aclimating soft corals to new lighting

[Paul Schnettler]

I plan on adding a MH fixture to my canopy as well as a moonlight LED
set. tank is a 75 gal standard w/ 110W 10K PC's and 110W Actinic PC's.
I have 2 large toadstool leathers 1ft. diam. heads (fully extended
polyps) as well as zenias and a couple other SPS's I'm too lazy to list.

What is the prefered method to aclimate my softys to the new lighting
arrangement.

thanks,
Paul S.

[Marc Levenson]

Well, you can't exactly compare wattage to wattage between PCs and MHs, because
of the sheer intensity. However, what is considered the best option is to start
off with a short lighting period and gradually increase it each day.

So lets say you've got your PC actinics running 12 hours a day, and you plan to
have MH 10,000K bulbs. Run them only 2 hours the first day, then add 15 minutes
longer each day until you reach 10 hours a day.

(If that is your schedule).

Marc


Paul Schnettler wrote:

> I plan on adding a MH fixture to my canopy as well as a moonlight LED
> set. tank is a 75 gal standard w/ 110W 10K PC's and 110W Actinic PC's.
> I have 2 large toadstool leathers 1ft. diam. heads (fully extended
> polyps) as well as zenias and a couple other SPS's I'm too lazy to list.
>
> What is the prefered method to aclimate my softys to the new lighting
> arrangement.
>
> thanks,
> Paul S.

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[Paul Schnettler]

Thanks Marc, this is exactly the suggestion I was looking for.


Marc Levenson wrote:
> Well, you can't exactly compare wattage to wattage between PCs and MHs, because
> of the sheer intensity. However, what is considered the best option is to start
> off with a short lighting period and gradually increase it each day.
>
> So lets say you've got your PC actinics running 12 hours a day, and you plan to
> have MH 10,000K bulbs. Run them only 2 hours the first day, then add 15 minutes
> longer each day until you reach 10 hours a day.
>
> (If that is your schedule).
>
> Marc
>
>
> Paul Schnettler wrote:
>
>
>>I plan on adding a MH fixture to my canopy as well as a moonlight LED
>>set. tank is a 75 gal standard w/ 110W 10K PC's and 110W Actinic PC's.
>>I have 2 large toadstool leathers 1ft. diam. heads (fully extended
>>polyps) as well as zenias and a couple other SPS's I'm too lazy to list.
>>
>>What is the prefered method to aclimate my softys to the new lighting
>>arrangement.
>>
>>thanks,
>>Paul S.
>
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
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>
>