Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here! - Page 4

sixpackgarage · 07/16/2016, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Confuse

Major or minor diffusion?

I bought both sets. The major is way too much. The minor cuts 100 PAR by my measurements.

My stylo was begging for more light due to shadowing so I threw the T5 supplements back on today.

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ninjamyst · 07/16/2016, 08:55 PM

I have the major diffusion on for about a week now. It really does cut PAR alot. Had to increase intensity from 65% to 85%. Less shimmers, coverage seem the same to my eyes.

bif24701 · 07/17/2016, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rees2301

Did we get to see Circle10's settings and mounting config on his great set up.

I haven't, but I think I have found my ideal spot is 65%, 4 hours, 7" off water,

Aaron

180 Gallon Dream (Now Reality)
http://www.panhandlereefers.com/foru...Now-Reality%29

CIRCLE10 · 07/17/2016, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rees2301

Did we get to see Circle10's settings and mounting config on his great set up.

Sorry been gone on vacation with family recently(came back to some brown sps/cyano/corraline take over,etc

. But no deaths !!!! ), lights were hung 7" above water and set to ramp up to 75% (gradually )

I've been messing around with these settings recently,

But don't want to misslead anyone

I've been hybrid for the last 3months and loving it

bif24701 · 07/19/2016, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CIRCLE10

Sorry been gone on vacation with family recently(came back to some brown sps/cyano/corraline take over,etc

. But no deaths !!!! ), lights were hung 7" above water and set to ramp up to 75% (gradually )

I've been messing around with these settings recently,

But don't want to misslead anyone

I've been hybrid for the last 3months and loving it

I do plan to add 4 T5 bulbs but later once corals start crowding and shadowing each other.

Aaron

180 Gallon Dream (Now Reality)
http://www.panhandlereefers.com/foru...Now-Reality%29

Confuse · 07/25/2016, 03:30 PM

I just ordered the Minor Diffusion lens to try out. The major diffusion subdue a lot of the shimmer, but I want to see what the minor looks like.

Confuse · 07/26/2016, 09:05 PM

I got the lens today. It's not a dramatic change from the major diffusion, but I'll have to look at it for a few more days to note the difference.

michaelrc51 · 07/27/2016, 07:20 AM

I wish they would work on the program and also apex compatibility since the light has now been out for a while.

I will pick up one of these diffusers eventually.

Confuse · 07/27/2016, 10:40 AM

I gotta say that this fixture gets really hot even at 70%. I don't know how they're going to fix that 70% output limit they said was a failsafe for not overheating with just a software update. While I don't need to run my fixture at 100%, I still want what was promised from this fixture.

LowHangingFruit · 07/27/2016, 03:30 PM

Which T5 RETRO kit are you using?

Quote:

Originally Posted by CIRCLE10

Sorry been gone on vacation with family recently(came back to some brown sps/cyano/corraline take over,etc

. But no deaths !!!! ), lights were hung 7" above water and set to ramp up to 75% (gradually )

I've been messing around with these settings recently,

But don't want to misslead anyone

I've been hybrid for the last 3months and loving it

rvareef · 07/27/2016, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Confuse

I gotta say that this fixture gets really hot even at 70%. I don't know how they're going to fix that 70% output limit they said was a failsafe for not overheating with just a software update. While I don't need to run my fixture at 100%, I still want what was promised from this fixture.

gotta wait till the ap700HD comes out

Skeet59 · 07/28/2016, 08:17 AM

Anyone have input on nem success thus far? I have had two bta's turn into recluse's. They have shrank considerably as well. Peak is at 56% for 2.5 hours. Duncan, polyps, and brain corals are all really happy. I only have one unit 8 inches above a 60x18x24, supplemented with t5.
Pretty happy to see this thread separate from kessil club, kind of a pita to dig through that forum.

vhuang168 · 07/28/2016, 08:38 AM

I have 4 btas near the top of a rock almost directly under 1 of the picks.

I think you have too much light. That's usually the reason btas hide.

Tank is a 40b, light is 12" high running at 50% peak for 4 hrs.

Is the tank new? Or are the btas new additions? If not what kind of light were they under before?

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Skeet59 · 07/28/2016, 09:40 AM

Tanks a year old, one was transfer from an older smaller tank with t5ho, other came from a LFS that was under led, but the ones from eBay....I have experimented leaving the t5 off and nothing changed except coral wasn't real happy. Maybe I'll attempt again.

sean2sean · 07/28/2016, 10:52 AM

I am running two units on a 6 ft long tank and it looks great. only issue is running it my wifi router.

Confuse · 07/29/2016, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Skeet59

Anyone have input on nem success thus far? I have had two bta's turn into recluse's. They have shrank considerably as well. Peak is at 56% for 2.5 hours. Duncan, polyps, and brain corals are all really happy. I only have one unit 8 inches above a 60x18x24, supplemented with t5.
Pretty happy to see this thread separate from kessil club, kind of a pita to dig through that forum.

I run the fixture at 70% which is a little too much. My anemones are turning a light color so they may be getting too much light. One of them hid under the rockwork. Fifty six percent for 2.5 hours doesn't sound too terrible though. Hmmm...

Confuse · 07/29/2016, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by sean2sean

I am running two units on a 6 ft long tank and it looks great. only issue is running it my wifi router.

What are your issues? I can't connect to the light via my router. I have to connect directly to the light for some reason.

Skeet59 · 07/29/2016, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Confuse

What are your issues? I can't connect to the light via my router. I have to connect directly to the light for some reason.

