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Na-H2O
02/03/2010, 08:48 PM
:hmm1: Can anyone explain?

Is it just turning on the whites and actinic at different time?

Let me know!

AJ

Shane Hoffman
02/03/2010, 08:49 PM
Can you explain what you mean by light burst? Did it break??? Does it just randomly get brighter????

Na-H2O
02/03/2010, 08:58 PM
No sorry, my lights are fine I meant a "timed lighting". I read a forum about "light burst" and they were talking about turning on the whites from 12-6, actinic 2-9, and moons over night. I was just wondering how many people do this and if this is the actual technique. I just turn them both on and off at the same time.

theyammieguy
02/03/2010, 09:19 PM
People try to replicate a sunrise to sunset light schedule.

TheH
02/03/2010, 09:36 PM
"light burst" doesn't really describe turning your actinics off an hour after your daylights... I wonder who coined that phrase.

nikon187
02/03/2010, 10:06 PM
What you are refering to is dusk and dawn. Many people have their timers set so their actinic lighting can come on for an hour or 2 before all the lights kick on, then the whites turn off and you have another 1-2 hours of actinic to simulate dusk.

Na-H2O
02/04/2010, 12:38 PM
Oo I see said the blind mice.

Question?
would algea grow like crazy if I started doing it?

theyammieguy
02/04/2010, 01:40 PM
Algea outbreaks are usually caused by excess nutrients.

You will be fine if you want to simuate a dusk to dawn light period. The majority of us do it.