Do you find that the Kessil 360X turn the acros more GREEN ?

[CyberGuy]

I am currently using 4 Kessil 360X and I find that my acros tend to turn more green from its original nice color.

Has anyone noticed that the Kessil 360X cause more green color shift to the acros?

 

[SR Reefing]

Did it turn gree or appears to be more green under kessil 360x in your opinion?

 

[CyberGuy]

It turns the acro tissue more green. For instance, an original acro with mostly red/purple/yellow/blue or orange body will becomes green.

 

[minus9]

What are your settings?

 

[kkiel02]

No I have not noticed it. I run the BRS recommended program. What are you running?

 

[minus9]

I find that if my PO4 gets a little high, then some sps will shift to more green at the base and the green moves up the coral.

 

[CyberGuy]

No I have not noticed it. I run the BRS recommended program. What are you running?

I run BRS recommended program that simulate the ATI blue plus bulb spectrum.

 

[minus9]

Are you running them at 100% intensity? Also, what is your current PO4?

 

[CyberGuy]

Are you running them at 100% intensity? Also, what is your current PO4?

I run my 4 Kessil 360X on my 120 gallon (4' x 2' x 2') at 100% intensity 5 hours around midpoint in my light schedule. I have acros in the middle and top layer for my acros.

The other two ends ramp up and down varies from 0% to 80%.

My P04 stays in the range of 0.04 - 0.08

 

[CyberGuy]

I have a reef friend that stated the same thing in which his Kessil light turns his acros green and when moved to a different tank with Radion or T5 the acros retains back its colorful texture.

 

[minus9]

I would increase your peak time duration slowly. 5hrs isn't nearly enough, 6hrs is my minimum, with 7 to 8hrs being optimum. The answer isn't switching lights, it's knowing how to use the ones you have. I would add a half hour each week until you reach 8hrs. If you want to put a week between each increase, it's probably a little safer.

 

[CyberGuy]

I would increase your peak time duration slowly. 5hrs isn't nearly enough, 6hrs is my minimum, with 7 to 8hrs being optimum. The answer isn't switching lights, it's knowing how to use the ones you have. I would add a half hour each week until you reach 8hrs. If you want to put a week between each increase, it's probably a little safer.

I also have a lot of LPS on the bottom 25% of the tank. If I do 6-8 hours at 100% intensity, would it cause damage to the LPS? I actually found that my torches and goniopora actually extend the fullest during peak hours and shrink when the lights ramp down to about 25% and all blue spectrum. Maybe my LPS can actually tolerate higher intensity light which would be good for my sps.

 

[minus9]

They'll be fine and it's common for them to close up during the ramp times. The key is to go slow and observe your corals. I would also increase your flow each time you increase the lighting, this really helps and is one of those things that is easily overlooked.

 

[ReefHomieJon]

No I have not noticed it. I run the BRS recommended program. What are you running?

Can you share? What’s the settings and how is it working out in your tank?

 

[kkiel02]

 

[kkiel02]

I run my red at 10 instead of 20 though.

 

[HB AL]

Dont have experience with the x but my 360we's turn my brown or gray stags blue which is nice, the rest of the acros have there regular colors, green, red, orange, yellow, purple and a teal green.

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Dont have experience with the x but my 360we's turn my brown or gray stags blue which is nice, the rest of the acros have there regular colors, green, red, orange, yellow, purple and a teal green.

A humu humu and a clown trigger. How are they with all your corals?

 

[minus9]

All under 360x's. Greens are green, reds are red and pinks are pink. Not enough par and higher than normal nutrients will make your sps dull.

 

[ReefHomieJon]

All under 360x's. Greens are green, reds are red and pinks are pink. Not enough par and higher than normal nutrients will make your sps dull.

How do you run your kessils? How high off the water? What color percentage and light intensity?