Reef Central Online Community

Home Forum Here you can view your subscribed threads, work with private messages and edit your profile and preferences View New Posts View Today's Posts

Find other members Frequently Asked Questions Search Reefkeeping ...an online magazine for marine aquarists Support our sponsors and mention Reef Central

Go Back   Reef Central Online Community Archives > General Interest Forums > Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment
FAQ Calendar Today's Posts Search

 
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 09/06/2007, 03:48 PM
Echidna09 Echidna09 is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Sandy, UT
Posts: 467
Acclimate to actinic lights

Do I have to acclimate my tank to actinic lights? I heard they don't do anything for the zoox so wouldn't think it would bleach the corals but I'm not sure. Bought 2 Helios T5HO retro fixtures for my open top 12 gallon nanocube. I got the Helios 03 actinic bulbs.

Thanks
  #2  
Old 09/07/2007, 11:35 PM
Echidna09 Echidna09 is offline
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Sandy, UT
Posts: 467
^
  #3  
Old 09/08/2007, 01:48 AM
Scissorhand Scissorhand is offline
Crawfish Eating Reefer
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Pho 54, SoCal
Posts: 2,323
nah... don't bother. I haven't heard of any adverse effect to addtition of actinics.

I added 2x vho actinics to my lightings and my corals loved it based on color/polyps extension.
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:52 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Use of this web site is subject to the terms and conditions described in the user agreement.
Reef Central™ Reef Central, LLC. Copyright ©1999-2009