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sunil6784
11/23/2010, 08:57 PM
So I thought of something to try today... I have an 8 bulb Tek fixture with 2 cords. My daylights are on one cord, and my aquablue's are on another.

I have two timers. One for the daylights, and one for the aqualights. One timer, the one for the daylights, is on a digital timer that allows for 6 programs. It can also vary the program run each day. Here's the plan:

1) Run the aquablues (4 bulbs) 10 hours every day.
2) Randomnly choose a program to run. Programs vary from 1 hour long to 5 hours long.

My thinking is this would mimic the ocean's cloudy days, plus save on electricity.

What are some downfalls to this? Currently, I turn off the daylights about one day a week. Let me know!

sunil6784
11/23/2010, 08:57 PM
I originally posted this in the reef discussion forum, then realized this would be a better place.

moondoggy4
11/24/2010, 08:39 PM
I like your idea I have a Tek Elite 6 54 watt and I run ,
2 bulbs for 2 hours
then 4 bulbs for 6 hours
then two more bulbs for 2 more hours
back to four bulbs
fianlly back to two