lighting question

[Keester]

How scheduled do you guys generally keep your lighting times? I mean do you
have them on timers or do you religiously turn them on and off at designated
times?

I ask because I am bad with this at times.. Sometimes when my work permits I
am on a good schedule myself and can approximate the same times of lighting
every day.... Then work gets hectic at times and I have to stay late and/or
come in early and that goes down the tubes.

[Leong Goh]

"Keester" > wrote in message
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> How scheduled do you guys generally keep your lighting times? I mean do
you
> have them on timers or do you religiously turn them on and off at
designated
> times?
>
> I ask because I am bad with this at times.. Sometimes when my work permits
I
> am on a good schedule myself and can approximate the same times of
lighting
> every day.... Then work gets hectic at times and I have to stay late
and/or
> come in early and that goes down the tubes.
>
>

My 2cents worth:
On my planted tank I have 4x4ft tubes. One turns on an 6.45am and off at
8.00pm, and the other three are on another timer that turns them on at
9.00am and off at 5.00pm, while I'm at work. This means that I can feed
them at around 7am and again at around 7pm with some light, and also means
that I don't have the full 160w on for 13hrs.

On my cichlid tank (just java fern and anubias nana ) the single 4ft goes on
at 6.45am then off at 9am, on again at 5pm and off at 8pm. Feeding times
the same and lights are on when I'm home, and off when not needed (no algae)

Obviously I'm sold on timers and use dig\ital ones with multiple programs..
Otherwise I'd be just like you....

Leong

[Rick]

"Keester" > wrote in message
news:or_fb.684512$YN5.542510@sccrnsc01...
> How scheduled do you guys generally keep your lighting times? I mean do
you
> have them on timers or do you religiously turn them on and off at
designated
> times?
>
> I ask because I am bad with this at times.. Sometimes when my work permits
I
> am on a good schedule myself and can approximate the same times of
lighting
> every day.... Then work gets hectic at times and I have to stay late
and/or
> come in early and that goes down the tubes.
>
>

depends on your schedule and the number of tanks you have. I use timers for
all of my 35 or so tanks . My lights come on and stay on about 14 hours a
day.

Rick

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On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 19:39:01 GMT, "Keester" >
wrote:

>How scheduled do you guys generally keep your lighting times? I mean do you
>have them on timers or do you religiously turn them on and off at designated
>times?
>
>I ask because I am bad with this at times.. Sometimes when my work permits I
>am on a good schedule myself and can approximate the same times of lighting
>every day.... Then work gets hectic at times and I have to stay late and/or
>come in early and that goes down the tubes.
>

[~Vicki ~]

I turn on the lights in my tanks around 7 am and turn them off around 10
pm. I have never used a timer but I am sure that they work great for
folks who use them. I have incorporated turning the lights on and off
in my daily schedule and as long as I keep to it my day runs smoothly
LOL. My day just would not be complete without the morning adventure of
getting kids up and ready for school, feeding the fur and fin kids,
sending hubby off to work and getting ready for work myself. Then at
nite it is relaxing in front of the tanks with my feet in my foot
messager. Then the lights go out and I try and catch up with posts.

Vicki

See life would just not be worth living without manually turning on and
off lights..LOL

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