75 gallon Reef tank Lighting

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I Have a 48" T8 reef light
I have a Fluval AquaSky LED Aquarium Light 48-60" i use the Blue led with the T8 together
I have a Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED 48-60" 15watt 99 White LEDs i use this light for only White

I run the T8 and the Fluval Aquasky Led together from 10 am to 8:30 pm every day on a auto shutoff
and from 12pm to 8:30pm i run the Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED 48-60" so all lights run together full at this time. Is this good for my reef tank. I have 1 frogspawn , 1 candy cane, 1 bubble tip anemone, 3 different zoanthids, 1 Birds nest and 2 xenia. I have about 100 pounds of live rock with different algaes and 3 pumps in the tank for water circulation. Everything seems to be great so far except one of my zoanthids is not fully opening up anymore so i might move it. Any advice is great.

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What kind of bulbs do you have in the T5?
 
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T8 is Aqueon T8 Full Spectrum Daylight Flourescent Lamp 48 in/32 W (8,000 k color temperature)

The Fluval AquaSky LED Aquarium Light 48-60 is
35 watts/ 84 LEDs
Color Temperature: 3,000K to 25,000K

Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED 48-60" 15watt 99 White LEDs i use this light for only White

And i am concerned about how long on timer i should have them on as i posted earlier my times.
 

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The timer is probably okay. I'd be concerned with nuisance algae growth due to the predominance of whiter light. You can leave lower intensity lighting on for longer without any ill effects. I don't think the lighting is causing your zoa to close up.

What are your water parameters?
 
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i was thinking of switching the T8 with a
Current USA Orbit IC LED - LOOP COMPATIBLE And then running the other 2 lights as well with the setup would this be to much?

I will turn the white lights off more so maybe 3 pm to 8:30 pm and the blue lights from 10 am to 8:30 pm. Will this help?

Parameters - Nitrate 0
Ammonia - 0

Phosphate - .25
Magnesium - 1250 <----working on 1350

Calcium 430 <---trying to get to 450
Alk 10 <---dropping to 9




 
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3 MONTHs old i use api and salifert i have a sump 45 gallon undertank with a gfo remover a nitrate remove and a bubble magnus protein skimmer running on a refugium
 
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that picture is a little old maybe one month because i have 2 eflux wave pumps on loop system wave Pump 1050 gph and one Wave Pump 2100 gph
 
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I will turn the white lights off more so maybe 3 pm to 8:30 pm and the blue lights from 10 am to 8:30 pm. Will this help? u never answered that do u think thats a good idea
 
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