Mobile Bay Reef Keepers

Posted: **Wed Mar 31, 2004 11:06 pm**

I'm upping the amount of time I leave my halides on.
I started way back at 5 hours a day w/ 12 hours for the VHO's. I have 320 Watts VHO and 750 for Halides. I'm adding another 220 (2x4') watts vho's this week also. Wondering how many hours I should take the halides to in the end.
I think I'm at 6.5 hours a day now.

Posted: **Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:07 am**

Ten Hours for me. IMHO, eight hours for halides should be a minimum for light-loving sps corals, in order to get the best coloration. As far as other corals are concerned, you can get away with much less.

Posted: **Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:13 am**

I run mine for 8 hours.

Posted: **Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:59 pm**

I am running mine for 6 hours a day now. I plan on upping it to about 8. With Iwasaki's I've read that over 8 could be too much and cause problems.

Posted: **Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:09 pm**

I never run mine.

Posted: **Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:40 am**

Snoop, well you should have water inyour tanks before plugging those MH's in

Posted: **Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:40 am**

????Dys what are you talking about????

Mobile Bay Reef Keepers

How many hours a day do you run your metal halides?

How many hours a day do you run your metal halides?

MH