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100% | 32 | 8.12% | |
90% to 80% | 32 | 8.12% | |
80% to 70% | 50 | 12.69% | |
70% to 60% | 69 | 17.51% | |
60% to 50% | 92 | 23.35% | |
Less then 50% | 119 | 30.20% | |
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11/14/2013, 11:40 AM | #51 |
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11/14/2013, 12:06 PM | #52 |
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It's tough because LEDs look so dim to me 50% and below.
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11/14/2013, 01:10 PM | #53 |
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It's the white balance that if low will give a low light affect. Raise the whites and see what happens
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11/14/2013, 03:42 PM | #55 |
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It may sound silly but raising my light helped with the "dim look". It lit more of the room and it is perceived to be brighter when I actually dimmed the over all intensity.
I personally love the 22kish look that is on my schedule at around 7:30pm. Is it possible to grow corals at that setting? Do you need the red and green and whites at all?
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Start of day is from 7:45 am until 10:30 pm with what i call a twist lol 12am to 1am 100/0/0/0/0 at 20% intensity of the overall 70% 8:00am to 9:30am 100/100/0/0/0 10am 100/100/9/9/9 11am 100/100/18/18/18 12pm 100/100/25/18/25 1pm to 4pm 100/100/38/18/38 5pm 100/100/25/18/25 6pm 100/100/18/18/18 7pm 100/100/9/9/9 8pm t0 9:30pm 100/100/0/0/0 10:30 lights off
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How High? Whats the footprint of the tank? Need input lol Bc my tank is just about that big too and I'm currently running 4 But I know I need more.
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Whites @ 100%
Reds & Greens @ 25% And as i stated earlier all running at max 75% If I go any higher on the reds and greens Instant algae bloom lol
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11/15/2013, 06:04 AM | #59 |
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Radion pro x2 on 3x3. 50% on 20k setting
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I guess I had mine high, near 80% over a 40b, some sps where bleached, I am trying radiate @ 65%
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11/18/2013, 05:56 AM | #62 |
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I still can't get over that 50 people run at 60% or less
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Yeah me too. I started getting a few zoanthids lately so I dropped my total intensity from 65% down to 60%.
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Gen2. Running at 50%. These lights are strong.
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11/24/2013, 05:36 AM | #67 |
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I think the people running at <=60% have their lights down close to the water.
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I have like 10 different kinds of Zoas & Palys right now and they are all loving life.
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Well it's been a week or two after dropping my photo period and my spectrum from 12k max to more like 22k max for only about 3-4hrs. All has been a positive change and the most noticeable change that was nearly instant was the zoas and palys. They exploded since the change. I may turn the Radions max intensity down even more since the sps at the top are still light and my new sps frags on the sand bed are growing well.
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Don't know if this has been answered but how does one know if they are giving to much light or not enough?
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Coral bleaching means what to much or not enough? Algea bloom to much or not enough?
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I'm running 8 Gen 1 radions over a 6'x3'x27" deep tank. Tank is 95% SPS. Lights hit max intensity of 75% with all channels at 100% for a few hours in the middle of the day. I tried bumping it up to 80% in the spring and it took months to recover from the bleaching that took place in some of my SPS, so I have to figure this program is the max light they can handle. I simply cannot grow chalices with this program, they cook to death in a matter of days, and I have huge issues with bleaching on fleshier LPS like open brains. However, my SPS seem to love it. I'm sure there is likely a point where I could make all corals sort of happy, but I don't want to mess with the magic sauce to make the 2 bleached out brains I have happy if it will compromise the many thousands of dollars in SPS that I have less happy.
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