Corals Browning/Green tint

[jcosta98]

from your first post, you say that you're running at 35% power
your screenshot shows that you're overdriving above 100%

can you clarify what you mean with 35% power? are you on an acclimation schedule?


J.

Haha , I think I confused you with my writing , what I meant by "AB+ preset + 35%" is taht I'm running the AB+ preset, but with an aditional 35% to its default values

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

from your first post, you say that you're running at 35% power
your screenshot shows that you're overdriving above 100%

can you clarify what you mean with 35% power? are you on an acclimation schedule?

the picture also looks very white... with no blues showing. did you use an orange filter for that picture?
lots of corals will look brown under white light.

J.

Probably thinks 35w means % but it’s actually closer 75-80%

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Haha , I think I confused you with my writing , what I meant by "AB+ preset + 35%" is taht I'm running the AB+ preset, but with an aditional 35% to its default values

Or that

 

[minus9]

Haha , I think I confused you with my writing , what I meant by "AB+ preset + 35%" is taht I'm running the AB+ preset, but with an aditional 35% to its default values

AB + is spectrum and photo period, not intensity. You set the intensity to your corals needs.

 

[minus9]

You just need a par meter, there's no way of knowing what's going on until you have some real numbers. Otherwise you're just spinning your wheels.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

OP I don’t have a prime hd but I would max out blues, uv/v keep greens and reds the same and adjust the white to what color your eyes like. With my 52 HD’s I have a 7 hour peak with the first 3.5 hours of that a little bluer with whites at 15 and second phase at 25 bc that’s what I like to see when I get home

 

[jcosta98]

You just need a par meter, there's no way of knowing what's going on until you have some real numbers. Otherwise you're just spinning your wheels.

True, I will try to know if any LFS in my area can provide this service at least

 

[uhgster1]

That’s where my Primes are set plus 4 ATI bulbs, 3 blue+ And 1 actinic.

AIs have the right spectrum no doubt as you can see. But par needs to be supplemented if you want to keep higher light demanding acros. When I had these in my Nuvo 10 I had the Prime HD 8 inches above the tank with 100%+ blues and enough white (60%) to mix it up. Browned acros in my experience have been kept in low lighting. It’s a reaction they resort to to try to make the best use of the light available.