Light Schedule

[btacker]

I was running a really complicated light schedule:

6 am refugium comes on (I can't run this 24/7 because it is a hang on)
8 am NO and 55w PC comes on
9 am 96w PC actinic comes on
10 am 96w PC 10k comes on

7 pm 96 w PC 10k goes off
9 pm 96w PC actinic goes off
10 pm NO and 55w PC goes off
11 pm refugium goes off

And there are moon lights on all the time... 3 leds

Anyway, I think that is a little crazy so now I just cut all the lights on at 7:30am and all of them off at 9:30pm

What are ya'll doing for light schedules, and what should I be doing?

[Salty]

6:15 moon lights off
6:15 both actinics on (96w x 2)
7:15 both 10k on (96w x 2)

7:30 pm both 10k off
8:30 pm both actinic off
8:30 pm moon lights on

I run this on 2 timers...on a separate circuit than pumps just in case a breaker decides to trip. i also have the added benefit?? of direct sunlight in the mid afternoon for a couple of hours.

[pilot_bell777]

Moon lights on all the time.....
8AM Antinic comes on
9AM 10K On
9PM 10K Goes Off
10PM Antinic Goes Off

10PM Refugium (Antinic/10K) comes on
10AM Refugium (Antinic/10K) goes off

I run this on three timers.

[alexwolf]

fuge on 24/7
10AM 2 Actinic VHO's
11AM 3x250w 20k
930PM Halides off
1030 VHO's off

[::pete::]

7AM Moon Lights off
9AM Fuge off
10AM Actinics on
11AM Halides on
8PM Halides off
8:30PM Moon Lights on
9PM Actinics off
11PM Fuge on

[Gator]

1 fuge on 24 hours
2,3 fuge on from 5pm to 7am (175 mh)

moonlights on 24
12 am vho
12.30 3 more vho
1pm 400 mh 20 k on
1:15 400 mh 20k
1:20 400 mh 20 k
2:00 400 mh 10k
2:15 400 mh 10k

all my lights are on at this point

at 11pm my metals start turning off in 15 min apart then my vhos stay on untill 12

[dan]

1pm 400 mh 20 k on
1:15 400 mh 20k
1:20 400 mh 20 k
2:00 400 mh 10k
2:15 400 mh 10k

thats only 5- 400 mh i thought you had 6 mh???

[btacker]

I don't know how some of ya'll pay your electric bill :)

Thanks for the input.

So it looks like most of you are running your lights 12 to 14 hours. Is there a real reason to ramp up the light? Is it to just not shock the coral or something? I can see this with MH, but with only PC, would this really be necessary?