Can i just make this stronger??

[The_Barrs_Reef]

so I love the saxby color and the changes it's makes throughout the day, and my corals love it in my 30 gal softy/lps tank. my question is when I move over to my bigger 120 gal tank It will be 24 in deep much deeper then my 30 gal. I'm also wanting to start sps. Is it OK to just make the saxby program stronger for the new tank or does that seem to be to much light for a tank. Or how much can I bring it up?
Image 1 is saxby image 2 is it stonger one I was playing with.
Thanks!

 

[mcshams]

You absolutely can use setting two by making this adjustment. The more important question however is will this work? That's a tougher question. You'll never really know how the light is interacting with the tank until you used it and measured the light intensity with a PAR meter. You will likely have to buy a second light (although I'm not sure what size you are currently using) to get the overall coverage on the newer longer tank.

 

[The_Barrs_Reef]

You absolutely can use setting two by making this adjustment. The more important question however is will this work? That's a tougher question. You'll never really know how the light is interacting with the tank until you used it and measured the light intensity with a PAR meter. You will likely have to buy a second light (although I'm not sure what size you are currently using) to get the overall coverage on the newer longer tank.

Moving from the 30 gal with 1 ai prime 16 hd to 4 ai primes 16 hds. Just want to be sure it don't bleach my corals while I try it out.. lol

 

[mcshams]

Well, to avoid 'bleaching', you should transfer to nearly equal parameters (water AND light). To do so you'd want to measure with a PAR meter (you can rent one from BRS for a week, some fish stores rent them too). Or, you want to ramp up the light gradually as to not burn/bleach them.

 

[The_Barrs_Reef]

I've had a hard time trying to get a par meter so would love to hear more input on this plese.