What % do you run your ocean revive t247 LED lights?

sompa · 02/18/2015, 09:39 PM

I"m trying to get a feel for what percentages I need to run my t247 lights at. I don't have many coral in tank now but am adding slowly. Currently yellow polyps, kenya trees, zoas, mushrooms, green button polyps

Thanks for any advise. Just curious as to what others are running at.

Aramil9 · 02/19/2015, 08:01 PM

Following also

domvert · 02/19/2015, 08:16 PM

not much input here other than I am going 14 days with my T247 and I am @ ch1 blues @ 45% and ch1 whites @ 30%. I am thinking I will ramp up to 65 blue and 35 white and see what happens there.
I seem to have read some folks running blue up to 90-100% and whites up to 75%

jason2459 · 02/19/2015, 08:18 PM

I have the s026 its the same light just manual adjustments. I run slightly under 50% white channel and slightly under 75% blue channel. The highest light required inhabitants are a Fiji yellow leather and a few bubble tip anemones. They seem to be doing good. The Fiji leather is about half way up the tank and two rose bubble tips are also about half way up and a green bubble tip on the bottom of the tank.

Arthur1 · 02/19/2015, 08:23 PM

Swapped out a low quality mh fixture (3, 250hqi bulbs) with actinic CF bulbs to three of the OR fixtures, started both channels at 100%, only one coral reacted negatively, a bubble coral, there is a second one in the aquarium only a few inches deeper that showed no signs of stress, go figure!

jason2459 · 02/19/2015, 08:24 PM

I should also add I have 3 fixtures centered over each 2' section of the tank about 7" off the water line.

Distance from the water and any overlap between fixtures can make a difference.

sompa · 02/19/2015, 09:40 PM

so do I want my blues more than the whites because of looks or for health of animals

domvert · 03/15/2015, 05:37 PM

Just adjusted 45 whites 85 blue everything is popping beautifully crazy PE all over tank -
Think I might leave it here for 2 weeks then adjust whites up a bit more if I am satisfied-

Mr Big · 04/26/2015, 12:33 PM

Blues = 20%
Whites = 30%

I don't know how you guys/gals are turning up your blues so bright? If I turn my blues up, it looks like smurf town in my tank.

BryanS4 · 04/26/2015, 12:38 PM

I'm running them at 60/40 bw. I have them about 12.5" off the water in a 24" deep tank.

oceanic_180 · 04/28/2015, 07:01 PM

CH1=35, CH2=30, 4 T247s over my 180. Anything more, and my corals aren't very happy. Much growth on my SPS, LPS, anemone.

Note from my earlier posts, the setting number isn't the same as power. On my lights, the mapping is:
1 ==> 17%
10 ==> 19%
30 ==> 50%
50 ==> 67%
70 ==> 83%
90 ==> 95%
100 ==> 100%

So I am running mine just over 50%, or 60 watts total for each, 55 watts for the LEDs and drivers, 5 watts for the fans. My tank is doing better with 240 watts from these than it did with 1100 watts from my MH/VHO setup.

stancfii · 04/29/2015, 08:01 AM

Any Disco effect on that 180? I'm considering using three units around 2 250w MH on my upcoming 180 build.

oceanic_180 · 05/01/2015, 08:23 AM

Only under the rocks if the red or green LED shines through a small hole in the reef. It is easy to fix by adjusting the rocks. Some like the effect, I personally don't.

4 of these units is way more than enough for my tank. I sure don't miss the heat and fan noise from my MHs. I had a 400w in the center, flanked by 2 175W MH with 2x110 VHOs before.

JRR1285 · 05/01/2015, 08:25 AM

I have the S026 that I run at 100% Blue and maybe 30-35% white.

Ing · 02/13/2017, 04:28 PM

Any update on the 180 with the T247? I have 1 fixture on a 37g holding tank and looking to put 3-4 on my 210 mixed reef. How are your corals? Any increase in growth rate? Are your settings still the same as your earlier post?

jeremevans · 04/05/2017, 01:27 PM

I'm running at 30 for Blue (CH1) and 25 for White (CH2). I have been increasingly the blue channel slowly and see no ill effects on coral yet.

I saw a tank that I liked at 100%/40% and I am looking to ramp to that, but I don't want to singe my SPS so I am moving up about 2% a week and watching for stress.

greenvrod06 · 04/05/2017, 01:44 PM

i have mine set 85 blue 65 white and doing good.

ClownMan727 · 04/05/2017, 02:12 PM

I run the white at 65% and blues at 95%. Whites are on for 4 hours and blues for 11hours. I also have two T5 I run for 6 hours. an hour before the white and an hour after.

jeremevans · 04/05/2017, 02:48 PM

I should have added I run blues for 12 hrs and whites for 10.

@ClownMan727
Why such a short white period?

