Help with My Light Schedule

[Patrick Cox]

I have a reef tank with the following corals...

Acan
Frogspawn
Elegance
Duncan
Green Acropora Papilla (New SPS)
Red Cap Monitipora
Brain Coral
Candy Cane
Two small Zoanthids

My tank is a 57G Rimless and I am running a 36" light fixture with 4 39W T5 bulbs. Two blue actinic and two white.

My question is how long I should be running my lights. Currently my actinics are on from 11 to 9 and my whites are on from 12-8. Is this long enough or should I run a bit longer? I am mainly wondering if my new SPS will need a bit more light. It is about 2/3rds up from the bottom of the tank.

Thanks!
Pat

 

[aquaman67]

What you're doing sounds good to me and is just about the same as what I do.

 

[gooberz]

The SPS you have can function with less light than other SPS out. Your schedule seems fine to me as well.

Cheers,
Henry

 

[tozzi]

seems good. If u want u can make both white n blue end an hour later each. If u have no heat issues, it will only make them grow faster