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02/27/2018, 07:14 PM | #1 |
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lighting question - Kessil 360W
so I had a 120 gallon, stepped up to a 330 gallon, 24" wide x 25" tall x 11-1/2' long
-took all my stuff out of my 120 and put in the 330 3 years ago -couple of years ago I put the Kessils on, have (4) of them -my RBTA have shrunken, were about 1 foot, now they are like 5" across -do I not have enough light? need 1 or 2 more Kessils? -discovered today in my Apex that my color was at 90 and my intensity was only at 70, could that be an issue? thanks,
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02/27/2018, 09:50 PM | #2 |
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I've had the same (splitting, always splitting) GBTAs for 15 years now, and they have been growing just fine exclusively under A360's since a week after the 360's were released (I forget how many years that has been now - a few). I haven't really had too many issues, although my greens never seem to get > about 7 inches before splitting.
I would say that a color of 90 is going to be pretty yellow. 0 is blue and 50 is balanced yellow/blue, with 90 being on the "too yellow for me" side. My peak sun "noon" values are a color of 50 and an intensity of 80 (if memory serves). Edit... Damn - an 11 1/2 foot long tank? I have 4 360's over a 6' 125. If the anemones are directly under the lights then you should be fine, but there is no way you are going to get full coverage of that much tank with 4 360s (or 4 of anything). Damn I wish I had enough room for a 12 foot long tank. Dave |
02/28/2018, 07:28 PM | #3 |
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ok set both intensity and color to 100, nem's and mushrooms did not like, turned back down to 80, they were happier by the end of the day; think I will move up 10 points per week, thoughts?
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02/28/2018, 10:40 PM | #4 |
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It's too hard to narrow down what's happening to simply the lights. It could be a combination of lighting, flow, excess nutrients, temperature, etc. Many of us run A360s without any issues. I ran mine at 100% on a tank only 12" tall and my BTAs loved it.
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03/20/2018, 07:13 PM | #5 |
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ok still struggling, turned up to 80 on intensity, everything was shrinking and hiding, after a week I turned back down, should I just get a PAR meter at this point?
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03/20/2018, 09:27 PM | #6 |
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I think you should tell us more about your system and not worry so much about the lights.
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-have a 125 gallon refug with chaeto -have (3) 57 watt UV running -typical water parameters as needed, have Apex running everything
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fish and "easy" corals for me, not in for the challenge but for for the calmness...is there such a thing? Current Tank Info: 11'6" long 330gal with 475 gallon system volume |
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03/21/2018, 04:39 PM | #9 |
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I think it is something that has been happening slowly over time, guessing it started about 3 years ago when I moved everything from my 120 to my 330
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