Light on/off times Whats yours set at?
 

OK, Just want to get a feel for how long and when people turn their lights on/off
I know Im screwy, thats why Im makin this post. Not sure if I want them on earlier off earlier, I'm usually up 6am till 11PM, like seeing my fishies, but dont want to stress them/cause any more algae. Plus, been thinking about shutting off sooner, then can feed some at dark???

Mine

Actinics on 10AM Off 11PM
Midday on 12AM Off 7PM

T5s On 8am- 10pm
MHs On 12pm-8pm

It does add some extra algae on the glass everyday in comparison to when I was just running my MHs.

T5's on at 8am and off at midnight and MH on at noon and off at 8pm...it fits my lifestyle that way and I don't seem to have any trouble....

WOW Sarah, thats a long on time with the T5's Interesting.

Probably is....but I want to see them when I get up and when I go to bed they turn off.....I have all my tanks set this way and have no ill effects....everyone seems happy and healthy...

VHO on at 10 - Off at 11
MH on at 10:50 off at 8:00
VHO on at 7:50 off at 8:50

I just have T5s. On at 10am and off at 9pm.

I have my ProfiLux controller running my lights.

Moon lights on 8:30 AM off 12:30 PM
Sun Rise 10:00 AM 12:45 PM
Actinics 11:30 AM 9:30 PM
MH 12:30 PM 9:00 PM
Sun Set 8:30 PM 11:45 PM
Moon Lights 9:05 PM 12:00 AM

I also run Thunder storms 4 times daily from 9:15 PM to 10:30 PM for 5 minute durations. I do not have dimmable ballasts on my MH or VHO Actinics so they are on at 100% while all the other lights are dimmable and come on and off from 0% to 100% to 0% over the duration of their lighting period. The moon lights are also influenced by the phases of the moon.

Tom R

I have high output T5s. I have them on from 5pm - 11pm. I have my tank in my living room that receives a lot of natural light during the day. The sun does not hit the tank directly but there's enough light that everything comes out.

my lights come on at 9pm and go off at 6am