Lighting phases in planted tank setups

Hi everyone

Just want to start a nice informative thread for everyone especially newbies. Lets share our setups and lighting phases.

Low tech 4 foot planted tank
Plants
Amazon swords, Jungle Vallis, Anubias, Hygrophilla polysperma
Lights
1 x 30w Floglow t8 tube will be replaced with 18w LED tube
1 x 18w LED Daylight t8 tube
Light phase period
First period
12:00-14:30
Final period
15:45-22:45
Total period 9 1/2 hours

 

Come on my fellow hobbyiests give everyone your info. The more knowledge this thread holds the better for all

The Tranquility Effect

 

I have relatively low lighting for a heavily planted tank but this is out of choice..

I run a 4 ft, 24W, Red tube towards the front of the tank, this is on from 06:00/07:00 until 19:00/20:00. This is really just for ambiance.
I run a 4 ft, LED tube (15000k) at the rear of the tank, this is on from 09:00 until 18:00
My main lighting is a Jewel Hi Lite unit with 2 x 54w, T5 bulbs, on from 10:00 until 17:00/18:00 depending on the season. These have the Colour and Nature tubes.

My setup contains mainly African plants which are slow growers and don't require much light. The Jewel unit provides the bulk of the light for growth and seems to be more than sufficient for my needs.
I currently have the LED tube decommissioned and am looking to replace with another T5, Jewel tube.

 

Come on people this is a good informative thread

The Tranquility Effect

 

I'm running a high tech 135L cube-ish tank (60cmx50x45)
ADA Aquasky LED 30W unit, pressurized CO2. CO2 starts up at 7am and off at 6pm, lights on from 9:30am - 7pm (9,5hrs)

Lots of fast growing stems (rotala, pogostemon, ludwigia), glosso, hydrocotyle tripartita, and some crypts stashed around the base of the hardscape.

 

Running a 15W gro-lux and a 11w LED light at 14 hours a day. Tank has been up for just over a year now. Did a lot of trimming a few weeks back as it was getting overgrown.

 

So I changed my lighting period so lights are on continuesly from 12:30-22:00 I can remember years ago I also had lights on contineusly.

The Tranquility Effect

 

I run my lights for about 6 and 1/2 hours, all low tech tanks at the moment, Plant growth is reasonable and i never have issues with algae, of any sort.

 

lighting period : 06h00 - 19h00

 

Cmon peeps more input for all

The Tranquility Effect

 

Found another digital timer yayness thought I lost it. Will be putting my 30w T8 floglo tube on its own timer. Will be on from 11:00 - 22:30 then my T8 LED 18w tube will go on from 12:30-21h30. So the first light will be like sunrise for them and then the same at night for sundown. Just hope this digital timer still works. Currently hopefully charging as it has not been used for months. Lets hold thumbs.

The Tranquility Effect

 

I use cheapie cfl lights for around 7 hrs.