Just got my AP700

[tylerd]

My metal halide fixture finally started to mess up, so I picked up an AP700 today to replace it. I'm kind of at a loss as to what values to use for the acclimation mode to make it compatible to (2) 250 watt metal halides with Phoenix 14k bulbs.

I don't have a ton of coral in my tank as a recent move costed me a lot of my coral, and working 2 jobs hasn't left me much time to work on it like I should. The pieces I do have left are mostly LPS.

In particular, when using the acclimation mode, I am curious as to the percentage to start the acclimation at, and for how many days. Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[thelastfrag]

nice :) picture of it hanging up?

 

[jasonandsarah]

I personally have no experience with the Ap700 but I find it hard to believe you'll need much acclimation coming from 2-250W MH at least intensity wise. The Ap700 is basically 2 A360we's witch were 90W leds and kessil claimed them to be comparable to a 250W Halide. (I personally think that's a slight stretch) but these are supposed to be slightly stronger.
As far as acclimation to the new lights (Leds) I would just start it around 50% peak and work your way up to where things are happy.
This will all depend on what time schedule you run as well. With your Halide you were probably running them for 4-6 hours a day and with the Leds you can run 10+ hours a day depending on what you want.