How long is to long

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

Ricks tank is awesome, I have seen it in living color.

Rick do you run the MH for 11 hrs straight?

Yup, I run it straight.

You will get varied ideas on time, what Greg is doing isn't wrong either. The longer you leave the lights on the more growth time you can get for the coral.

Maybe you can start with 6 hours and increase over time to see how the coral and fish react. If you start seeing adverse affects, then back off one increment.

When I first started, I was at 8 hours for my MH, increased to 11 and left them at that.

Greg, next time in Calgary come on by to see the tank again, can give you a frag of Star Polyps if you want. You can see how the NP BioPellets are working. This stuff is really starting to kick in, I am now really happy with the tank results.