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ClownMan727 · 04/05/2017, 03:28 PM

That is all they need. I have tried to understand why and have a theory but don't really know why. I have an mostly SPS tank and I have just tried to emulate what other successful SPS tanks have done as far as photoperiod and light intensity. It has been working nicely so far. Here is a link to some pics of my corals.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2630422

jeremevans · 04/05/2017, 03:31 PM

It certainly looks like you are having success. I'm going to have to think about this. Do you think the blues are driving the growth more than the whites or just that the whites aren't needed more than 4 hours?

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ClownMan727 · 04/05/2017, 04:12 PM

If you noticed I supplement the LEDs with 2 T5's for 6 hours.

jason2459 · 04/05/2017, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jason2459

I have the s026 its the same light just manual adjustments. I run slightly under 50% white channel and slightly under 75% blue channel. The highest light required inhabitants are a Fiji yellow leather and a few bubble tip anemones. They seem to be doing good. The Fiji leather is about half way up the tank and two rose bubble tips are also about half way up and a green bubble tip on the bottom of the tank.

Nice bump so I can update. I slowly ended up hitting 100% on both channels and putting a couple T5s in the canopy to get more light and better blending of colors.

The combination worked well for what it was. The violets started burning out and decided to go a different route and replaced the 3 fixtures. These definitely let me know what I liked and didn't like and was a good price for trying something new.

jeremevans · 04/05/2017, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClownMan727

If you noticed I supplement the LEDs with 2 T5's for 6 hours.

I completely missed that. That makes way more sense now.

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jeremevans · 04/05/2017, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jason2459

Nice bump so I can update. I slowly ended up hitting 100% on both channels and putting a couple T5s in the canopy to get more light and better blending of colors.

The combination worked well for what it was. The violets started burning out and decided to go a different route and replaced the 3 fixtures. These definitely let me know what I liked and didn't like and was a good price for trying something new.

How long before they burned out and how did you know?

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02/18/2015, 09:39 PM	#1
sompa Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: kansas Posts: 44	What % do you run your ocean revive t247 LED lights? I"m trying to get a feel for what percentages I need to run my t247 lights at. I don't have many coral in tank now but am adding slowly. Currently yellow polyps, kenya trees, zoas, mushrooms, green button polyps Thanks for any advise. Just curious as to what others are running at.

02/19/2015, 08:18 PM	#4
jason2459 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,671	I have the s026 its the same light just manual adjustments. I run slightly under 50% white channel and slightly under 75% blue channel. The highest light required inhabitants are a Fiji yellow leather and a few bubble tip anemones. They seem to be doing good. The Fiji leather is about half way up the tank and two rose bubble tips are also about half way up and a green bubble tip on the bottom of the tank. __________________ rebuild and recovery log: No more red house, you'll have to click on my name and visit my homepage! You can check out my parameters at reeftronics dot net website and look for my username. Current Tank Info: 180g mixed reef w/ a beananimal overflow to a dolomite RRUGF. \| 20g long G. Smithii Mantis Tank

02/19/2015, 08:24 PM	#6
jason2459 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,671	I should also add I have 3 fixtures centered over each 2' section of the tank about 7" off the water line. Distance from the water and any overlap between fixtures can make a difference. __________________ rebuild and recovery log: No more red house, you'll have to click on my name and visit my homepage! You can check out my parameters at reeftronics dot net website and look for my username. Current Tank Info: 180g mixed reef w/ a beananimal overflow to a dolomite RRUGF. \| 20g long G. Smithii Mantis Tank

04/29/2015, 08:01 AM	#12
stancfii Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 583	Any Disco effect on that 180? I'm considering using three units around 2 250w MH on my upcoming 180 build. __________________ 180g SPS -3 x 250w Radiums, 2 x VHO actinic, DIY RB LED strip, and a EuroReef skimmer modded with a DC pump.

04/05/2017, 02:12 PM	#18
ClownMan727 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 776	I run the white at 65% and blues at 95%. Whites are on for 4 hours and blues for 11hours. I also have two T5 I run for 6 hours. an hour before the white and an hour after. __________________ "A flute with no holes is not a flute ...and a doughnut with no hole...is a Danish." - Ty Webb (Caddyshack, 1980) Current Tank Info: 125gallon, 3 T247 led's and 2 80w T5's. 2 MP 40's,2 MP 10's. and a 40 breeder, ATI 4 bulb 39w light with 2 blue led strips. 1 MP 10. All plumbed to 40 gallon homemade acrylic sump. with APEX controller.

02/19/2015, 08:01 PM	#2
Aramil9 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: O'Fallon Mo Posts: 2	Following also

02/19/2015, 08:16 PM	#3
domvert Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: nc Posts: 103	not much input here other than I am going 14 days with my T247 and I am @ ch1 blues @ 45% and ch1 whites @ 30%. I am thinking I will ramp up to 65 blue and 35 white and see what happens there. I seem to have read some folks running blue up to 90-100% and whites up to 75%

02/19/2015, 08:23 PM	#5
Arthur1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cape Cod MA Posts: 578	Swapped out a low quality mh fixture (3, 250hqi bulbs) with actinic CF bulbs to three of the OR fixtures, started both channels at 100%, only one coral reacted negatively, a bubble coral, there is a second one in the aquarium only a few inches deeper that showed no signs of stress, go figure!

