Display/Refuge lighting

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  1. mabbus

    mabbus Bristle Worm

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    Me again :)

    I have the Aqualife T5's and wanted to know if my lighting set up is ok.

    8am refugium lights off
    8am Actinics on
    9am daylight on

    5pm daylights off
    8pm actinics off
    8pm moonlights on
    8pm refuguim lights on

    4am moonlights off


    Does this sound about right?

    Thanks
     
    mabbus, Sep 23, 2011
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  2. BioFreak

    BioFreak Feather Duster

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    Looks good to me.

    Personally I would drop the runtime of your actinics by 1 hour, and increase your daylights by 1 hour. like this:

    8am refugium lights off
    9am Actinics on
    10am daylight on

    7pm daylights off
    8pm actinics off
    8pm moonlights on
    8pm refuguim lights on

    4am moonlights off
     
    BioFreak, Sep 23, 2011
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  3. TMartinez

    TMartinez Bristle Worm

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    what timer are you using to control actinic and daytime sperately? I have a coralife fixture and a coralife timer and i have it where both actinic and 10k pop on at 8 am, run till 11am then back on at 6pm and run till 11pm for a total of 8 hours. In between my moonlights are on
     
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  4. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Unless your fixture has separate power cords and ballasts or built-in timers, your bulbs cannot be controlled separately.
     
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  5. mabbus

    mabbus Bristle Worm

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  6. TMartinez

    TMartinez Bristle Worm

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    ahhh... see mine has separate cords but are plugged into the timer which only does day or night... can't control them independently
     
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  7. lblanks

    lblanks Astrea Snail

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    I have been running mine like this for 2yrs now and it looks like i should change it


    7am Actinics on
    8am daylight on

    7pm daylights off
    8pm actinics off

    with my refugium lighting on 24hrs
     
    lblanks, Sep 27, 2011
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  8. TMartinez

    TMartinez Bristle Worm

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    From my understanding you just wanna run your fuge light at night to help balance oxygen levels and pH
     
    TMartinez, Sep 27, 2011
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  9. NanaReefer

    NanaReefer Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    A+ totally agree
     
    NanaReefer, Sep 27, 2011
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  10. mabbus

    mabbus Bristle Worm

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    At the moment I'm running it 24/7. I changed it after posting this
     
    mabbus, Sep 28, 2011
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