HQI photoperiod questions

[unclereefer]

I have just ordered the coralife aqualight pro. Right now i have 3 24" compact flourescents running 10 hrs a day. Can anyone give me suggestions on adjusting my photoperiod. These lights come with independant switches for the 2 65w actinics and the 1 10k 150w HQI. I have no experiance with halides yet and i know some people turns their actinics and halides on at different times. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Blown 346]

At first you are going to want to adjust your corals to the new lighting. To do that safely without damageing your corals, I would suggest to have the halides on the first day for 2 hours. After those two hours turn them off.
Then everyday after that leave the lights on 30 minutes longer. Do that each day until you reach your lighting times.

I have my actinics on 30 minutes before the halides come on, and have them on 30 minutes after the halides go out.

 

[Entropy]

I run my halides 8 hours, and my VHO actinics for almost 12. Seems to work fine. Like mentioned above, you are going to have to ease into it since you are doing a major upgrade.

 

[unclereefer]

thanks alot for your help