Lighting time daylight/acentic

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  1. ianaco70

    ianaco70 Bristle Worm

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    I just purchused a orbit 48 inch 4*65 watt with two daylight lights and two acentic and moon lights. I planning on turning my fowlr tank into a soft reef tank and just wanted to know how i should time the lighting. How long should I have the daylights on and then the acentic lights and the moon lights.

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  3. Tangster

    Tangster 3reef Sponsor

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    On a 90 with the lights you have about 16 hrs a day. all of them and I still don't think you will have much other then some tank Roach mushrooms going on the lower portions 90's are a deep tank.. 175 M/H won't keep much in the lower portions and that with VHO actanics
     
  4. ianaco70

    ianaco70 Bristle Worm

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    I got the light mainly to get growth on my live rock which I have about 100 lbs stacked up in the tank and was planning on putting a couple corals mainly on top of the rock closer to the light. The tank is 24 inches deep and the rock is stacked up about a foot from the bottom and figured that 260 watts was about 3 watts per gallon.