How long/when should I have my T5 supplements on?

[chony]

Currently have a 93 cube with 2 AI blues and 3 24 in T5 fixtures. Each T5 fixture has 2 bulbs. So I'm assuming you would have the T5's on during peak time. Just wondering how long you would have them on and when you would turn them on...


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T5 ......................................
AI ..............
T5 ......................................
AI ..............
T5 ......................................


Thanks in advance for any advice on this one,
Stephen

Edit: AI's in the center though.

 

[hiimsean]

You haven't run them in the past, have you? I'd run them with your peek LED intensities, maybe 3hrs at first then increase it.

 

[chony]

Word, thanks Sean.

Edit: Word, thanks Sean.

 

[chony]

Does everyone concur?

 

[seth the wine guy]

What are the T5 bulb types?

 

[chony]

ATI. 3 Super blue, 1 blue plus, 1 purple, and 1 coral.

 

[seth the wine guy]

Having that spectrum spread from the t5 I think you can do just about anything you want. If just adding them to a tank that was only AI's before I would actually run them at different times then the AIs to start then integrate the overlap.
That's what I did with mine when I added MH onto a tank that just had AIs alone previously.

 

[chony]

Thanks Seth. I think I'm going to take your advice on this one. Starting out, how long would you have them on each day?

 

[picoreefguy]

id start with an hour on each side (one hour before the ai's and then one after the ai's) and then increase time as desired on a weekly basis in 1/2 to 1 hour increments

 

[chony]

Thanks Pico

 

[picoreefguy]

no problem let us know how it works out for ya

 

[seth the wine guy]

I'm with my man Pico on that. I can say Pico too!