Do you think i need to change my bulbs?

Discussion in 'T5 Aquarium Lighting' started by bjc541, Jun 7, 2011.

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  1. BusinessChick11

    BusinessChick11 Astrea Snail

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    Understood. Just doing your job I get it! No worries! :)
     
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  3. Magnus

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    Getting back to the bulbs....

    When I changed mine, I did them all at one time instead of gradually replacing one bulb per week, I only reduced my light schedule to 4 hours per day... I know it's very little time, but corals are slow to grow anyway, you won't notice the difference.
    So, after cutting the schedule to 4 hours, I checked to see when the bulbs were burned in. At first they were extremely bright, but after getting burnt in, things went down a little more mellow. From there on, I added 30 minutes to my schedule 2x per week until I got back to normal... I don't know if that would be equivalent to doing one per week, but I just didn't want to take things appart and put them back together more than once.
     
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  4. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    This is a good way of doing things. You could add more time per week also. 15 minutes every couple of days works also.
     
  5. bjc541

    bjc541 Fire Shrimp

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    Yeah I have the reflective eggcrate as a top. And just recently started not using it. But maybe with new bulbs put it back on and decrease the photoperiod. Is it acceptable for tanks to have a few areas if hair algea that is deep in crevices and holes in rock.
     
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    It is far from unusual. Emerald crabs can help with its removal.