Oceanic Biocube Lighting?????

[Sailor]

Hopefully some of you great people can help me again lol.

I have layed down my substrate in my 14 gal biocube, salt water is in, picking up the live rock tomorow. The lighting has me confused. There is a 10000K Daylight Compact Fluorescent Lamp
Actinic 03 Blue Compact Fluorescent Lamp
and a Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED Lamps

People say the lights should stay off while cycling. But once my tank is up and cycled how long should the lights be on and which lights should be on what times.

This kind of has me confused.

Thanks in advance

[thegrandpoohbah]

People generally leave the lights on for 10-12 hours a day. Do all three lights have seperate power cords? If so you are in luck. You can simulate a dawn, daylight and dusk effect by running each light of a seperate timer. I'm not sure about exact times or anything but go check out www.nano-reef.com (http://www.nano-reef.com). That's probably your best bet when it comes to nano SW tanks. And be sure to post pics!

[Fugu]

yeah lay off the lights to around 6 houres a day.

You will get excessive alge groth if you do and you dont want that.


Hehe,n-r.com member here:yes: