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switching lighting
im swithching my lighting on my 30 reef from t-5 39w 10,000 day and460nm actinic to 250w mh should i continue to use the t-5 also or in some kind cycle between the two. i have frogspawn,mushrooms,seabae,hammer,zoo. should i start out just a few hours a day until thecorals and fish get used to it?
Would bepend, what 250 bulb will you be using? I would only use the t-5 if you are switching it to a blue actinic.
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You may not need the t-5s unless you are after alot of blue
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no,i prefer to see the natural colors, how many hours a day should i run the lights. it also has built in led lunar lights on a separate timer how long should i run them?
the MH I would run 8 or so, you could fo less if you keep the t-5s as 10000ks
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You could run just the MH, try and see for yourself
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Yeah really just playing around and see which you like better. To me Picking lights is the hardest part of this hobby.
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i should get the lights in on mon or tues . i ll try like you said about 8 hrs a day and see how the corals react .
That is all mine are on. You could put the t-5s on just so you have more time with lights but saving on electric.
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