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65 gallon what would be recommend settlings ?
Thanks for the advice, the tank ran for 6 weeks cycling with no lights when cycling completed I did 100% blue 30 white little by little raising whites I got to 70% when algae bloomedI would suggest starting at 30 and 3, then increasing the levels from there depending on how your corals react. Good luck!
Thanks for the advice, the tank ran for 6 weeks cycling with no lights when cycling completed I did 100% blue 30 white little by little raising whites I got to 70% when algae bloomed
this is where i would start out without a par meter. i have 15 of these lights spread over 4 tanks, i have a par meter & have mapped each tank out. depending on the coral you want to keep. say acan & favia at the bottom & a hammer & torch higher on the rock, from the pic of your rockwork, two lights over a 65 gallon at 11" & 100/40% will most likely burn pretty much any lps coral you put higher on the rock work. my best guess at those settings of 100/40 would be about 400par near the top of the rocks & around 200par on the floor of the tank. this is just a guess though & even just water clarity can change par from one tank to another. without a par meter it's best to start out where peace river recommended.I would suggest starting at 30 and 3, then increasing the levels from there depending on how your corals react. Good luck!
I would put the blue channel wherever it needs to be to reach about 75-80% of your par goal, and get the rest of the way with the white channel. Probably a better way to do it than my original suggestionReading a these settings make me crazy, I have mine running 80 blues and 1 white which after reading people par measurements is probably way overkill. Only 10" above the water on a 12" deep tank.
HelloI run mine at 94% blue, 40% white. I run closer to 50% white on my frag tank. No algae issues here.
Light and nutrients have historically been blamed for algae, but there are plenty of high-light, high nutrient tanks out there that don't have algae problems. It's not just the algae that needs light and nutrients, your corals need them too. Starving the tank of light and nutrients starves everything. Get some herbivores to deal with the algae specifically.