t-5 users , how long do you run them?

[roons]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=798421


im running 11 3/4 total, see above......................is this too long? 8-9 hours enuff?

 

[roons]

id use the search if i could

 

[RobbyG]

I have a 12 hour on time, I think it's to much but I need it so I can get home and see the Tank.

I searched out some threads for you.

The T5 thread has better answers.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=679852&highlight=light+period

The Same Question you asked:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=774765&highlight=light+period

 

[roons]

thakyou , but i couldnt find the answer in there, you could have your lights come on later couldnt you?

 

[old salty]

I leave the main lights on for 11 hours and the blues for 12.

 

[roons]

huh, 2 out of 82 people use t-5s? i thought they were more popular

 

[642642]

8-9 hours here.

 

[dannieboiz]

yah wow 11 to 12 hours? Are we talking actinic here? I only run mine an hour b4 my MH and an hour after MH to create a semi dawn to dust.

 

[jbittner]

I run mine 10 hrs---mostly softies works great

 

[RobbyG]

T5's popularity is only a few months old, if you where to do a Poll of people who bought new light systems in the last 6 months the story would be totaly opposite.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6939561#post6939561 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by roons
huh, 2 out of 82 people use t-5s? i thought they were more popular

 

[dhoch]

Mines to complicated to say (controller based), but lights are somewhere between 11 and 13 hours depending on the time of year, but with 3 banks of lighting actinics are the only lights on for full time...bank 1 main lights are on about 3-4 hours less and full lights are on about 2 hours less than the bank 1 lights...

see my website for specifics...(www.danj.com/reef)

Dave

 

[tomnmaddie]

12hrs is set for mine which include 2 aquablue plus and 2 atinic 03

 

[old salty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6940617#post6940617 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dannieboiz
yah wow 11 to 12 hours? Are we talking actinic here? I only run mine an hour b4 my MH and an hour after MH to create a semi dawn to dust.

The blue lights come on and go off 1/2 hour before the main lighting. The main lights are on for 11 hours (my setup anyways.)

 

[ScottyDon't]

actinics on - 11am
daylights on - 12pm
daylights off - 10pm
actinics off - 11pm

1 ge daylight, 1 pure actinic, 1 actinic plus, 1 aquablue