Same here. I've attempted a few times and just gave up trying to do wifi.

oseymour · 07/29/2016, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Skeet59

Anyone have input on nem success thus far? I have had two bta's turn into recluse's. They have shrank considerably as well. Peak is at 56% for 2.5 hours. Duncan, polyps, and brain corals are all really happy. I only have one unit 8 inches above a 60x18x24, supplemented with t5.
Pretty happy to see this thread separate from kessil club, kind of a pita to dig through that forum.

Here are some pictures of my bubble tip which recently split. Doing extremely well. I don't feed it anything directly.

I am running my AP700 about 10 inches off the water. My tank is 48 x 21 x 20.
I have 2 Kessil A160s at the edges to supplement. I added these because I had to raise the AP700 too high to get full coverage - tank is in the living room and was getting too much light spillage.

AP700 runs for 1 hour ramp up and down and 7 hours at 43%
A160s run for 12 hours with a 4 hours ramp up and down with peak at 45%.

Everything is growing well. The bubble tip is in the corner and gets lots of flow and probably mid to low light and it likes the spot, the baby stays right there and it never moved.

I gotta say I had this nem and light on a smaller tank and never had this success. In fact I had a lot of these corals in another tank and something happened with this new setup where they are thriving. I had T5 supplement and tried other things.

A par meter is also very helpful - I use the Seneye meter.

vhuang168 · 07/29/2016, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Confuse

I run the fixture at 70% which is a little too much. My anemones are turning a light color so they may be getting too much light. One of them hid under the rockwork. Fifty six percent for 2.5 hours doesn't sound too terrible though. Hmmm...

He is also supplementing with T5s. Didn't mention how many or what kind or what the light schedule for those are. But based on nem behavior, too much light is my best guess. Not so much duration but intensity.

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Skeet59 · 07/29/2016, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by vhuang168

He is also supplementing with T5s. Didn't mention how many or what kind or what the light schedule for those are. But based on nem behavior, too much light is my best guess. Not so much duration but intensity.

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T5 is ati 10k and blue+, only two lamps, running 3 hours to the middle of peak on the AP700. I'm thinking my problem is else where. I just removed a solid chunk of culerpa, more than I thought had already grown, so we'll see if the helps. Also the cinnamon clown in there isn't helping much. He/she is kind of an aggressive a**hole on the nems.

Ben.91 · 07/30/2016, 12:13 AM

Ap700 or Nano box Quad???

Confuse · 07/30/2016, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben.91

Ap700 or Nano box Quad???

For what size tank? You'll get way better coverage on a larger tank from an AP 700. NanoBox lights are designed for nano tanks so the coverage for larger tanks isn't always great. I own both. I have a NanoBox Duo on my Fusion 20 and love it. Best color rendition of any light I had. But I'd hesitate to run a NanoBox on a larger tank, unless it was a hybrid Dave builds.

sean2sean · 07/30/2016, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Confuse

What are your issues? I can't connect to the light via my router. I have to connect directly to the light for some reason.

Spoke to the tech at kessil and they are working on the issue. For some reason the unit just have a hard time connecting to the router directly.

Ben.91 · 07/31/2016, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Confuse

For what size tank? You'll get way better coverage on a larger tank from an AP 700. NanoBox lights are designed for nano tanks so the coverage for larger tanks isn't always great. I own both. I have a NanoBox Duo on my Fusion 20 and love it. Best color rendition of any light I had. But I'd hesitate to run a NanoBox on a larger tank, unless it was a hybrid Dave builds.

I was thinking of doing it on a 65 marineland corner overflow tank. It's dims are 36x18x24. Wanted to go with the quad and two retrofitted t5s

07/28/2016, 08:38 AM	#88
vhuang168 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,136	Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here! I have 4 btas near the top of a rock almost directly under 1 of the picks. I think you have too much light. That's usually the reason btas hide. Tank is a 40b, light is 12" high running at 50% peak for 4 hrs. Is the tank new? Or are the btas new additions? If not what kind of light were they under before? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Vincent 40g custom AIO --> DSA190Pro

07/16/2016, 08:55 PM	#77
ninjamyst Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 57	I have the major diffusion on for about a week now. It really does cut PAR alot. Had to increase intensity from 65% to 85%. Less shimmers, coverage seem the same to my eyes.

07/25/2016, 03:30 PM	#81
Confuse Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 385	I just ordered the Minor Diffusion lens to try out. The major diffusion subdue a lot of the shimmer, but I want to see what the minor looks like.

07/26/2016, 09:05 PM	#82
Confuse Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 385	I got the lens today. It's not a dramatic change from the major diffusion, but I'll have to look at it for a few more days to note the difference.

07/27/2016, 07:20 AM	#83
michaelrc51 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Cream Ridge, NJ Posts: 73	I wish they would work on the program and also apex compatibility since the light has now been out for a while. I will pick up one of these diffusers eventually.

07/27/2016, 10:40 AM	#84
Confuse Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 385	I gotta say that this fixture gets really hot even at 70%. I don't know how they're going to fix that 70% output limit they said was a failsafe for not overheating with just a software update. While I don't need to run my fixture at 100%, I still want what was promised from this fixture.

07/28/2016, 09:40 AM	#89
Skeet59 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Colorado Posts: 49	Tanks a year old, one was transfer from an older smaller tank with t5ho, other came from a LFS that was under led, but the ones from eBay....I have experimented leaving the t5 off and nothing changed except coral wasn't real happy. Maybe I'll attempt again.

07/28/2016, 10:52 AM	#90
sean2sean Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: El Monte, CA Posts: 722	I am running two units on a 6 ft long tank and it looks great. only issue is running it my wifi router.

07/30/2016, 12:13 AM	#97
Ben.91 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Kennesaw Posts: 107	Ap700 or Nano box Quad???