How many hours of light?

what is your light cycle?
My light cycle for 14gal Biocube:
4pm Actinics on
6pm Daylights on
1:30am Daylights off
3am Actinics off

11 hours off actincs
7.5 hous off Daylight

 

1pm moonlights on
230pm daylights and actinics on-moonlights off
1030pm daylights and actinics off--moonlights on
1am moonlights off
Fuge light opposite daylights

 

11am-Moonlights off, fuge lights off, acnics on
11:30am-Halide on
7:30pm-Halide off
8pm-acnics off, moonlights on, fuge lights on

 

so am i running my actincs too long? or does it really matter? this is for my tank without the GHA, by the way! LOL

 

It's mostly personal preference. You should run your lights between 8 and 12 hours. If your viewing time lines up with how long your lights are on than it's a good schedule. I run mine reduced because money is tight and halides aren't cheap to run.