RSM Max E-170 questions

[jasonamyers]

I'm curious if you have a Red Sea Max aquarium if you added more flow to it other than the return pump. I'm struggling to find the right aim etc for mine.

Also what did you do for the light settings?

I have the following for lights:
Ramp from 9am to 11am ending at

Uv 27%
V 36%
RY 35%
B 37%
G 18%
Dr 26%
Cw 8%

Ramps down from 4pm to 9pm
Nightlight till midnight

And I'm just not sure about how the corals like it.

Here is a full tank shot:

Right side

Left side:

 

[Javeii]

Hi, cool tank, really like that rock you have on a magnet to the side. Regarding your lights, I think the reds many be a bit high. There was an article on reefbuilders, I think, that stated that corals on reefs know when to stop growing upwards when they received a certain level of lower energy light (reds). Also everyone has told me that my reds were too high (20) when I was setting up my prime HD. I now run them at 10

 

[jasonamyers]

Thank you for that! I turned down the reds, and some corals are definitely reaching out a bit more now!

 

[kevin318]

Nice looking tank, great ReefScape. I am new to R2R and I am new to the coral community, in the past I primarily stuck to fish. That being said, I did a mountain of research on the lighting and there is a ton of good information out there. I love the video that BRS TV did about PAR ratings and specifically that one about the AI prime, it just so happened that they did a tank size that was very close to mine, I just had to make minor adjustments. Happy reefing!

Here is what I settled on