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Stanley

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:? Guys and Gals,
I know this is probably a question for the beginner forum, maybe not.
I just bought a 30" Customsealife PC fixture w/moonlight. The fixture has one actinic bulb, one daylight bulb and the 1w moonlight. The instructions suggest using separate timers for all of the lights. My question is how long should I leave each bulb on. I am sure the moonlight will be left on when the other two are off but what about the other ones. Currently I have no corals but that was my intention with this fixture.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

fungia

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people usualy keep the actinic on longer then the daylight bulb, so i think turning on the actinic one hour before and after the daylight is a good idea. its like a dawn and dusk effect. i run my daylight about 12 hours but i know some people run it 8 hours and some run it 14 so anywhere between 8 and 14 is okay. my daylights go on at 10 am and turn off at 10 pm and my actinics go on at 9 am and 11 pm.
 

Len

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I run my daylight halides for 9 hours and my actinics for 13 hours. The lights turn on around 10 AM so I am able to see my tank when I come home from work :)

Yes, the moonlight comes on after the other two lights go off.
 

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