new t5s coming and nervous

[reeferlover]

SO i ordered my new t5s all geissman. i went with 2 lagoon, 3 actinic +, 1 midday, 1 aquablue, 1 purple +. I have a 75gal. i have all geissmann now and they are older. so my question is how to acclumate the tank.

I have all new coral frags. All sps from two tanks that were using LEDs to light them. So they will have been in my tank for about 2 weeks when i add the bulbs. and they are glued in their spots. i was thinking about just raising the light as high as the tek legs will allow and run

2 actinic+, 1 purple + and 1 lagoon blue in the outside 4 bulb slots for 12hrs a day

then the center slots will be 1 actinic plus 1 middday 1 aqua blue and 1 lagoon and run them for 4 hrs a day slowly increasing that to 6 hrs a day.

any thoughts? Will it matter that the sps frags are newly cut? will the decrease in the time the lights on be equal to having the light further away or using screens?

 

[powderhound]

you could also cut the time the lights are on by lets say 2 hours a day. Then each week increase light time by 30 minutes until you are back to your normal times. I do this every time i change the bulbs in my sunpower.

 

[xenon]

Just add screens to the top of my tank in layers. Maybe 5 layers. Then every 3-4 days I remove a layer.

 

[reeferlover]

i hate the screens. im looking more for time changes. Can i run the outside 4 for 12hrs at first and 2 hrs on the inside 4 and slowly increase the inside 4 up to 6hrs aday or is that going to be too much liight