Should i Panic?

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srkr1432

Ok my 36"dual current w/moon the daylight won't light up. The acentic is fine. I'm leaving for 3 days and will be home saturday. Everything is on a timer. Is this ok to leave like this?
1 anenome
1 flower pot coral
xenia
culaperia
and something else
2 clowns
1 lion
1 yellowtang
65-70 gallon
100lbs live rock
coraline skimmer


Also As you can see I'm light stupid..Should I change my lighting when I get back? different brand or Halide? I dont even know what Halide means. Have had the tank for several months and everything is awesome. Anyways...All opinions wanted, Thanks Shane.
 
just swapped and now the blue will not light up as bright as it was when it was pluged into the otherone.

Let me re-phrase my original post. i did get some light from my daylight just not much at all..now when I swapped... not much acentic light . So which one should I use...the blue or the daylight while I'm gone?
 
most will say the 10k, but i believe the actinic has the higher punch.

is it a true actinic, or a 50/50 or just a blue?
 
How long have you had your light fixture? Sounds like something's gone wrong with the wiring/ballast.

If you have the original bulbs, one should be your daylight, the other actinic.
 
While your gone I would use the white light. Actinics actually do nothing for photosynthesis, they are just for looks.
 
Rick are you serious? I thought the whole purpose behind actinic's was to mimic the wavelengths that the corals would be receiving in the ocean? I have read that the whiter light is filtered out in the very top part of the water and all that is left is the blue spectrum.
 
The kind of blue/violet spectrum that actinics put out are only seen in deeper parts of the reef and do not provide the right kind of PAR (Photosynthetically Available Radium) for any coral except for deep water corals. The deeper you go in the ocean the more white light is filter out and conversely the higher you go the more "daylight" is availabe. Consequently, most corals, especially anenomes and sps need some kind of daylight spectrum--red, orange, yellow wavelengths--to live because they live relatively near, and sometimes right below the surface of the water. So, I agree you should leave the 10k bulb in the working ballast it is more important.
 
@Shane_pcs wrote:
Rick are you serious? I thought the whole purpose behind actinic's was to mimic the wavelengths that the corals would be receiving in the ocean? I have read that the whiter light is filtered out in the very top part of the water and all that is left is the blue spectrum. said:
I have gotten it right from the so-called horses mouth. Several people I know Sanjay included have told me that the wavelengths in actinic bulbs have no P.A.R. for corals.
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