small reef lighting

Discussion in 'Reef Lighting' started by sterling, Dec 4, 2008.

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  1. sterling

    sterling Peppermint Shrimp

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    Hey everyone, I have a 30 gallon oceanic biocube. It comes with a day light, a black light, and 3 LED blue lunar lights. What hours of operation should i be doing for each? should the LED's be on all night? How long should I have the day lights on for? please help me out... I dont want to much algae, but i want my photosynthetic corals to grow.

    thanks very much,
    Sterling
     
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  2. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    what are you planing on keeping the tank? and the biocube comes with flourencent lights right? how deep is it to the top of your sand bed? and by black light do you mean attinic, plus what rating is the white light?
     
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  3. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    depending on how you answer the above questions could change this, but generally, you should have your actinics or "black" lights on for about 12 hours, daylights on for about 10 and I just have the lunar lights on when the actinics and daylight bulbs go off. These are just guidelines.
     
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  4. sterling

    sterling Peppermint Shrimp

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    The light i have is as follows:
    two 12" inch actinic lights
    two 10,000k, 26 watt corallife day light, also 12" inches
    3 bluer LED
     
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