Light cycle question.

[likwidglostix]

I just put three red mushrooms in my tank today. The guy at petco said to keep the actinic on 24/7. I forgot to ask at the lfs where I bought them from. Do I need to run that one 24/7 or will the lunar blue LED's take care of that for me? This is a stock bio cube 14g: 10,000K daylight and a blue actinic, 24w ea. I have them spread out around the tank to see which one likes the light and which don't. I'll move as neccessary.

 

[likwidglostix]

Additional question. One of the bigger corals is actually attatched to two seperate rocks. This made me very nervous when I moved it to the substrate. Will it eventually choose one of the two or is it permanently attatched?
There is also a baby(?) coral that seems to be doing ok at mid-level. It came attached to a tiny rock that I can't get at without touching the actual coral itself. Is it ok to handle mushrooms when necessary? Don't worry I won't be poking and pulling at them for fun.

 

[itzclayyo]

Re: Light cycle question.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13842382#post13842382 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by likwidglostix
I just put three red mushrooms in my tank today. The guy at petco said to keep the actinic on 24/7. I forgot to ask at the lfs where I bought them from. Do I need to run that one 24/7 or will the lunar blue LED's take care of that for me? This is a stock bio cube 14g: 10,000K daylight and a blue actinic, 24w ea. I have them spread out around the tank to see which one likes the light and which don't. I'll move as neccessary.

Nah, don't keep your actinics on 24/7. The blue LED is there for nighttime viewing. When I had a biocube I ran my lights like this:

11AM: Actinics on, LEDS off
12PMaylights on (now both daylights and actinics)
9PM: Daylights off
10PM: Actics off, LEDS on

 

[likwidglostix]

Ok, I haven't and they seem to be doing ok. They seem to like the bottom. I guess I should try to find some flat rocks. Some skipping stones to fill in and give them somewhere to migrate.

 

[Hawk23]

I really dont know of any coral that needs actinics on all day. The light schedule that itzclayyo posted is similar to the cycle I use and it works well.

I don't htink you mentioned what coral it was that was attached to two rocks but that can cause some issues. When the coral moves in the water flow, it can shake moves the rocks causing it to vibrate and irritate the base of the coral. This ofcourse is if the two rocks are fairly smaller. IMO you should probabaly romove one of the rocks. Really it depends on the corals. More details needed please.

Don't worry about having to handle the mushrooms, they are really durable and as long as you don't touch it all the time it will be fine.