Metal Halide and T5 schedule?

[diazreeflife]

I'm just curious what other that run T5's and MH lighting do for their lighting schedule.

I run my
MH from 9am-12pm
T5 12pm-2pm
MH 2pm-5pm
T5 5pm-10pm

Let me know what u do because I want to make sure I have the best lighting schedule my tank.

Thank u

 

[Mayja]

I run my T5s a lot more than the MH's. Here's my schedule for comparison:

T5 - 1pm-10pm
MH - 4-7pm
Moonlights (4 blue LEDs) - 10-11pm

 

[diazreeflife]

I run my T5s a lot more than the MH's. Here's my schedule for comparison:

T5 - 1pm-10pm
MH - 4-7pm
Moonlights (4 blue LEDs) - 10-11pm

Do u shut of t5's while MH's are on? Also what bulbs are u using for ur t5's?

 

[Mayja]

Do u shut of t5's while MH's are on? Also what bulbs are u using for ur t5's?

The T5s are on the entire period, even when the MHs come on. I'm using 3 ATI Blue Plus 54w bulbs and 1 ATI Purple Plus 54w bulb. That's going to change very soon as I'm going to take out the Purple Plus and put in an Aquatic Blue Special instead.