What's your photoperiod?

[meintn]

How long do you keep on your actinics and main lights? I am currently setting my timers and am curious. Please post your time settings and what lights you have. Thanks

James

 

[ocd_mariner]

Total photoperiod is 12 hours.

My halides are blue, so I use 4 NO daylight bulbs to offset that color. I turn those on at 10:00am, first halide at 11:40, second at 12:00, 1st halide off at 7:40pm, second off at 8:00, NO's off at 10.

 

[gsusfreak]

both of my lights come on at the same time....2 in the afternoon...and then daylights are off at 10:30....actinics off at 11:30...why so late? because i like to see my tank after i get of work

 

[crumbletop]

I have 3 banks of T5s and stagger them on and off by an hour each. Total photoperiod = 10 hours. Each bank is on for 8 hours.

 

[fishdoc11]

On my 120 I have 3 110 atinic VHO's running 12 hrs a day and 2 250 watt SE Aquaconnects run on electronic ballasts 8 hrs a day.
On my 29 I have 4 T5's with the atinics on for 12 hrs and the whiter spectrum bulbs on for 10 hrs.
hth, Chris