spectrum setting on kessil 360we

david3727 · Feb 15, 2015

where are you running the kessil 360we for mass coral growth?? I was running 100% for 8 hrs and burnt some corals up. I'm now running on the controller 60% color 70% intensity. the corals or living but don't seem to open as much as they should. I'm on a 12 hr light schedule of a 4 hr ramp up 8 hrs at the 60/70 then 4 hr ramp down. it has been on this schedule for about 3 months. the acons seem to love it along with the zoas. The hammer doesn't seem to open to it max, and the duncon seems to be about half open. Leathers seem to love this setting. Peremiters are sal 1.026, cal 420, alk 10 ph 8.2 temp 78.6. .. 90 gallon.

david3727 · Feb 16, 2015

meant 4 hrs ramp up 4 hr at max setting of 60/70 then 4 hrs ramp down. not 8 hrs at max setting

Finnaddict · Feb 16, 2015

I run 2 hour ramp up from 5% blue only up to 60%Blue/80%Intensity for 6 hours and then ramp down 2 hours. 10 hours total

Zacco · Feb 18, 2015

Just ordered 2- A360W-E's with Spectral Controller. Im going to start out in the range of 40% to 50% intensity and 40 to 50% blue. Always start lower than you think is best and see how the corals respond. If your corals arent opening it's probably because of too much light intensity. Especially if they were previously under t5 lighting. I would like to here some more lighting schedules if anyone can chime in. I was running Radion Gen 2's and not seeing the growth and color out of my corals. One of my LFS's started running Kessil's on there frag tanks and everything looked amazing.