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Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« on: January 23, 2010, 10:58:32 AM »
What and how long is your photo period?
Mine personally is

noon - 9pm of 2x250 watt 15Ks


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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2010, 12:37:26 PM »
1-30 pm until 10 pm , 8x t5 tubes, 3 blue 5 reef whites
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 06:37:50 PM »
12-10pm 150w radiums 29g
12-10pm 70w 14k 29g
12-10pm 2x 110w actinics,  1-9pm 2x 175w 14k, 8:30pm-7am moonlights 55g
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2010, 06:51:25 PM »
2 x 140 Watt VHO from 12-10
3 x 175 Watt MH from 1-9
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2010, 09:35:26 PM »
All 8 of my T5's are set to run from 1P-11P. :)  So far so good.
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2010, 11:16:24 PM »
4xt5 9am-10:30pm
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2010, 11:23:15 PM »
Looks like a 9-10 hour average.... hope we get some more posts in here to see if the average raises or lowers.
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2010, 03:23:30 AM »
Im running a split photoperiod, 6am-11am and 6pm-11pm. Its mainly because the tank is at work, and I work nights, so this arrangement lets me see the tank when it comes on in the am, and before it goes off at night. 2x 175w mh, no supplemental actinic atm, 20k bulbs, 75gallon tank.
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2010, 08:15:58 AM »
Quote from: Ganrin on January 25, 2010, 03:23:30 AM
Im running a split photoperiod, 6am-11am and 6pm-11pm. Its mainly because the tank is at work, and I work nights, so this arrangement lets me see the tank when it comes on in the am, and before it goes off at night. 2x 175w mh, no supplemental actinic atm, 20k bulbs, 75gallon tank.

I actually might try this with my tank.  I work nights too, and this would be perfect.
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2010, 09:04:42 AM »
   I have 4 T-5 bulbs

Blue+ and Fiji purple  8am-8pm
aqua sun and 75/25   9am-7pm

   when I get another double bulb fixture to add in the mix I plan on running it from  10am-6:30pm
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Re: Whats your tanks photoperiod?
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2010, 10:08:51 AM »
All my T5's come on at 7:00 am and off at 10: pm.

Will prob do my Lunars 10:00 pm to midnight when I get them.
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