -5PM

 

[SteveDola]

I run my radions from 11 to 9 (but ramp down at 8) with T5s on 1 to 7

 

[dz6t]

I run my light from 8 am to 8 pm, 1 hr ramp up and 1 hr ramp down.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

ATI Sunpower: Reef Brite XHO from 11:30 am to 11 pm. 2 blue plus from 12pm to 9pm and 6 bulbs from 230pm to 825pm

Radion XR30 Pro Gen 4:
11:30am to 11:30pm with 1.5 hour ramp up and down running 50% max power

 

[Chris.sturgis]

2 radion xr15 gen 5 10am to 10pm with a 2 hour ramp up and 2 hour ramp down. T5s come on between 12 and 8. Radions are now only running around 40%max now that I have the t5s.

 

[Duds]

Nicrew hyperreef 100watt led blue 60% white 5% I have the controller so it does ramp up and down. Blues 8am to 6pm whites 9am to 5pm. Might experiment with a longer photoperiod

 

[thrillreefer]

ReefLED 50s 1PM - midnight with 1-1.5 hr ramp, with 2x T5 (blue+, coral+) 2:30 - 9:30 PM.

The RedSea 50s are not bright enough even at 100% blue, 70% white, but nice shimmer/color/control. Waiting for them to die so I can get reefbreeders or something else. Came with the tank.

 

[Chris A.]

1 Reefbrite xho bar and a quanta bar from 9:30am -1:30pm , 2x ghl mitras 7206 from 11:30-930 pm

 

[MikeG]

My current schedule is 10 hours (1pm-11pm with roughly 30-minute ramp. I also have three 10 minutes periods throughout the day that simulate cloud cover with my lights dimming down. My LED light stips come on from 1:30-9:30 and I have a slight increase in cool blue for a few hours mid cycle.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

1 Reefbrite xho bar and a quanta bar from 9:30am -1:30pm , 2x ghl mitras 7206 from 11:30-930 pm

Pics

 

[wdebenedettojr]

2 radion G6’s 11am-10pm. Full intensity between 2pm-6pm.