Kessil A350

WVUreefer · Jul 13, 2012

my main concern is also SPS growth

FaviaFreak · Jul 13, 2012

I will keep you all posted on SPS growth in my tank, at this rate the growth I am seeing on my LPS with LED is substantially better than T5 and equal or better to MH

the other thing I also notice is how happy all my corals look under this light, quite impressive

mastaslash · Jul 15, 2012

I got a new 27 cube, and I am seriously considering the A350. Please keep us posted on progress. Any pics of the setup?

Pkunk35 · Jul 23, 2012

Just ordered my Kessil 350W...I'll try to update here when i get it setup.

FaviaFreak, how's your tank doing? Any updates on the lighting? I was pretty influenced by your thread and your endorsement of Kessil (sentiment seems similar elsewhere as well for those that have written about their Kessil Tuna's), would love to get an update.

FaviaFreak · Jul 23, 2012

I'll try to get some new pics up later but this is by far the best light I have ever run period! it has taken the corals to a whole other level of happiness your gonna LOVE it!

Pkunk35 said:
Just ordered my Kessil 350W...I'll try to update here when i get it setup.

FaviaFreak, how's your tank doing? Any updates on the lighting? I was pretty influenced by your thread and your endorsement of Kessil (sentiment seems similar elsewhere as well for those that have written about their Kessil Tuna's), would love to get an update.

FaviaFreak · Jul 23, 2012

just took these

FaviaFreak · Jul 23, 2012

Pkunk35 · Jul 23, 2012

Oh my. I just got very excited...

Your tank looks like it is doin GREAT! The reds look amazing!

So how's the manual dimming been? It was the only hang up I had about getting the light. Are you manually dimming daily or do you just have it set to a single setting that turns off and on similar to a halide?

Also, I wanted to ask you, I assume you can ramp the intensity way down (50% or lower), correct? This is my first time using LED (switching from PC) so I'm very worried about melting coral and want to make sure I can have the lights ramped down under 50% if possible. At what intensity did you acclimate your tank to when you first switched over?

Thanks for the awesome pics man! Tank looks gorgeous.

FaviaFreak · Jul 23, 2012

the manual dimming helps when acclimating your tank to 100% intensity, plus you can play around with it for kicks, now that I have my tank fully acclimated to this light it's 100% for 8 hrs a day so the manual dimming is a non issue for the most part.

Yes you can ramp the intensity down to 0% on both channels if you want, makes for easy acclimation, I had mine hung 13" for 3 weeks and started slow to acclimate and didn't lose any color during the transition

Pkunk35 said:
Oh my. I just got very excited...

Your tank looks like it is doin GREAT! The reds look amazing!

So how's the manual dimming been? It was the only hang up I had about getting the light. Are you manually dimming daily or do you just have it set to a single setting that turns off and on similar to a halide?

Also, I wanted to ask you, I assume you can ramp the intensity way down (50% or lower), correct? This is my first time using LED (switching from PC) so I'm very worried about melting coral and want to make sure I can have the lights ramped down under 50% if possible. At what intensity did you acclimate your tank to when you first switched over?

Thanks for the awesome pics man! Tank looks gorgeous.

Tinola · Jul 23, 2012

What kind of zoa is the 3rd picture? Looks nice!

FaviaFreak · Jul 23, 2012

Tinola said:
What kind of zoa is the 3rd picture? Looks nice!

Thanks! those are the flying eyeballs

rdsx2 · Jul 26, 2012

How well would a 40g tall do with the kessilA350?

FaviaFreak · Jul 30, 2012

Pkunk35 · Jul 30, 2012

Hey faviafreak, what lighting did you replace on your tank for the Kessil?

I have one running on about 60% blue, 50% white but am using 4 mesh screens to acclimate to the lighting as my hammer seemed to have gotten burned a bit when using no mesh...I was using PC lighting and have the lighting mounted about 8.5 inches above the tank.

Love the light, but having a hard time understanding the acclimation process...how long did it take you to get to 100% on both channels? I'm almost wondering if the 100% is going to be just too bright for my 20 gal...but when i see your tank running at 100% and looks great, so wanted to hopefully get an idea as to your acclimation process to LED...

Thanks for your help man, here's a pic of my setup, sorry for the bad pic:

Mufasa31 · Jul 30, 2012

I've got the Kessil A350 on a 30 cube.
I started out at 50% on both channels. I recently moved the blue to 75%.
My tank is approx 20 inches deep.

creefer · Jul 30, 2012

I was just looking at these. An LFS around here has 2 of the A350W over a 48" frag tank and they really look good. They have been doing as faviafreak did with acclimation and have had no unhappy frags. I was seriously considering them for my tank, but for now will just supplement my 6-lamp T5 with either DIY strips or stunners. I just can't drop $800 on lights right now when I don't really need them. Tough sell to the CFO.

FaviaFreak · Jul 30, 2012

first thing I noticed is you have it running over a 20L so the depth is only 13"...you could try raising the light higher 13"-14" off the surface or keep them at the present height and just slowly ramp up the intensity weekly..just don't rush it your tank is shallow so at your present height it's really dumping some Par into your tank, these lights have some UV as well, so they pack a punch

Pkunk35 said:
Hey faviafreak, what lighting did you replace on your tank for the Kessil?

I have one running on about 60% blue, 50% white but am using 4 mesh screens to acclimate to the lighting as my hammer seemed to have gotten burned a bit when using no mesh...I was using PC lighting and have the lighting mounted about 8.5 inches above the tank.

Love the light, but having a hard time understanding the acclimation process...how long did it take you to get to 100% on both channels? I'm almost wondering if the 100% is going to be just too bright for my 20 gal...but when i see your tank running at 100% and looks great, so wanted to hopefully get an idea as to your acclimation process to LED...

Thanks for your help man, here's a pic of my setup, sorry for the bad pic:

FaviaFreak · Jul 30, 2012

creefer said:
I was just looking at these. An LFS around here has 2 of the A350W over a 48" frag tank and they really look good. They have been doing as faviafreak did with acclimation and have had no unhappy frags. I was seriously considering them for my tank, but for now will just supplement my 6-lamp T5 with either DIY strips or stunners. I just can't drop $800 on lights right now when I don't really need them. Tough sell to the CFO.

yeah $800 is a lot of coin

Pkunk35 · Jul 30, 2012

FaviaFreak said:
first thing I noticed is you have it running over a 20L so the depth is only 13"...you could try raising the light higher 13"-14" off the surface or keep them at the present height and just slowly ramp up the intensity weekly..just don't rush it your tank is shallow so at your present height it's really dumping some Par into your tank, these lights have some UV as well, so they pack a punch

Guess I'll stick with the screens and just keep the light settings to what I have now (the corals currently are responding well to the mesh). I also may try your mod to the gooseneck to gain a couple inches on the height then too.

Thanks again dude.

FaviaFreak · Jul 30, 2012

Pkunk35 said:
Guess I'll stick with the screens and just keep the light settings to what I have now (the corals currently are responding well to the mesh). I also may try your mod to the gooseneck to gain a couple inches on the height then too.

Thanks again dude.

please keep me posted and just take your time