Amount of time required for lights and CO2 in a day?

[e[V]o|ut|on]

Hi All,

Would like to seek your comment with regards to how much (in terms of time (Hrs)) light and CO2 is required in a 3ft tank in a day?

Would also like to find out, would algae eating fishes or other options be better to curb issues with algae in the tank?

[Shadow]

Roughly 8-10hrs a day. Algae eater will help contro the algae

[limyw]

is it OK to switch on the lights only at night? for the CO2 I guess its best to switch off at night?

[Shadow]

switch on your CO2 together with your light.

[Aquaguy]

I have a 3ft tank and my light schedule:
On: 0800-1300 (5 hrs)
Off: 1300-1600 (3 hrs)
On:1600-2100(5 hrs)

[bridge]

I have a 2 ft tank. The lights and CO2 are set for 8 hours.

[5stars]

I think it's best to switch on the CO2 about 1.5-2hrs before the lights so that the plants can immediately utilize the dissolved CO2 the moment the lights come on, which will help them outcompete algae in the tank.

[markvtec2]

Lighting 8 to 10hrs. Co2 on 1 hr before lighting on and off 1 hr before lighting off.

[sammajor]

My lighting hours as per following:

1. 0900 hrs to 1200hrs.
2. 1900hrs to 2200hrs.

CO2 together with lighting at about 4-5 bubbles per second.

[Shrimpboii]

I just set up a 3ft tank , this info is very useful to me

[Shrimpboii]

Hey bro , can I know how many bubble count per second you use?

[Shrimpboii]

Anyway I just set up my tank , in it there are riccia and japanese hair grass .
Is 2 bubble per second sufficient ?