Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!

[Xandernfs]

I'm slowly increasing my intensity to my AP700 on my RSR250. People in a different thread suggested that I should max out around 50-60%. I'm currently at 38% and slowly increasing it by 2-4% a week.

Rumor has it that Santa is going to bring me a gift in the form of a 24" ATI T5 hybrid. How would/should I go about acclimating my corals to the new T5s? Shuggestions on how long I should keep my T5s on once the coral is acclimated?

[Thor2j]

Originally Posted by Xandernfs

I'm slowly increasing my intensity to my AP700 on my RSR250. People in a different thread suggested that I should max out around 50-60%. I'm currently at 38% and slowly increasing it by 2-4% a week.

Rumor has it that Santa is going to bring me a gift in the form of a 24" ATI T5 hybrid. How would/should I go about acclimating my corals to the new T5s? Shuggestions on how long I should keep my T5s on once the coral is acclimated?

I have 2 on a reefer 525xl at 70%. Would go up more except some corals near the top wouldn't like it.

[dimasv]

I have 2 on 6ft i have clam at the bottom and sps at the top lots of softies too. I keep 85% above 10in. Keep ocean blue 2 color i think which is more blue.

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[kevin21]

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Hey All,

I have an ap700 on the way for my 50.3 waterbox. Tank is going to be softie/lps dominated with a clam and maybe one or two simple SPS. Any suggestions for settings? Dimensions of the display part of the tank is 36" long and 14" wide. How high do you all recommend? Will I have a serious light spillage problem? Would love to avoid that. I have ran kessil a160s and am used to that spillage....is the ap700 worse?

I think with what I want to keep, I would be looking at 7-8" off the surface running the light at about 40%.

Would love any input for this size tank.

Thanks!

[Xandernfs]

Originally Posted by kevin21

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Hey All,

I have an ap700 on the way for my 50.3 waterbox. Tank is going to be softie/lps dominated with a clam and maybe one or two simple SPS. Any suggestions for settings? Dimensions of the display part of the tank is 36" long and 14" wide. How high do you all recommend? Will I have a serious light spillage problem? Would love to avoid that. I have ran kessil a160s and am used to that spillage....is the ap700 worse?

I think with what I want to keep, I would be looking at 7-8" off the surface running the light at about 40%.

Would love any input for this size tank.

Thanks!

I think that 7-9" would be ideal to avoid spill. I have a RSR250 (36x20x20) which is somewhat similar to yours. I have mine up about 9" from the waterline. I don't get that much spill. I'm currently at 38% max and slowly climbing. All my LPS are very happy and they were even happy at 25%. My SPS are starting to show signs of more growth now that I have increased the intensity. I

[kevin21]

Thanks for the input! What color setting are you running?

[Xandernfs]

I'm not near my AP700 at the moment, so I cannot give you exact numbers. But I'm pretty sure I ram up to about 9:00 on the app color wheel. It's a little more white than some like, but I get tired of all blue all the time.

[kevin21]

Interesting, my mindset was hopefully to simulate a sunrise sunset in terms of color and intensity over the course of 9 or 10 hours. I will have to mess around with it to see what looks/works best. I have only ever had one intensity and one color throughout the entire day, so its new for me.

[Xandernfs]

Originally Posted by kevin21

Interesting, my mindset was hopefully to simulate a sunrise sunset in terms of color and intensity over the course of 9 or 10 hours. I will have to mess around with it to see what looks/works best. I have only ever had one intensity and one color throughout the entire day, so its new for me.

I simulate sun rise/set with my tank. I start all blue and then get to max intensity about 2 hours later and then about 90 minutes before it goes off I ramp it down.

[kevin21]

Great stuff, this would be something I would do. Looking forward to getting this light. Love the fact that its all controlled with the app as well. Like not having an extra piece of equipment like the controller for the 160we's

[Xandernfs]

Originally Posted by kevin21

Great stuff, this would be something I would do. Looking forward to getting this light. Love the fact that its all controlled with the app as well. Like not having an extra piece of equipment like the controller for the 160we's

I LOVE this light! My SPS is growing, but after looking at the BRS videos, I’m adding some T5s and going the hybrid route.


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[kevin21]

Hey all,

I created a program to simulate sunrise sunset for my 50g. On the last dot of the program, i have the light going to zero intensity, hence during it off I thought. The fan continues to run throughout the night. I am assuming because the Kessil is not actually turning off and is just on 0% intensity. How do I have the kessil turn off at the end of my program?

Thanks!

[Thor2j]

Originally Posted by kevin21

Hey all,



I created a program to simulate sunrise sunset for my 50g. On the last dot of the program, i have the light going to zero intensity, hence during it off I thought. The fan continues to run throughout the night. I am assuming because the Kessil is not actually turning off and is just on 0% intensity. How do I have the kessil turn off at the end of my program?