02/19/2015, 09:40 PM	#7
sompa Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: kansas Posts: 44	so do I want my blues more than the whites because of looks or for health of animals

03/15/2015, 05:37 PM	#8
domvert Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: nc Posts: 103	Just adjusted 45 whites 85 blue everything is popping beautifully crazy PE all over tank - Think I might leave it here for 2 weeks then adjust whites up a bit more if I am satisfied-

04/26/2015, 12:33 PM	#9
Mr Big Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: South of Pittsburgh Posts: 17	Blues = 20% Whites = 30% I don't know how you guys/gals are turning up your blues so bright? If I turn my blues up, it looks like smurf town in my tank.

04/26/2015, 12:38 PM	#10
BryanS4 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Hernando Beach, FL Posts: 944	I'm running them at 60/40 bw. I have them about 12.5" off the water in a 24" deep tank.

04/28/2015, 07:01 PM	#11
oceanic_180 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 57	CH1=35, CH2=30, 4 T247s over my 180. Anything more, and my corals aren't very happy. Much growth on my SPS, LPS, anemone. Note from my earlier posts, the setting number isn't the same as power. On my lights, the mapping is: 1 ==> 17% 10 ==> 19% 30 ==> 50% 50 ==> 67% 70 ==> 83% 90 ==> 95% 100 ==> 100% So I am running mine just over 50%, or 60 watts total for each, 55 watts for the LEDs and drivers, 5 watts for the fans. My tank is doing better with 240 watts from these than it did with 1100 watts from my MH/VHO setup.

05/01/2015, 08:23 AM	#13
oceanic_180 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 57	Only under the rocks if the red or green LED shines through a small hole in the reef. It is easy to fix by adjusting the rocks. Some like the effect, I personally don't. 4 of these units is way more than enough for my tank. I sure don't miss the heat and fan noise from my MHs. I had a 400w in the center, flanked by 2 175W MH with 2x110 VHOs before.

05/01/2015, 08:25 AM	#14
JRR1285 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Long Island Posts: 450	I have the S026 that I run at 100% Blue and maybe 30-35% white.

02/13/2017, 04:28 PM	#15
Ing Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Ohio Posts: 5	Any update on the 180 with the T247? I have 1 fixture on a 37g holding tank and looking to put 3-4 on my 210 mixed reef. How are your corals? Any increase in growth rate? Are your settings still the same as your earlier post?

04/05/2017, 01:27 PM	#16
jeremevans Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Saint Helens, OR Posts: 54	I'm running at 30 for Blue (CH1) and 25 for White (CH2). I have been increasingly the blue channel slowly and see no ill effects on coral yet. I saw a tank that I liked at 100%/40% and I am looking to ramp to that, but I don't want to singe my SPS so I am moving up about 2% a week and watching for stress.

04/05/2017, 01:44 PM	#17
greenvrod06 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 67	i have mine set 85 blue 65 white and doing good.

04/05/2017, 02:48 PM	#19
jeremevans Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Saint Helens, OR Posts: 54	I should have added I run blues for 12 hrs and whites for 10. @ClownMan727 Why such a short white period? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04/05/2017, 03:28 PM	#20
ClownMan727 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 776	That is all they need. I have tried to understand why and have a theory but don't really know why. I have an mostly SPS tank and I have just tried to emulate what other successful SPS tanks have done as far as photoperiod and light intensity. It has been working nicely so far. Here is a link to some pics of my corals. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2630422 __________________ "A flute with no holes is not a flute ...and a doughnut with no hole...is a Danish." - Ty Webb (Caddyshack, 1980) Current Tank Info: 125gallon, 3 T247 led's and 2 80w T5's. 2 MP 40's,2 MP 10's. and a 40 breeder, ATI 4 bulb 39w light with 2 blue led strips. 1 MP 10. All plumbed to 40 gallon homemade acrylic sump. with APEX controller.

04/05/2017, 03:31 PM	#21
jeremevans Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Saint Helens, OR Posts: 54	It certainly looks like you are having success. I'm going to have to think about this. Do you think the blues are driving the growth more than the whites or just that the whites aren't needed more than 4 hours? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

04/05/2017, 04:12 PM	#22
ClownMan727 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 776	If you noticed I supplement the LEDs with 2 T5's for 6 hours. __________________ "A flute with no holes is not a flute ...and a doughnut with no hole...is a Danish." - Ty Webb (Caddyshack, 1980) Current Tank Info: 125gallon, 3 T247 led's and 2 80w T5's. 2 MP 40's,2 MP 10's. and a 40 breeder, ATI 4 bulb 39w light with 2 blue led strips. 1 MP 10. All plumbed to 40 gallon homemade acrylic sump. with APEX controller.