Recamended lights

[Brad Birch]

When runnin lights that long dont you have a prob with algea. I run my
lights for 6hrs and things are thriving

[CapFusion]

"Brad Birch" > wrote in message
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> When runnin lights that long dont you have a prob with algea. I run my
> lights for 6hrs and things are thriving
>

No....
Algae need some of the basic before it can thrive:
Light (as in more to yellow spectrum [bad spectrum])
Nutrient (like Anmonia / Nitrite / Nitrate or some other type of
ferterlizer).

If your tank have any of those combo, your tank maybe candidate for algae.

CapFusion,...

[Dragon Slayer]

> Light (as in more to yellow spectrum [bad spectrum])


it tends to be more along the lines of the red spectrum of light that
promotes algae growth.

but other then that I agree completely with Cap. I have ran my lighting
anywhere from 6hr on/off (duel photo per day) to having it on 16 hrs per
day.

there were a few problems I had with the 6hrs on/off duel photos every day.
one was the fish seamed more stressed to me, like they needed to get X
amount of swimming done in a days time and they were forced into doing this
in 6 hrs and twice a day.. but all corals thrived and grew faster with the
duel photo periods. second and probably the worst is you end up with a dark
period in the middle of the day, and on weekends when I was around the house
I couldn't enjoy the tank during those 6 hrs like I can with it back on the
10hrs per day single photo.

hth
kc

[CapFusion]

"Dragon Slayer" > wrote in message
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>
> > Light (as in more to yellow spectrum [bad spectrum])
>
>
> it tends to be more along the lines of the red spectrum of light that
> promotes algae growth.
>
> but other then that I agree completely with Cap. I have ran my lighting
> anywhere from 6hr on/off (duel photo per day) to having it on 16 hrs per
> day.

Heehe... actually, I was thinking about yellow and red at that time but
forgotten to include the red. Thanks for that correction and stirring me
straight.

CapFusion,...