how long do you run your t5 lights for?

[jerl77]

how long do you run your t5 lights for?​

 

[NYreefNoob]

ati 6 bulb, 2 bulbs from 3:30 till 11 and 4 bulbs from 4 to 10

 

[jr973]

i have a 24 in 4 bulb t5 fixture i currently run for 10 hrs 96watts total ona 29 biocube jus recently bought the fixture so dont really know if i should tone down or go longer trial and error in this hobby

 

[THEDLO]

t5s 11-1030 and the mhs 12-930

 

[CONSTANTNE]

ATI 6 bulb (4 blue+, super actinic, fiji purple). 2 for 10 hours and all 6 for 5 hours. Still playing with times.

 

[seldin]

I have an MH/T5 combo. I kind of think on my Aquatinics setup, that the T5 is really for accent and not really for the corals. In the summer I run my larger tank with a shorter period to cut down on heat.

So T5's run 10 hours, so I can see the tank for a long period and on my MH, which really is the main lighting, I run that in the summer for 6 hours during the summer.

I bump up MH during winter an extra 2 hours.