Yeah I've got some you can get. I can probably meet up sometime this weekDoes anybody have any chaeto they need to trim? Preferably someone in Baldwin county? @.Haliax.
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Yeah I've got some you can get. I can probably meet up sometime this weekDoes anybody have any chaeto they need to trim? Preferably someone in Baldwin county? @.Haliax.
Before I added the AI Blade and only had 2 xr15's - I was mainly running only the blue channels (which is why I went with the blue model instead of pro). In the mornings, I would ramp up to UV/Violet/Blue/Royal Blue at 100% and then in the evening times I would hit the AB+ Spectrum for a few hours. Then ramp down into just a period of lower intensity blue/royal blue (high fluorescence) before lights out. I do have SPS corals though, I'd bring it down if I didn't have acros. Also the Blue's have a lot more blue LED's than the Pro's.What intensity are you running them at?
Before I added the AI Blade and only had 2 xr15's - I was mainly running only the blue channels (which is why I went with the blue model instead of pro). In the mornings, I would ramp up to UV/Violet/Blue/Royal Blue at 100% and then in the evening times I would hit the AB+ Spectrum for a few hours. Then ramp down into just a period of lower intensity blue/royal blue (high fluorescence) before lights out. I do have SPS corals though, I'd bring it down if I didn't have acros. Also the Blue's have a lot more blue LED's than the Pro's.
Now that I have the blade, I haven't decided how I'll do it - need a par meter.
What other issues are you having? Hopefully lowering the lights helpsI have had zoas closed up since I moved everything from the failed Red Sea. I almost either rented or bought a par meter this week. One thing I have learned is with this hobby you always end up with an attic of equipment that you just do not use. Instead of buying one I had a though, there has to be people already that have the same lights as you and list the pars at different levels right? Sure enough I found a BRS video showing my exact lights over softies and guess what? I had them way too dang high. I am scaling them back and likely that will also fix a few other problems I have had. Tank still looks great though.
From what I gather with my xr15 pros, with my spacing and tank height I should have the pros at 55% percent or so with softies and LPS, I mainly have softies though. I was running them at anywhere from 85-100% while testing different things, I never dropped them as low as they needed to be. With the high lighting I was doing nothing but encouraging algae growth and blasting my zoas with too much light. This week I also increased the lighting over the sump and that piece of grape caulerpa I got from Bill is already triple it's original size. It was almost dead when I first got it.
What other issues are you having? Hopefully lowering the lights helps
2 lights on a 4' x 24"Tank height and length? Number of lights? I may be denser since I have two XR15 over a 3 foot tank, plenty of overlap.
Yeah I wish it were betterI am still really surprised how many people in the hobby do not communicate in this area. We used to have a pretty tight club the last time I was in the hobby. I know the people are here because you can go to Chris's or Bill's and while you are there people are just coming and going. So what gives? Maybe social media just has people locked into their little bubbles, but it is a sad state of affairs.
2 lights on a 4' x 24"
Yeah, I would like to see more interaction as well. I think 90% of this thread is you, me, and @.Haliax. Any ideas on how to boost engagement, whether digitally or in person?I am still really surprised how many people in the hobby do not communicate in this area. We used to have a pretty tight club the last time I was in the hobby. I know the people are here because you can go to Chris's or Bill's and while you are there people are just coming and going. So what gives? Maybe social media just has people locked into their little bubbles, but it is a sad state of affairs.
Yeah, I would like to see more interaction as well. I think 90% of this thread is you, me, and @.Haliax. Any ideas on how to boost engagement, whether digitally or in person?
I am in Corpus Christi. Texas Gulf coast , not Alabama