Well the new timer arrived on the 8th or 9th and I installed it the next day. This timer is much more robust than the one it replaced. I really like this style of timer because you can run day lights, blue lights and night lights all separately. I have my blue lights come on at 6:30 in the morn so we can see the tank before our day begins. The blues stay on until 8. They again come on at 1 pm and the MH then come on at 3. MH stay on until 7 pm, the blues till 8. My moonlight LEDs then come on and are on until 6 the next morning.
My biggest concern with my tank aside from the wire algae (another blog another time) is the color of my corals. Most of them had great color when I added them, but quickly fade to either muted colors or good ole brown. I am happy to say that my Acros are starting to get color to them. Nothing like I hope, but they are definitely not brown!
I was also able to hook up a fan to keep things cool when the MH come on. It's kind of noisy, but it does a great job. Before the fan with the MH on for 3 hours the tank would rise to about 84 degrees and to 86 degrees after 4 hours. With the fan on, after 5 hours the tank temp is 78.
Check out the Macro shots on the Pics page and you can see some colo
My biggest concern with my tank aside from the wire algae (another blog another time) is the color of my corals. Most of them had great color when I added them, but quickly fade to either muted colors or good ole brown. I am happy to say that my Acros are starting to get color to them. Nothing like I hope, but they are definitely not brown!
I was also able to hook up a fan to keep things cool when the MH come on. It's kind of noisy, but it does a great job. Before the fan with the MH on for 3 hours the tank would rise to about 84 degrees and to 86 degrees after 4 hours. With the fan on, after 5 hours the tank temp is 78.
Check out the Macro shots on the Pics page and you can see some colo