whodat23369
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what is the time that you recommend for having the light turned on? I have heard 24hrs, 12hrs, and 8hrs. I have also heard that do it opposite of your normal lights and heard that to do it with the same time as your lights.
refugium light time
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Saltwaternooby
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I do the opposite of my halides, its suppose to help the ph swings at night. The refugium light is on for 16hrs i think.
79chopperdr
I killed ALL that Coral!
It would be interesting to hear what type of light people use also.
I run my lights from 9 pm to 9 am. There is a little overlap With my display lights shut off at 10:30 PM. I'd did this because most of my fiddling in the sump is done between 9&10
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I use a plain old home depot cfl and chaeto grows great. A few months ago I switched to a screw led from amazon that was recommended here on RC and my chaeto started to die off a little so I'm back the cfl.
I run my lights from 9 pm to 9 am. There is a little overlap With my display lights shut off at 10:30 PM. I'd did this because most of my fiddling in the sump is done between 9&10
.I use a plain old home depot cfl and chaeto grows great. A few months ago I switched to a screw led from amazon that was recommended here on RC and my chaeto started to die off a little so I'm back the cfl.
artkwan
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14 hours here, opposite of the display tank, overlapped by an hour on each end.
Was using CFL, getting OK growth. Just switched to LED setuo that I converted and wired up to the Apex like before. CFL before was at approximately 4000K° color temp.
LED is now 5000°K color temp with 1700 lumen output.
I guess I will know how things look in a month to truly gauge results.
Art
Was using CFL, getting OK growth. Just switched to LED setuo that I converted and wired up to the Apex like before. CFL before was at approximately 4000K° color temp.
LED is now 5000°K color temp with 1700 lumen output.
I guess I will know how things look in a month to truly gauge results.
Art
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psykobowler
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10pm at night until 3pm the following day, basically reverse photoperiod from the display. I use a fishneedit 250 watt metal halide with a Phoenix 14k bulb. It helps heat up the tank at night when it is 60 degrees downstairs.
10pm at night until 3pm the following day, basically reverse photoperiod from the display. I use a fishneedit 250 watt metal halide with a Phoenix 14k bulb. It helps heat up the tank at night when it is 60 degrees downstairs.
whodat23369
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I am running it at about 12hrs now and I am using a 6500K natural daylight spiral bulb from Lowes. I only have about an inch by inch ball of chaeto.
here is the bulb i am using and i have the other over my stove and its like i have the sun in my kitchen at night lol. it puts off very little heat which is nice.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_302257-3-26...47&Ntt=6500k+light+bulbs&Ns=p_product_price|0
here is the bulb i am using and i have the other over my stove and its like i have the sun in my kitchen at night lol. it puts off very little heat which is nice.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_302257-3-26...47&Ntt=6500k+light+bulbs&Ns=p_product_price|0
