How long do you run your lights?

[Doberman13]

I use a cheap hipargero aquaknight on my ten gallon. I run my lights for 11 hours at about 60% blues 30% whites. Unfortunately there's no option for ramp up/down.
Just interested in what everyone else does.

 

[Tanster2]

How do you know the intensity, just curious. The aquaknight leds just have a + and - button lol. I'm guessing the number of times you press the respective button represents 10% right? Pretty sure you can press either button 10 times before it turns that
spectrum off.

I run mine for 12 hours a day, and I should suspect most reefers run them 10-12. Wait for one of the pros to chime in for a better answer lol

 

[bhodges82]

DT is lit for 11hrs total.

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[Steve Burton]

11

 

[civics14]

10 hours here...
3 hour ramp up and down, so 4 hours at peak (about 250 par at sandbed).

SPS dominant tank.

 

[Brandonfishdish89]

11.5 hrs with 3 ramp up and 3 ramp down. If no ramp feature, I would try 8-10 hrs of blanket on time. As long as no drastic changes are made from what the tank inhabitants are already used to, they will usually adapt(within reason).

 

[awodzenski]

Mine don't ramp. So I turn blue on for 2 hours white and blue on for 8 hours blue only for an hour for my ramp down and off the rest of the time

 

[dball711]

About 14 but the first and last 2 are really an actinic/blue LED ramp. I run 100% blue, royal blue, purple and 20% uv on my programmable LED’s zero whites. I also run T5s for 8 hours daily, only blue+ & actinic bulbs.

 

[enderg60]

12 hours of light, 11 hours of daylight, 9 hours with halides.

Frag tanks are on for the same just reversed light cycle.

 

[Mom2Many]

20 long 15 minute ramp up/10hours/3hours of moonlights - 10 gallon with hipargero lights 10 hours a day/40%white -80%blues

 

[york1]

12 hours 4hour ramp up and down