Lightin schedule for a T5HO

[arkansasboy]

I have a 216w quad T5HO with 4 led's and I am thinking of running the actinics 1 hour before the daylights come on until 1 hour after with the daylights on for 8 hours. What do yall think of that schedule? I know I want to have corals later on.

Also, when should the led's be on?

 

[Mandarin66]

I have my led on 24 hour

 

[BL1]

your lighting schedule sounds like it will be fine for the tank. And for the LEDs, most leave them in 24/7 since they don't use much power and usually don't have to worry about them burning out. But, if you really wanted you could put those on a timer as well.