my lighting schedule

[crazybizzle]

Is my lighting schedule right? 6 bulb t5 fixture.

6am 3 atinics on
7am 3 daylights come on with the already on actinics so all 6
4pm daylights off 3 actinics stay on till 9pm
9pm actinics off moonlights come on till 6am
6am starts over again

im also running reverse lighting on fuge lights are off from 6am to 9pm

is this right or should i do it a different way.

 

[lewis844]

its really what you want

you have lights on in your tank for 15 hours a day seems a lot

my sched. is like this

noon atinics on
2:30 pm 1 150watt halide
4:00 pm the other halide
7:00 pm first halide shuts off
9:00 pm second halide shuts off
10:00pm atinics off
moonlights on all night
I have my lights like this to mimic the sun pattern for the day
sump light 12:00am to 6:00 am

 

[shayneh]

good post actually...what does everyone else run?(I'm interested in T5 users) but this will help lots of people

 

[Seggsy]

I have 6 T5's on a 75g.  Maybe my limited lighting is my issue with slow growth.  I have a high-ish bioload and hate nuscance algae, so I just put them on for 7 hours.  Have the sump on for another 7 (reverse lighting).

 

[teebone110]

I have had good luck over the years with 12pm-8pm cycle.

With my new set-up I will extend things with an additional sunrise/sunset 10am-10pm.