Lights On And Off Schedule

[debiasir]

At the minute my lights come on at 8 am go off at 12 miday for an hour and back on till 7.

I am thinking of chaning this so they come on at 10 off at 4 for an hour and then off at 9 so i get to enjoy my tank after work etc

whats your lighting schedule

 

[Luke_e]

On 7:00am. Off 7:00pm - 9:00pm is what i do.
EDIT - I turn it off between 7:00pm and 9:00pm, didnt want people thinking its only off for 2hrs lol

 

[Rooster]

1pm till 11pm - no breaks !

 

[OohFeeshy]

On whenever I wake up, off whenever I go to bed. But only the 20g has a light, the rest use the room light and natural light.

 

[Dwarfs]

I have algae problems, so my timers are set for 4:00pm-on, 10:30pm-off

 

[majid83@gmail.com]

I have a 55G tank and I was also wondering how long should I leave my lights on for. I recently had this tank setup and want to avoid excessive light to avoid algae problems. Currently I open my tank lights for 6-7 hours per day. I don't a fix schedule though and I don't a have timer either. I usually come back from work in the evening and then turn the light on until I go to bed. Weekends, I open the light when I get up in the morning.

I did not know there is a timer for lights also. I will buy it too. In the mean time, how many hours a day should I leave the lights open? I do not have any live plants in the tank.

Thanks.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have 15 tanks with plants- most are on timers. I normally start a tank at 12 continuous hours on and adjust from there. No tank is on lees than 11 and none more than 13. The actual on and off times vary w/i those parameters with the earliest on at about 10:30 am and the latest off at 11:30 pm.

 

[debiasir]

ok cheers for the replies