How many hours per day do you run your atinics?

[Wiskey]

How many hours per day do you run your atinics? Choose the answer that best suits your situation.

If you see this thread past the second page in the next 3 days (till 1-16-06) please bump it back up for me.

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[Toddrtrex]

I will explain my vote ( 12 hours ) I have my MHs on for 10 hours, so my atinics are on an hour before and an hour after.

 

[Dubbin1]

I hardly ever run mine since I have 14K MH's. I will filp them on from time to time though just for the effect.

 

[Toddrtrex]

good point, dubbin1, I have 10k mh, I notice a diffence with mine

 

[Clayman]

I run my actinics for 9 hours and my halides for 5 hours.

 

[michaeldaly]

0 hors, I dont use actinics, just 10000K MH's

 

[roons]

i dont use actinics, t-5 , 6 aquablue 2 blue +....................altho they are good for cycling rock

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

I started out with the same photoperiod as toddrtrex, but after a bleaching problem I shortened the MH, and ended up only bringing it back up to 8 hours instead of ten. The actinics still run 12 hours though.

 

[my2girls]

6 hours of MH 10K
8 hours of T5 blue+

 

[Sindjin]

Actinics for 10, MH's for 8

 

[bhdmc]

Actinic-10Hrs
MH-8 Hrs

 

[Andrew]

Mine are on for 2 more hours then my daylights. 1 more hour in the morning to wake the fish up and 1 more hour at night to get them use to the dark. Yes, im strange.

 

[fambrough]

Actinics- 12 hrs
PCs- 8 hrs

 

[Mrs.kbmdale]

actinics=12
vho's=8


Brianna:rollface:

 

[donta42]

actinic for 12 10k pcs for 10 inbtween

 

[smoknreefrs]

T5 aqua blues 13.5hrs..... on @8am on, 9:30 off

T5 11K and 65K 6hrs..... on @ 10am on, 4pm off

MH 250W 10K 5hrs..... on @ 3pm on, 8pm off

no actinics

 

[gman0526]

8 hrs. actinic
4 hrs. 15K MH (175W)

 

[ACBlinky]

Actinics are on 12h, daylights 10h. Andrew, you're not strange - I think most of us run the actincs for an hour or so before and after the daylight bulbs for a dawn/dusk effect

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

actinics - 12hrs.
m.h.'s - 9 hrs.

michaeldaly....just 10K halides? Ever try any attinics? That would be just too yellow/white for me.

 

[Wiskey]

Thanks for all the replys, keep them comeing.

Whiskey