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Old 02/08/2002, 06:33 AM
Theo Theo is offline
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reducing reef lighting

HI GANG. I presently have a 65 with 4 110 watt VHOs. My photo period has been going from 7 am to 11 pm, thats 16 hours. I'm moving to a new house soon and am thinking..........budget. By reducing photo period I'm hoping to reduce the electric bill a little and by not having to replace the lights as often. I realize the photoperiod is long in comparison to most out there, so here is my questions. I realize answers are going to vary but by how much can I reduce the photo period? I already started recucing the lights by one hour, having them come on at 8am insead of 7 so when should my next hour be knocked off, in a week? Thanks for the help folks.

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