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Don’t hijack this thread , and start your ownAh ok cool, thought so, made a fritzing diagram and did just that before I saw the reply
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So far so good. My test SPS didn't make it, but I have some other issues in the tank I'm working out and don't think it was due to the lighting. My leather did it's quarterly sloughing of it's slime coat and I think there was some chemical warfare going on and the sps lost.@Diamond1 how have your new light curves been treating you? I had to lower intensity due to one of my SPS starting to bleach.
So far so good. My test SPS didn't make it, but I have some other issues in the tank I'm working out and don't think it was due to the lighting. My leather did it's quarterly sloughing of it's slime coat and I think there was some chemical warfare going on and the sps lost.
All my other corals are responding nicely to the light schedule except for some mushrooms right under the lights that aren't as big as they could be.
I took a lux meter and got an idea of how much par I'm getting at water level and it turned out to be around 600 to 630 par at the top of the tank with my lights at 8" from the surface.
That's at peak light time with the blues at 65% and the whites at 50%. My tank is 18 inches deep so I'm treating my lighting as a medium light tank.
I would suggest getting a lux meter or par meter and see what you are getting. A lux meter can be had off amazon for 15 to 20 bucks.
Yeah leathers can be pretty obnoxious to sps corals. On top of the leather I'm dealing with high Alk, Ph swings and slightly elevated nitrates.When I had Kenya tree leathers I had big problems with some Acroporas. Since I got rid of them it’s been a lot smoother.
Yeah leathers can be pretty obnoxious to sps corals. On top of the leather I'm dealing with high Alk, Ph swings and slightly elevated nitrates.
Ha I wish I was having issue with high alk. I use fritz salt and it tests right at 9dkh. Within a couple days I’m down at 7. So I have started dosing DIY alk along with dosing phosphates and NoPox. My nitrates are finally starting to fall.
I’ll say this since I’ve been dosing the phosphates the coloration in my corals are outstanding!!
So far so good. My test SPS didn't make it, but I have some other issues in the tank I'm working out and don't think it was due to the lighting. My leather did it's quarterly sloughing of it's slime coat and I think there was some chemical warfare going on and the sps lost.
All my other corals are responding nicely to the light schedule except for some mushrooms right under the lights that aren't as big as they could be.
I took a lux meter and got an idea of how much par I'm getting at water level and it turned out to be around 600 to 630 par at the top of the tank with my lights at 8" from the surface.
That's at peak light time with the blues at 65% and the whites at 50%. My tank is 18 inches deep so I'm treating my lighting as a medium light tank.
I would suggest getting a lux meter or par meter and see what you are getting. A lux meter can be had off amazon for 15 to 20 bucks.
Did you by chance put the Lux meter under the lights and change the intensity in reefpi? I see an obvious dimming affect from 50% down but above 50% I visually don’t see a change. I am wondering if 50% is actually 100%. I really wish I had a par meter.