What Lighting Schedule To You Use On Your Reef?

[thehvacman]

I ask this because I am curious if anyone has experienced a natural coral spawning event in your tank. I read ("There are both long-term and short-term controls that affect the timing of spawning events. The long-term control of spawning may be related to temperature, day length, or rate of temperature change. The short-term control is usually based on lunar cues. The final release, or spawn, is usually based on the time of sunset. [c] Broadcast spawning coral species may spawn on only one or a few nights each year, and though different species may spawn at different times, the spawning events for any given species happen at the same time.[d]"), meaning to me that solar, and lunar cycles have a lot to do with spawning. So without buying an expensive controler, I found a digital timer that automatically adjusts lighting schedule to real life sunrise, and sunset times. Would be very cool to witness a spawing event in person, and in my tank! I have been running it for a month now, everything seems happy, and the days are getting longer