T5 supplement for LED photoperiod

[ff337]

Anyone add t5 supplements to LEDs. How long do you run your t5s?

 

[snowmansnow]

A lot of people add t5s. I think how long depends on how strong / long the main lights are running .


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[ff337]

I'm looking for experiences with run times etc.

 

[lsu_fishfan]

Mine currently run 3 hours, but I'm going to slowly raise it to 4 hours when I get more SPS

 

[davidinga]

Primary leds 12 hours (no ramping 70/70%)
4 T5's on for 7 hours (might go to 8)

 

[genesis]

I supplement 4 t5's with my 3 led fixtures over my 140. My lighting cycle is as follows

9a-11a- just blue leds
11a- white leds on
1p- white and actinic t-5s on
5pm- t-5s off
7pm- white leds off
9pm- blue leds off
9pm-9am- no lights

12 hour on/off lighting cycle with a ramp effect created using the timeline on my controller.
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[ff337]

Thanks guys

 

[hzheng33]

Genesis;1049151 wrote: I supplement 4 t5's with my 3 led fixtures over my 140. My lighting cycle is as follows

9a-11a- just blue leds
11a- white leds on
1p- white and actinic t-5s on
5pm- t-5s off
7pm- white leds off
9pm- blue leds off
9pm-9am- no lights

12 hour on/off lighting cycle with a ramp effect created using the timeline on my controller.

Very interesting. Btw, what's the dimension of the tank?

 

[genesis]

hzheng33;1049163 wrote: Very interesting. Btw, what's the dimension of the tank?

84L x 24H x 16W

 

[ff337]

Genesis;1049151 wrote: I supplement 4 t5's with my 3 led fixtures over my 140. My lighting cycle is as follows

9a-11a- just blue leds
11a- white leds on
1p- white and actinic t-5s on
5pm- t-5s off

7pm- white leds off
9pm- blue leds off
9pm-9am- no lights

12 hour on/off lighting cycle with a ramp effect created using the timeline on my controller.

How was the corals response to adding the t5s

 

[genesis]

FF337;1049165 wrote: How was the corals response to adding the t5s

The initial reaction was quite interesting. Some corals started puffing up within the first couple days. I like the additional color/growth. I prefer more of a whiter looking tank so having 6500K t-5s helped with that plus they also increase growth (Might go with 8k's when these get old). The actinic are the true actinic 420nm color which is a purple/violet color and really gives an extra pop to most corals. My only mistake was that I didn't light acclimate them to the additional t-5s and I'm currently dealing with some mild bleaching. I went from just leds to leds and t-5s running 4 hours hours.

 

[ff337]

Cool. I'm looking forward to it. I like a blueish look myself. I want to turn up the whites some with the LEDs and add more color to it. I'll show some before pictures and after.