Thanks!

I believe the fans run no matter what.

[kevin21]

That is interesting. Seems unnecessary. Wonder if there is a trick in the app that we are missing

[Thor2j]

Originally Posted by kevin21

That is interesting. Seems unnecessary. Wonder if there is a trick in the app that we are missing

No trick. It's the way its designed

[kevin21]

Yes, Kessil just confirmed this as well. Guess it isnt a big deal. Just figure it is a waste of energy

[makers marc]

Have my 180g with 2xAP700s mounted 14 inches off water)or those with ideal SPS parameters (can type it out but at work and too lazy)using this light, can y'all help me answer:

1. When you introduce a new acro from a tank that used t5's only, did you notice your AP700's causing more burn/peeling than if it came from an all LED tank?

2. Have y'all found that maxing out over 50% intensity is generally a bad idea with this light? In general of course, when discussing Acros.

Even if I keep Acros on eggcrate on the sandbed, with the lights maxed at 40%, they still seem to get LED burn (not alk swings and not too low nutrients) trust me!! Maybe its bc my tank is only 14 months old?

[Thor2j]

Originally Posted by makers marc

Have my 180g with 2xAP700s mounted 14 inches off water)or those with ideal SPS parameters (can type it out but at work and too lazy)using this light, can y'all help me answer:

1. When you introduce a new acro from a tank that used t5's only, did you notice your AP700's causing more burn/peeling than if it came from an all LED tank?

2. Have y'all found that maxing out over 50% intensity is generally a bad idea with this light? In general of course, when discussing Acros.

Even if I keep Acros on eggcrate on the sandbed, with the lights maxed at 40%, they still seem to get LED burn (not alk swings and not too low nutrients) trust me!! Maybe its bc my tank is only 14 months old?

Theres something else going on with your tank. I have 2 ap700s 9 inches off the water running at 70% on a 5ft, 140 gal tank. Red sea reefer 525. The bottom up front is about 100 par, not gonna burn any across with that. Even about 7 inches below water im only about 325 par.

[makers marc]

Originally Posted by Thor2j

Theres something else going on with your tank. I have 2 ap700s 9 inches off the water running at 70% on a 5ft, 140 gal tank. Red sea reefer 525. The bottom up front is about 100 par, not gonna burn any across with that. Even about 7 inches below water im only about 325 par.

I get there may be something else at hand, perhaps my tank is relatively young (14 months) and I used pure dry rock that I soaked in Lanthamum Chloride for a month to rid any trace of po4.

And I know 100 par should not burn anything. But also read alot that Par meters dont truly capture LED par accurately and its not just about Par, but the blend/spectrum.

Glad to hear your feedback.

[minus9]

I would do a triton test or similar, could be heavy metals? You could run carbon and cuprisorb, see if that helps? I have two 700's over my 90g shallow and I had issues while running triton, now that I'm back to old school reactor, it's growing time.


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[Thor2j]

Originally Posted by makers marc

I get there may be something else at hand, perhaps my tank is relatively young (14 months) and I used pure dry rock that I soaked in Lanthamum Chloride for a month to rid any trace of po4.

And I know 100 par should not burn anything. But also read alot that Par meters dont truly capture LED par accurately and its not just about Par, but the blend/spectrum.

Glad to hear your feedback.

As to the par meter, not true anymore with 500 series apogee and a few others. Proven to be very close to the ones costing 5k. That's the one I have and have used on my tank.

[kevin21]

Anyone having issues with their ap700 sometimes randomly turning off for a second or randomly turning on for a second? It has happened to me a few times now. Can't be dust, as the light is literally a month old. Software problem?

Thanks!

[Thor2j]

Originally Posted by kevin21

Anyone having issues with their ap700 sometimes randomly turning off for a second or randomly turning on for a second? It has happened to me a few times now. Can't be dust, as the light is literally a month old. Software problem?



Thanks!

It's been happening since they came out. Theyve never been able to fix it.

[kevin21]

Weird. I really do love the light, but find it odd that they make such an expensive piece of equipment that cant be fully powered down when running a program, constant fans running for no reason, and a light that will randomly turn on and off. I noticed my fish jump in shock when the light seemed to turn on with almost full intensity for a second and then turn off. Not good for something so expensive.

[Skeet59]

So been reading through many posts and wondering if anyone out there has a Neptune PMK and been looking at numbers under there AP700. I am running 4 t5's as well. My reading on the sand bed was 225 peak. When I raised the sensor to 4 inches below waterline peak reading went to 235. That is about 12 inches of depth difference between high and low. AP700 is running at 75% peak on ocean blue 2. I don't understand if the PMK has a difficult time picking up the blue or if I am that drastically low on PAR.