Not bad. Corals are really starting to color up. I have since upped the settings again. I realized I need higher par for some of my SPS corals. So I'm upping the white channels like 5% a week.How is everything looking this week?
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Not bad. Corals are really starting to color up. I have since upped the settings again. I realized I need higher par for some of my SPS corals. So I'm upping the white channels like 5% a week.How is everything looking this week?
Ch1-50What is your current max setting?
I think at my levels i'm giving them to much par. Below is my max which I run for 6 hours. I have great PE on SPS, but growth has been slow.
CH1 25
CH2 25
CH3 70
CH4 25
Ch5 60
CH6 60
I run mine's a bit higher with no issues.I think at my levels i'm giving them to much par. Below is my max which I run for 6 hours. I have great PE on SPS, but growth has been slow.
CH1 25
CH2 25
CH3 70
CH4 25
Ch5 60
CH6 60
I personally wouldn't expect great growth with all that low. Healthy good looking corals yes, but not fast growing.I'm usually around 7.5, 1300-1350 and 450.
I'll raise up the CH3/5/6 this week a little.
Hello everybody!
I have a photon v2 on a 36 bow and it's a "big" improvement from what I had running before. I have started getting more and more sps frags just to have the color change a few days after being in the tank and with little to no growth. Switched to this light and have been getting awesome growth but color is seriously lacking. After doing some research I noticed that maybe the schedule was a little off and the intensity as well. So I changed my schedule to match the sps ab+ schedule and intensity. 9 hours photoperiod with 7 hours core intensity. I did noticed a good change. Corals are starting to color up but not sure of the par readings and if the green, red and white channels should be increase more. I know that the schedule is for another light but the logic behind it has been researched. I think when properly dialed in this will be a really good schedule for an SPS dominant tank. Have anyone heard of this schedule before and if so how can I implement this schedule with the photon v2? Maybe Logan will comment...[emoji57]
I've updated my settings recently for higher par. With the light set in the middle level on the bracket. My ch 3,5,6 is set to 90 and ch 4 is 15 and ch 1 and 2 is 50. The avg par with my acros are is in the 400 to 600 range. The blue monster is in the highest at around 730. The highest par being directly under the light.I have the same tank and light as you with a similar mixed reef layout. Just wondering how high you have the light off your tank when PAR measurements were taken? Also, what schedule have you settled on? I currently have my red and green channels off, white is either 35 or 40 and blues around 70. I am about 7-8" off the tank on the second longest option with the included mounts.
Everything is fairly happy with the exception of my zoa's (may be unrelated).
Thanks for the reply. Do you get a disco effect or excessive algae growth with the greens and reds that high? Also, I thought SPS thrived off higher whites, just curious why you have yours low. I'm not very knowledgeable with lighting if I'm being honest, so take these comments with a grain of salt.I've updated my settings recently for higher par. With the light set in the middle level on the bracket. My ch 3,5,6 is set to 90 and ch 4 is 15 and ch 1 and 2 is 50. The avg par with my acros are is in the 400 to 600 range. The blue monster is in the highest at around 730.
No not really I would say the colors blends nicely at that level and you can't see any reds or green outlines. The disco effect also depends on how much surface agitation you have. After months of tinkering it actually looks pretty good. I run an ULNS so I don't have an issue with algae.Thanks for the reply. Do you get a disco effect or excessive algae growth with the greens and reds that high? Also, I thought SPS thrived off higher whites, just curious why you have yours low. I'm not very knowledgeable with lighting if I'm being honest, so take these comments with a grain of salt.
No not really I would say the colors blends nicely at that level and you can't see any reds or green outlines. The disco effect also depends on how much surface agitation you have. After months of tinkering it actually looks pretty good. I run an ULNS so I don't have an issue with algae.
I would say I get good growth on all corals. Both soft and hard.How about the low whites? How does this impact sps growth?