I am upping my lights on my 220 up to 20k. 4 Red Sea 160s. I was at 75/11. Have some higher end acros coming and have slowly been raising lights over the last almost 2 weeks. Currently at 90/40. Aim to go 100/50 to reach what Red Sea program says is 20K.
My question is, should I do the rest before my frags arrive on Thursday (100/50) or wait a couple week after the frags arrive to reach the 20K. I plan to put them--7 acros, a cyphastrea and a porite where they need to go on advice of person I purchased from and not start low. Except the cyphastrea and porite can start lower.
From my research of each type of acro, all need high light and high flow except 1 can be a bit lower
So far, my current corals are loving the extra light and even a lobo on the bottom that was pretty much dead is making a comeback. When I used my apex par to measure lighting, par was very low , esp down low but even some of the high points were lower than I thought. Haven't remeasured since raising.
So, raise to 100/50 now or wait. BTW I sure love having more white light for viewing!
My question is, should I do the rest before my frags arrive on Thursday (100/50) or wait a couple week after the frags arrive to reach the 20K. I plan to put them--7 acros, a cyphastrea and a porite where they need to go on advice of person I purchased from and not start low. Except the cyphastrea and porite can start lower.
From my research of each type of acro, all need high light and high flow except 1 can be a bit lower
So far, my current corals are loving the extra light and even a lobo on the bottom that was pretty much dead is making a comeback. When I used my apex par to measure lighting, par was very low , esp down low but even some of the high points were lower than I thought. Haven't remeasured since raising.
So, raise to 100/50 now or wait. BTW I sure love having more white light for viewing!