CHIHIROS NOVA

[yudichrist]

Hello....
Happy New year for all reefers....

Could you guys give me reviews and light setting for Chihiros Nova and how high I should set its stand from water surface... ?
I decided to take this lighting for my first tank 70 cm x 50 cm x 40 cm mix reef

Thank you....

 

[vetteguy53081]

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello....
Happy New year for all reefers....

Could you guys give me reviews and light setting for Chihiros Nova and how high I should set its stand from water surface... ?
I decided to take this lighting for my first tank 70 cm x 50 cm x 40 cm mix reef

Thank you....

Start at lower setting and slowly increase weekly

 

[yudichrist]

Start at lower setting and slowly increase weekly

Thank you....

 

[zheka757]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

Hello & Welcome

 

[SPR1968]

I can’t help on the light but welcome !

 

[FrugalReefer]

 

[JZ199]

Welcome!! Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the light

 

[shakacuz]

welcome aboard the r2r board!

 

[kevgib67]

Welcome, glad you are here! Sorry, no experience with that light. After 2 years I’m still trying to figure out how to turn mine on.

 

[1112-425XL]

 

[Keko21]

 

[Fish Styx]

I don't have any experience with that particular light, but I do want to welcome you to the reef. Greetings!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R. I’m sorry I have no experience with that light.

 

[jsker]

I would suggest posting a thread over in the lighting forum for more answers

 

[hmfaysal]

welcome to reef2reef. I have a couple mounted on a 4 feet tank. The settings are as below:

I have light guards installed on them.

These lights are okay at best. The blues lean towards the purple end. The cool white is yellowish. Although these lights have both UV-A & UV-B, while the Ecotech Radions only have UV-A beads, I honestly don’t know if UV-B is even required. I read somewhere UV-B is essential for plants, and that’s the only reason I got these lights. Also the radions grow corals better.

I finally got the look by eyeballing the radion lit tank and matching the color by fiddling in the Chihiros app. This is to mimic the AB+ template. But tune it to your liking. Par wise can’t say, no clue as I don’t have a meter. I used a basic light meter at the surface of the water to match the light intensity of both tanks. My other tank runs radions in AB+ at 65% intensity.

One word of advice, clean the dust off the light regularly. Atleast once a month. One of my lights blew a TO-252 MOSFET because it ran too hot.

 

[Wrassenaround]

 

[yudichrist]

welcome to reef2reef. I have a couple mounted on a 4 feet tank. The settings are as below:

I have light guards installed on them.

These lights are okay at best. The blues lean towards the purple end. The cool white is yellowish. Although these lights have both UV-A & UV-B, while the Ecotech Radions only have UV-A beads, I honestly don’t know if UV-B is even required. I read somewhere UV-B is essential for plants, and that’s the only reason I got these lights. Also the radions grow corals better.

I finally got the look by eyeballing the radion lit tank and matching the color by fiddling in the Chihiros app. This is to mimic the AB+ template. But tune it to your liking. Par wise can’t say, no clue as I don’t have a meter. I used a basic light meter at the surface of the water to match the light intensity of both tanks. My other tank runs radions in AB+ at 65% intensity.

One word of advice, clean the dust off the light regularly. Atleast once a month. One of my lights blew a TO-252 MOSFET because it ran too hot.

Wow....
I really appreciate for your help and the reviews about this lighting. I can't afford to buy Radion because in my country its price is too expensive for my budget. That's why I decided to use this lighting.
I hope it run well in my first tank...

Your advice about to clean up regularly is got my attention...

Thank you....

 

[yudichrist]

I would suggest posting a thread over in the lighting forum for more answers

Thanks for the suggestion...