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So I ordered LET reflectors and new bulbs for my t5 (2 Blue+. Purple+ and Coral +) and I am trying to figure out exactly how I should install them and how I should change my light cycles as to not burn up everything in the tank. My current light cycle is 13 hours of blues and 5 hours of daylight.
Option 1: Replace 2 bulbs, 1 daylight and one evening bulb and apply reflectors to those 2 bulbs. Cut light cycles in half. Leave for two week adjustment and then replace last 2 bulbs and add remaining 2 reflectors. Keep light times at half and increase light times both evening and daylight by 1 hour each week until back to normal
Option 2: Replace all 4 bulbs and add reflectors at once and cut light cycle by 75%. Slowly increase both cycles by 1 hour each week until back to normal.
Goal is to ramp them back up and not burn up everything, but also in the mean time change the lighting times to a more optimum lighting cycle(s)
So which option would you go with or would you go another way of doing it? And what would be an optimum light cycle for evening and daylight? Thinking maybe to increase the daylight time another 2 hours or so or would that be to much?
Option 1: Replace 2 bulbs, 1 daylight and one evening bulb and apply reflectors to those 2 bulbs. Cut light cycles in half. Leave for two week adjustment and then replace last 2 bulbs and add remaining 2 reflectors. Keep light times at half and increase light times both evening and daylight by 1 hour each week until back to normal
Option 2: Replace all 4 bulbs and add reflectors at once and cut light cycle by 75%. Slowly increase both cycles by 1 hour each week until back to normal.
Goal is to ramp them back up and not burn up everything, but also in the mean time change the lighting times to a more optimum lighting cycle(s)
So which option would you go with or would you go another way of doing it? And what would be an optimum light cycle for evening and daylight? Thinking maybe to increase the daylight time another 2 hours or so or would that be to much?