Steves led on a biocube 14

classklown90 · Apr 6, 2014

Anyone have a good spot to set these at? I have acros and zoas in here but I can't find a good spot for the lights and the zoas are suffering.

Ward9320 · Apr 6, 2014

I have a Steves's LED over my BC14 with a mixed reef. I have had everything growing in there just fine with the whites on 60 and blues on 80. Just make sure you ramp up the intensity slowly. When I switched over to the LEDs from the stock lights I started off on low settings and brought then up slowly over the course of two weeks.

classklown90 · Apr 7, 2014

Okay thank you

classklown90 · Jul 8, 2014

Goona bump this. Looking for a good setting for both Sps and zoas

d00dy · Jul 9, 2014

Ward9320 said:
I have a Steves's LED over my BC14 with a mixed reef. I have had everything growing in there just fine with the whites on 60 and blues on 80. Just make sure you ramp up the intensity slowly. When I switched over to the LEDs from the stock lights I started off on low settings and brought then up slowly over the course of two weeks.

You say 60% and 80% but you don't explain how high above the water your lights are or any optics. I have a 40 breeder with 16 Luxeon RB, 8 Luxeon NW, 4 3-up (Cyan, Cool Blue, Deep Red), and 3 Violets (80 degree optics). The fixture sits about 12" above my water (in a hutch). I currently have my LED's set to 45% RB, 40% W, 35% (RGB / V). I have tried to ramp the lights up higher than that over a few months, but every time I do my corals start to fade and zoas stop multiplying.