Photo Period for breaking in a new light fixture?

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I just upgraded from 2 44" T-8 2 lamp unit, 1 10,000k and 1 actinic 420 (about 100 watts total) to a 72" T5 HO 6 lamp fixture 12 x 39w - 4 actinic adn 8 10,000k (about 475 watt w/led) and I am wondering what the appropriate break in cycle would be since it is soooo much more light. my fish hate it right now and i only left it on for 30 minutes.

this is the cycle i am going to start tomorrow and slowly ramp up every couple days, please chime in..

Actinic
On at 9am
Off at 6pm

White
On at 12pm
Off at 5 pm

LED
On at 9 pm
Off at 6 am

The tank has been very dim or dark for a couple days...the lights i replaced were very unreliabe
 
Well, I'm actually mounting it inside my canopy this weekend so unfortunately it is on the tank now. The canopy is in garage being prepped for installation. I'm leaving the country for 8 days on monday so I'm trying to get some sort of normal cycle going by then, since it will be 8 days before I could change it.
 
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