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Lighting Questions

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coloniasalt

Hey Guys, Im new to this forum and I have recently just started a 10 gallon nano reef tank to compliment my 70 gallon saltwater tank. My question is I just bought for my nano tank a T5 Nova Extreme Pro 20" total 108 watts. My question is how long should I run each of the lights for in a normal 24 hour day??
 
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JerseyWendy

Even though I'm not familiar with that fixture, I run T5s on my tank, and my lighting schedule is as follows:
Actinic/Blues come on at 9AM
Rest of the lights come on at 10AM
Main Lights go off at 8PM
Actinic/Blues go off at 9PM

HTH :)
 
Hawkeye

Hawkeye

WELCOME TO NJRC!

Some people don't get home from work until later in the evening and would like to see their display tanks lit up for a bit. In those situations you may start your lights "on" later in the day.
 
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Jcurry@wesketch

My setup is similar to Wendy's except I have 3 Ice cap 660 ballasts on separate timers.

Bulbs 1 & 2 (Actinic/Blues) come on at 11AM
Bulbs 3 & 4 (50/50 & Actinic)come on at 12AM
Bulbs 5 & 6 (50/50) come on at 1PM & go off at 4PM
Bulbs 3 & 4 (50/50 & Actinic)go off at 10PM
Bulbs 1 & 2 (Actinic/Blues) go off at 11PM

for a total 12 hour photoperiod.

Welcome to NJRC.
 
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coloniasalt

I appreciate all the help !! I have my lights as followed for my 10 gallon nano reef tank.

T5/HO 20" Novo Extreme Pro

8am-9am (2 of 3) Actinics Bulbs = 36 watts total
9am-6pm (1 of 3) Actinics and (3 off 3) Daytime Bulbs = total of 72 watts
6pm-7pm (2 of 3) Actinics Bulbs = 36 watts total

Total of 11 Hours on

Is that enough light for the span of the day???
 
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