MH photoperiod

[Clownfish]

Hi... wan to ask wat's the optimum no. of hours i should switch on my MH.... hmm... no SPS though....

[Tanzy]

It can be anywhere from 8-12 hours. It's up to you and depends on what you are keeping.

[Coral_ClamS]

is 6hrs enough for sps and the rest of the day are T5?

[Tanzy]

If it is 400W or 1000W then 6 hours will be sufficient. Anything less you'll have to increase the photoperiod ot compensate.

[Clownfish]

Thanx alot! Tanzy!

[cowgum]

sorry hijack the thread...

can the time period be staggered, ie 4hrs on and off 8hrs and on 4hrs???

And does the illunination has to correspond with our day and night??

thks!!

[Achilles Tang]

hmmm.... when I ran 800w on one side of my tank for only 6 hours, the colours of my acros were not as bright as compared to when I increased the photoperiod to 12 hours!

I'm aiming for a total of 10hours in future, giving my corals enough time to adapt...

[SpiderOne]

i got horrible problem tank is in my room beside me. and during the day . im either lying around my room . or sleeping or just yea lying around. and the bright lights from the tnak disturb me. some days i go out whole day . so my photoperiod is

monday 2-6pm tuesday 11-6 wednesday 7-12am thursday 11-5pm etc.

[ai[k²]wan]

how did u set ur time to do dat, digital one canar?

[Achilles Tang]

i got horrible problem tank is in my room beside me. and during the day . im either lying around my room . or sleeping or just yea lying around. and the bright lights from the tnak disturb me. some days i go out whole day . so my photoperiod is

monday 2-6pm tuesday 11-6 wednesday 7-12am thursday 11-5pm etc.

That's extremely stressful for corals!! Prepare to see SPS bleaching or RTNing.... it is better to follow a fixed photoperiod and not jump all over the shop. Don't play play!