tommy tomato
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Currently I'm running 4 54w t5 with 48 3w supplemental leds. Just like in my Sig. After visiting eddies house a couple times I decided I wanted to swap out my t5s for Mh radiums, you just can't beat that look and growth. I'm putting in 2 250 radiums and keeping my leds. I run my lights for a total of 13 hours including 1 hour of sunrise and sunset, respectively.
My tank is a 110 gallon mixed reef and moving towards sps dominant.
I plan on keeping the same 13 hour schedule, but only running the radiums for 4 hours to start with for the first week, and then bumping them up 1 hour per week until I reach 8 hours. I programmed my controller to turn off half of the leds (12 cool white and 12 royal blues) when the halides are on, and all on (12cw/36rb) when the halides are off.
So my lighting schedule will look like this:
10am 24 royal blues on
11am 12rb on 12 cool white on
1pm radiums on/12rb,12 cw off
5pm radiums off/ 12rb, 12cw on
10pm 12rb,12cw off
11pm 24rb off
Then like I said the radiums will be ramped up 1 hour more per week. And the 12rb and 12cw an hour less.
Anything different you would do? I'm trying to make the transition as smooth as possible and not bleach any corals in the process..
Basically I'm trying to achieve the best of both worlds with looks,growth, and stability
P.s. I have no idea where that mad face in the title came from lol
My tank is a 110 gallon mixed reef and moving towards sps dominant.
I plan on keeping the same 13 hour schedule, but only running the radiums for 4 hours to start with for the first week, and then bumping them up 1 hour per week until I reach 8 hours. I programmed my controller to turn off half of the leds (12 cool white and 12 royal blues) when the halides are on, and all on (12cw/36rb) when the halides are off.
So my lighting schedule will look like this:
10am 24 royal blues on
11am 12rb on 12 cool white on
1pm radiums on/12rb,12 cw off
5pm radiums off/ 12rb, 12cw on
10pm 12rb,12cw off
11pm 24rb off
Then like I said the radiums will be ramped up 1 hour more per week. And the 12rb and 12cw an hour less.
Anything different you would do? I'm trying to make the transition as smooth as possible and not bleach any corals in the process..
Basically I'm trying to achieve the best of both worlds with looks,growth, and stability
P.s. I have no idea where that mad face in the title came from lol
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