36" Tek lights

my2rotties · #4 09-25-2008, 05:26 PM

Thanks Catherine

The light has one switch to turn two of the six lights on one being the aquaclear and the other being the aquablue. The other switch turns on the remainder....I turn my lights on the 55g at 9am and off at 9pm. My cleaner wrasse and foxface go to bed at this time anyways. I live in the woods, and when the new tank lights are on while we are working on it, it lights the house up like daylight in the pitch darkness. I always joke about it being a good thing people don't think we have a grow op in this house. I am pleased that these lights will do, since MH give off so much heat and use a lot of energy.

We have power surges and outages here in Bragg Creek a lot, and are already planning for an emergency generator for the aquarium. I don't care if we freeze, or have no power, but watching my fish die would not be good. I saw that happen when the Ehiem quit last year when we first moved into this house with the old system.

Hurry up and make the food woman!!! You are killing me over here. I am dying to see your set up.

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Originally Posted by michika

They should be fine for anything you want to keep!

1) Pick up some timers if you want, or just pick some times. I run my lights for 12 hours a day, I start with my T5s for 3 hours, then my MHs turn on for 6 hours, and then its just T5s again for another 3. I run my lights excessively and I know it. Synch up your lighting times with when you will most likely be watching the tank. If your up late, run them late, etc.

I'm not super familar with the Tek lights but I think you are saying you have two lighting options for each strip; one switch turns on two bulbs, and the other switch turns on the remaining 2 bulbs. Yes? No?

2) Leave the bulbs as they are for now, 8 months is fine for a little while. There are lots of nice bulb options that have come out recently. If you can try and see a few tanks with the new Figi Purple, and maybe a few different actinic options. I can show you what I have when you come to get your food. If you don't like the colours that your fixtures are producing now, take the opportunity to figure out what you do like, so that your replacement bulbs are more inline with your taste.