[sgarron]

I have 2 Seio 620's, a fluval 405 cannister and an Aqua-C remora w/rio 1400 skimmer running on my 65g tank. Should I turn some or all off at night? What about feeding time?

[NATIVEVAMAN]

On 24/7 accept when feeding.

[lilsalty]

What is a good lighting schedule or is it all up to me? Blue led nite light good idea to run??

[sgarron]

I'm running the actincs 10a - 10p, MH 11:30a - 8:30p, blue and white led's 10p - 11p, blue led only 11p - 10a. I think the led's are more for us than for the fish.

[401jas]

I first turn on my actinic light (blue) around 9a.m. then at 11a.m. or so i turn on the 10K. Around 9p.m. the 10K goes off and at 11p.m. the actinic goes off. I have 8 built in led's that i turn on at night. It looks nice at night with the top of the water moving around causing shadows on the rock and sand.

I'm looking for a power strip now that can be programed. They aren't too expensive and will make all of turning on and off with the lights a piece of cake.

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Someone dreamed up the moonlights to help get his breeding fish in the mood,I have no clue if it worked or does work. But mostly they are purely for esthetics.An hour or two of actinics in the am and pm,8 to 10 hours of main lights.It's sort of hard to mess this one up lol.If you get significant algea growth cut them back a little till it goes away.

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Those programable timers good but if you want to go for cheap lowes sells a mechanical timer for around 6$'s.a couple of them and you are good to go.

[lilsalty]

i perfer the individual timers for each light my self..
My girlfriend wants me to put blue led's in the bed room i cant figure out why!!!

[NATIVEVAMAN]

Moon lights in the bedroom couldead to kissing which leads to little screaming critters that have nothing to with a reef tank.You will therefor have to move this thread to the lobby lol

[e_baer]

well, since the moonlight "get the fish on the mood" maybe thats why she wants them in the bedroom.