I got new Kessil lights. I need advice

[Fr4nkthet4nk]

I am new with this light. Could someone give me a good color, intensity and schedule advice? I have a mix tank but majority sps. They are kessil 360we tunablue

 

[Highgrade]

What size tank? What were your prior lights?

 

[madweazl]

I have two over a 75g (48x18) and ran 65% color and 40% intensity. Color was on a two hour ramp from 0%-65% and intensity was on a six hour ramp from 11% (where my controller turns them on) to 40%. I ran the lights in this configuration for about a year and had no issues with the corals. 12 hour photo-period.

 

[Fr4nkthet4nk]

What size tank? What were your prior lights?

120 Gallon

 

[Highgrade]

I have two over a 75g (48x18) and ran 65% color and 40% intensity. Color was on a two hour ramp from 0%-65% and intensity was on a six hour ramp from 11% (where my controller turns them on) to 40%. I ran the lights in this configuration for about a year and had no issues with the corals. 12 hour photo-period.

+1 on this. This is about what I run my Kessils on several mixed SPS/LPS tanks.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Color is just for looks. That's the good thing about Kessils - turn the color to whatever you like to look at.

There are a lot of variables for intensity like the height that the lights are hung, spacing and angles, length of photoperiod, use of supplemental lights, etc. What I did that seemed to work for me was start then at 20% and increase the max intensity by 5% a week. Keep increasing weekly until things start to look less happy than the week before.

 

[madweazl]

Some PAR values at various intensities.