Kessil lights

[SaltLife13]

I have a pair of Kessil AP9x lights and I’m struggling to get a good setting for them. I’ve looked on this site and others and not coming up with a solid setting guide. Can someone tell me how they have their lights set up?

 

[Jekyl]

I have a pair of Kessil AP9x lights and I’m struggling to get a good setting for them. I’ve looked on this site and others and not coming up with a solid setting guide. Can someone tell me how they have their lights set up?

Few things will help give the best info. Pic of the tank, type of coral and height of the lights.

 

[Jekyl]

Also welcome to R2R! You came to the right place for answers.

 

[tobster]

I have a pair of Kessil AP9x lights and I’m struggling to get a good setting for them. I’ve looked on this site and others and not coming up with a solid setting guide. Can someone tell me how they have their lights set up?

I have the same light and I used BRS videos to set it up about a year ago. You can google it and check it out. I think the video Thomas does explains the best way to program it if I remember correctly.
I basically just use the preset tuna blue program and edit it to what I think works best.
It’s a cool light but a pain to set up IMO
good luck!

 

[minus9]

What corals are you keeping? Do you prefer the blue look or something a little more natural? My general rule with Kessil's is as follows: always match the violet channel to your intensity (this can be raised higher than intensity over time if desired), add a little red and green (5% for both in you're on the blue side and 10-15% if you choose a color setting higher than 35-40%. For LPS systems, 0-20% color is a good range, for mixed and sps, 25-65% is a good range. If you're using supplemental "blue" bars, then you can raise the color % a little higher. It's hard to have a bad setting with Kessil's, which is why their "logic" works. I've always used a 12hr photo period with them and usually have a 6-8hr peak.