Walter,
Yes, eggcrate is used for many things. One is to reflect light, or more to
diffuse light so that all of the light from a bulb does not get into the
tank. The reason I would not cut hours off of my light is
1. My corals are used to a certain on and off time for my lights. I
would rather not mess with that. They actually start to close about 15-20
minutes before the lights go off and I want to keep that going.
2. It is bad for a MH bulb to be turned on and off for different
periods of time. It is really best for the bulb to burn it in at a specific
amount of hours, (say you are planning to run the bulb 10 hours a day, it
should always be turned on and off for 10 hours if you can) and then run it
at that from there until you switch it out with a new light.
Shane C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Weidmann Walter [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 1:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Cover...
I am new in this, what is the eggcrate for, if it is to reflex some
light, I
have heard than you should simple cut off some hours of the halogen
light
and them slowly increase them, thats all I know.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Clays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:42 PM
Subject: Cover...
> All,
> I am getting ready to switch my old MH bulb out for a new one. It
will be
a
> significant change because not only is it new, but I am going from
10k to
> 55k. I am planning on covering the tank with a layer of eggcrate
in order
to
> allow the corals to adjust. Question is this:
>
> Is one layer of eggcrate going to be enough and how long should I
leave
the
> layer(s) on the tank? I am thinking one layer for one week. Is
that
enough?
>
> TIA
>
> Shane C.
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