K7 PRO III Spectrum Sharing

[euphlife]

Totally missed that . Much appreciated

Give it a test and let me know what you think. I run a 8 ft frag tank with heavy sps and some torches.

My logic is why use white when red green blue make up white. Just manipulating the red green blue with Dana riddle spectrum colors to see if it will work.

 

[Bartolomeo84]

Give it a test and let me know what you think. I run a 8 ft frag tank with heavy sps and some torches.

My logic is why use white when red green blue make up white. Just manipulating the red green blue with Dana riddle spectrum colors to see if it will work.

Im gonna try it also

 

[RedBeardReefer]

Im gonna try it also

Give it a test and let me know what you think. I run a 8 ft frag tank with heavy sps and some torches.

My logic is why use white when red green blue make up white. Just manipulating the red green blue with Dana riddle spectrum colors to see if it will work.

Nice! Just started using it now - looks nice to the eye. Colors pop nicely. Any par readings?

I'm running NP k7 3 7in from water 22in from sand bed

 

[euphlife]

Nice! Just started using it now - looks nice to the eye. Colors pop nicely. Any par readings?

I'm running NP k7 3 7in from water 22in from sand bed

Will test my par when my buddy brings my meter back lol. I’m thinking I’ll be 150-200ish on the bottom but no idea yet.

Remember I’m using a 12 in frag tank 8 ft long with 6 lights total so my numbers will look different due to the kessils alone. They are strong. K7 is supplement lighting like t5’s.

K7 ap9x k7 (brace) k7 ap9x k7

I noticed more build on the glass with this spectrum. Suspect red and green to be the culprits but the sps colors are better as you noted too.

 

[euphlife]

Will test my par when my buddy brings my meter back lol. I’m thinking I’ll be 150-200ish on the bottom but no idea yet.

Remember I’m using a 12 in frag tank 8 ft long with 6 lights total so my numbers will look different due to the kessils alone. They are strong. K7 is supplement lighting like t5’s.

K7 ap9x k7 (brace) k7 ap9x k7

I noticed more build on the glass with this spectrum. Suspect red and green to be the culprits but the sps colors are better as you noted too.

So have my par meter and with my kessils on I’m at 150-200 bottom of my 12 inch lowboy.

I made a change to my schedule and added 33% white between hours 12-1. This provides a similiar experience to nature with sun being directly over them for 1 hour. Ramp up from 11-12, direct at 12-1, and then 1-2 ramp down back to standard color. 12 hours of light with 1 hour of white (sun directly over them).

I’m team flow for the record. Light is important but I think chemistry and water movement is more important than lighting.

 

[knap_123]

So I have a 40 breeder light mixed reef a few spa , lps med to upper med height softies on bottom with 2 k7 pro and I feel I might be getting to much light but not 100 percent sure. I m using a wr code I scanned and have it set on los setting .
I wish the timing wasn’t so long on my light . Comes on at 7am to almost 12 midnight. Bit of a pain but I know how to go in and remove some of the hrs. I will eventually .
Is this setting on lps on a 40 good choice for mixed reef? I know these light are strong!! My jaw breaks are staying small on the bottom compared to what they were u def older black box LEDs. And some Zia’s will not open up well but others love them . 1 sos is good and 1 not. Trying to get everything dialed in right and I am getting my water checked and dialed in to make sure it’s not chemistry

 

[knap_123]

I really should have proof read that!!! lol dang my grammar and spelling is horrible!

 

[tbrown]

I really should have proof read that!!! lol dang my grammar and spelling is horrible!

What? You don't have a few spas? :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

It's one of the things that happens frequently. I think most people understood what you meant.

 

[Signalhead]

I really should have proof read that!!! lol dang my grammar and spelling is horrible!

Don't feel bad. I type with an accent.

 

[euphlife]

So I have a 40 breeder light mixed reef a few spa , lps med to upper med height softies on bottom with 2 k7 pro and I feel I might be getting to much light but not 100 percent sure. I m using a wr code I scanned and have it set on los setting .
I wish the timing wasn’t so long on my light . Comes on at 7am to almost 12 midnight. Bit of a pain but I know how to go in and remove some of the hrs. I will eventually .
Is this setting on lps on a 40 good choice for mixed reef? I know these light are strong!! My jaw breaks are staying small on the bottom compared to what they were u def older black box LEDs. And some Zia’s will not open up well but others love them . 1 sos is good and 1 not. Trying to get everything dialed in right and I am getting my water checked and dialed in to make sure it’s not chemistry

Issue imo is to much cyan. That nm is blue green so it’s used but not above blue or violet. From the legend himself Dana riddle. I built this into my k7 schedule. I’m pleased with it.

 

[euphlife]

Here is what I came up with to best try to duplicate what Dana riddle said while still giving an extra punch for 4 hours of high photoperiod and then 8 of soft photoperiod.
1. I combined violet and uv for the %
2. I used cyan for all green-blue and blue-green.
3. Green only for green
4. Red for red.
5. Yellow and orange are hit with red and green mixes.
6. I don’t use the white channel at all.

My lighting is much more complex and my k7’s are supplements to MH along with skyes and ap9x’s.

You can scale it with the same percentages to achieve needed par.

 

[Sid996]

Has anyone got a good profile with a more white natural look while still providing the spectrum corals need , just got a Duncan and a pulsing xenia atm with a bubble tip and 2 clowns

cheers

 

[knap_123]

I feel that the settings I’m using are too strong for my 40 breeder mixed reef. I can’t figure out the QR code generator for nothing! It’s my fault I’m just slow at tech stuff . And I’m trying to adjust using manual instead of auto on the app. I saved settings after I found the colors I liked. Hit export and it says QR code saved . I see it in my photos but if I try and load it it does nothing.
Now if I leave it on manual the lights stay on 24/7 correct? I need to have it in auto . I need to load the saved QR code to auto so the lights will come off and on and all.
What steps am I missing?

 

[knap_123]

Do I have to go into the time settings and divide each time stamp by 2 to lower everything in half? Hour by hour? And save?

 

[mpatterson42]

Is there any way to run "Demo Mode" faster? Or skip the hours in the morning when there's no lights at all?

Also, it would be really nice if we could save more presets, or rename the existing presets.

 

[saltcreep74]

Has anyone got a good profile with a more white natural look while still providing the spectrum corals need , just got a Duncan and a pulsing xenia atm with a bubble tip and 2 clowns

cheers

Here you go...

 

[AtlanticGail]

Any updated par readings from anyone?

 

[knap_123]

No but I can say on my 49 breeder my previous settings were way too high!!!! I redid the settings and now all my corals look much happier ! Sod that weee bleaching and now coloring back up and all my mixed reef looks better. I actually dropped this setting down to 30 % max

 

[AtlanticGail]

No but I can say on my 49 breeder my previous settings were way too high!!!! I redid the settings and now all my corals look much happier ! Sod that weee bleaching and now coloring back up and all my mixed reef looks better. I actually dropped this setting down to 30 % max

Can I see all your light settings

 

[Jimmythedestroyer]

Trying to figure this out. I have a K7 Pro I just got on my 37-gal Bowfront. I am not sure I fully understand everything but going to try this for a while. Thoughts?