Ai sol

Bluejawtrigger · Apr 9, 2012

So at 60% I only registered 104 on the par meter, on the sand bed. I'm going to start ramping them up. I had 300 mid way directly under a pod tho.

BigJohnWoody · Apr 9, 2012

Par readings are tough with LED's. The par meeters really can't pick up the blue light properly to give a good reading.

drtrash · Apr 9, 2012

IMO hold it there, higher light can morp sesitive LPS (acans chalice). Ruined many pieces arerady. Currently hovering in the 45% with a peak of 65% for 1.5 hrs. Good luck. Light level is way underestimated

Fragtastic Reef · Apr 9, 2012

Yes PAR readings will not give you an accurate reading with LED's. Will help to an extent but have noticed from experience that a MH looks "brighter" to the eye than the LED's do. However the LED will bleach my coral on the sandbed.

Yes you would need to get 2 modules for your tank to light it properly.

Bluejawtrigger · Apr 9, 2012

I'm running almost all sps. So how would I accurately know how much light I'm putting on my corals. Very interested, I want to make sure I'm giving my corals ample light. I've only been running LEDs for a little over a month.

drtrash · Apr 9, 2012

at 8 to 10 months and still not sure tial and error is unavoidable

Bluejawtrigger · Apr 9, 2012

Fragtastic Reef said:
Yes PAR readings will not give you an accurate reading with LED's. Will help to an extent but have noticed from experience that a MH looks "brighter" to the eye than the LED's do. However the LED will bleach my coral on the sandbed.

Yes you would need to get 2 modules for your tank to light it properly.

I am running two modules. Tank dimensions are 40/26/26 almost all sps.

Dapple · Apr 10, 2012

With the sols I started at 50% max white / blue and after 2 weeks I went to 55% . I don't plan on going past 65% for 3 hours. I've done a lot of research and found that 65% IMO is border line topped out. I grow everything . I do plan on moving the optics around. I am very impressed with the output of just two units. I went up 5% every 2 weeks to be clear.