How long to you run your metal halides

[michika]

I'm curious as to how long people run their metal halides per day. As a follow up question do you try to simulate cloudy days, or darker days but not running your halides at all?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

8-10 hours.

[michika]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

8-10 hours.

Do you suppliment your lighting?

[digital-audiophile]

Actinics on 12:00PM
Hallides On 2:00PM
Hallides Off 9:00PM
Actinics Off 11:00PM
Sump Lights on 12:00AM
Sump Lights off 7:00AM

I have yet to add moonlights or give much thought to cloudy/rainy days as I am not keeping much for corals.

[cprowler]

MH's - 8 hrs
T5's - 10 hrs
VHO"S - 12 hrs

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Michika,

I may turn on the PC actinics before & after (for an hour or two), but otherwise only use MH. Have 3x 250w DE 14,000k Aquaconnects over the big tank & 175w SE 10,000k Reeflux over the "cube" frag tank. Also have moonlights over both tanks.

Anthony

[Delphinus]

12 hours, unless the tank has supplemental actinics in which case 10 hours with 1 hour each for dusk/dawn.

The tropics are faily regular at 12 hours, works for me. And in my version of tropical paradise it's never raining or cloudy unless I forget to reset the timer or something

[skylord]

My version of a storm is when some idiot hits a power pole. Otherwise I do the same as Delphinus.

Scott

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by skylord

My version of a storm is when some idiot hits a power pole. Scott

Same here.

Everything comes on at 10am (MH + Actinics) and goes off at 10pm. Timers are too big to fit two on my powerbar and they don't really do much for the tank anyway with my fantastically useless reflector positioning (shades most of the actinic light)

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by skylord

My version of a storm is when some idiot hits a power pole.

Scott

I run my MH 8-9 hrs. 1pm-11pm and my cool little attached LED moonlights 11pm-12am