Lighting Intensity

[fernalfer]

Ok i have the Reefbreeders Photon 48 V2: https://www.reefbreeders.com/shop/photon-48-v2/

I recently have been running just blues while trying to rid cyano outbreak which has come and gone. I'm now in the process of slowly turning on the whites and upping all the channels in intensity slowly. My question is everything is very happy right now but the highest in intensity is my Royal Blues that are at 40%

Currently:

Royal Blue - 40%
Whites - 20%
Cool Blue - 17%
Violet - 15%
Red - 0%
Green - 0%

These settings are only on at the highest for 2 hours in the middle of day. I ramp up to these and the ramp down from these.

Should i keep going up in intensity slowly until the corals seem like they don't like it or leave them here. Just seems like i can go higher and brighter. Just not sure if i should.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Ok i have the Reefbreeders Photon 48 V2: https://www.reefbreeders.com/shop/photon-48-v2/

I recently have been running just blues while trying to rid cyano outbreak which has come and gone. I'm now in the process of slowly turning on the whites and upping all the channels in intensity slowly. My question is everything is very happy right now but the highest in intensity is my Royal Blues that are at 40%

Currently:

Royal Blue - 40%
Whites - 20%
Cool Blue - 17%
Violet - 15%
Red - 0%
Green - 0%

These settings are only on at the highest for 2 hours in the middle of day. I ramp up to these and the ramp down from these.

Should i keep going up in intensity slowly until the corals seem like they don't like it or leave them here. Just seems like i can go higher and brighter. Just not sure if i should.

grab a $14 lux meter. or borrow a par meter
but the tank will or should be just fine. if the coral are happy why worry.

 

[Playa-1]

I agree, get a hold of a par meter. I've been slowly ramping up my lights and decided I better check before I go much higher to see where I'm at. I've got the photon 48" v2. At 60% I'm at 200 par in the sand bed and 350 par range on the top of the rock-work. I cranked up the light to see what It would do and was getting 400 par in the sand at the bottom of the 24" tank. I'm getting much more par the expected so I would proceed with caution.

 

[mrtian97]

similar question, I am using Radion G3 pro, sps corals are growing but the originally blue Echinata and other blue sps/purple frag becomes green in my tank as soon as I put it in. So the past week, I increased my brightness from 50% to 65% to improve my coral coloration. almost immediately I start seeing red cyano on my sands (never have red cyano and the tank was set up in May 2016).

Could brighter lights caused red cyano?

My tank volume is 90 gallon with gfo/carbon and 10 gallon weekly water change

Thanks