James’s 29g Nano Build

[James_O]

FINALLY got it pared sheesh. Now what, lol.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

The blue light is flashing and I’m on the H selection and I’m hitting the center button and it’s not working.

Yeah. Sounds like a bad connection. Message NP is my bes

FINALLY got it pared sheesh. Now what, lol.

Go back to my build thread. Tells you how to program the timings and the intensities. Pretty simple now.

 

[Goaway]

FINALLY got it pared sheesh. Now what, lol.

I am so happy to hear that!

 

[James_O]

program the timings and the intensities.

Shouldn’t that all be set already because I selected SPS/LPS?

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Shouldn’t that all be set already because I selected SPS/LPS?

It will be...but you still got to put it on your time. The default setting was something like 8am to 6 PM

 

[James_O]

It will be...but you still got to put it on your time. The default setting was something like 8am to 6 PM

Oof, ok, definitely not my time, lol. I have mine from 7:00-10:00. Adjusting all the %’s is NOT going to be fun at all. There’s so many channels.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Oof, ok, definitely not my time, lol. I have mine from 7:00-10:00. Adjusting all the %’s is NOT going to be fun at all. There’s so many channels.

It goes pretty quick once you get in the rhythm. Just make sure your first and last (1 and 8) settings are all at 0's on all channels so that it stays off completely during these times.

 

[James_O]

It goes pretty quick once you get in the rhythm. Just make sure your first and last (1 and 8) settings are all at 0's on all channels so that it stays off completely during these times.

Should I try to mimic the %’s of blues&whites from the black box to the K7?

 

[Goaway]

Should I try to mimic the %’s of blues&whites from the black box to the K7?

How bright is it compared to the old box? IF very bright, ramp up time at 2 hours for 2 weeks. after that, 3 hours next week. Watch corals reaction, increase again by 1 hour next week.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

There appears to be a VERY unfortunate side affect when you unplug the controller. Everything goes back to factory settings. I hope I just screwed something up..this would be a pretty annoying design issue if I have to keep this in and lose all settings for any type of power interuption

possible I factory reset

 

[Goaway]

There appears to be a VERY unfortunate side affect when you unplug the controller. Everything goes back to factory settings. I hope I just screwed something up..this would be a pretty annoying design issue if I have to keep this in and lose all settings for any type of power interuption

Odd, i moved my remote from my computer to a usb port on my power strip. Nothing happened.

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Odd, i moved my remote from my computer to a usb port on my power strip. Nothing happened.

hopefully just an ID-10-T error but who knows. Had to reprogram on the fly once I saw my settings were wiped out.

 

[James_O]

How bright is it compared to the old box? IF very bright, ramp up time at 2 hours for 2 weeks. after that, 3 hours next week. Watch corals reaction, increase again by 1 hour next week.

VERY bright, lol. Should I keep the factory SPS/LPS %’s and just change the ramp to 2 hours each?

There appears to be a VERY unfortunate side affect when you unplug the controller. Everything goes back to factory settings. I hope I just screwed something up..this would be a pretty annoying design issue if I have to keep this in and lose all settings for any type of power interuption

possible I factory reset

Hate that. My black box is the same way, and that’s why I had all the coral bleached. When I left for MI for 4 days, we apparently had a power outage that completely reset my black box, causing it to be on 100% blues&whites for at least a day. When I came home everything looked awful. I’m super lucky the coral were able to recover as well as they did, but some lost lots of color. I’m hoping this light will bring some of that back!

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

VERY bright, lol. Should I keep the factory SPS/LPS %’s and just change the ramp to 2 hours each?



Hate that. My black box is the same way, and that’s why I had all the coral bleached. When I left for MI for 4 days, we apparently had a power outage that completely reset my black box, causing it to be on 100% blues&whites for at least a day. When I came home everything looked awful. I’m super lucky the coral were able to recover as well as they did, but some lost lots of color. I’m hoping this light will bring some of that back!

I think I might have re-initialized when I was trying to help you with your linking issues.

 

[MaxTremors]

Glad you guys are getting this all figured out so that I can ask probably really stupid questions in a few days when my light arrives, lol.

 

[James_O]

Hoping to get it figured out and lighting up the tank tomorrow afternoon. Goodnight y’all!

I promise I’ll catch up on all your guys build threads eventually. ;Woot;Hilarious

 

[Goaway]

VERY bright, lol. Should I keep the factory SPS/LPS %’s and just change the ramp to 2 hours each?

Yup, it's so bright, bta went into acclimation mode itself. And it isn't over 50% on ramp ups.

 

[Goaway]

Glad you guys are getting this all figured out so that I can ask probably really stupid questions in a few days when my light arrives, lol.

I will do my best to help.

Gnight all~

 

[BroccoliFarmer]

Glad you guys are getting this all figured out so that I can ask probably really stupid questions in a few days when my light arrives, lol.

We are here to help.

 

[James_O]

Also wanted to mention that I’m starting to see better color, polyp extension, and green on the skeleton of the digi. It’s slowly getting better!

Should I remove the black box tomorrow morning and let the noop do it’s thing? (I would be at work so I wouldn’t be able to observe the coral, something I’m not really fond of)