Acclimating corals to new light?

[Noneck56]

Just cutting back the amount of time will still leave your corals burned. Like if you go in the bright sun, does it matter if it's 8 hours or 4 hours? You still get a sunburn.....

That's not correct. Limiting the time of light exposure is a tried and proven method. Check your reference books.

 

[carey]

If you subject a coral to hi intensity light for 2 hours or 6 hours, it's still too much light.

 

[Noneck56]

If you subject a coral to hi intensity light for 2 hours or 6 hours, it's still too much light.

Ok but those light loving corals are not going to be very happy. I've never kept sps corals just lps and soft corals. Each year I replace the T5 lights and I do this all at once and because the intensity is stronger I start off with giving them a couple of hours each day unroll I reach the 8 hr lighting period. Their happy and growing and I've been doing this with pc lighting and T5. To each his/ her own!