Steve's LED's on BioCube 32 - Settings

[William Morris]

I am growing only LPS corals in my BioCube 32 with Steve's LED kit.
Right now my Blue channels are set at 57% and the white's at 20%.
My LFS tells me that it's hard to get any growth until the lighting is at about 14K.
Also you need the white light for growth - the blue is mostly for show.

My question is how do you determine when the light has reached the 14K level with Steve's kit?

From Steve's website: With all channels on 100% power, it yields a 14,000K blue, simulating an ocean depth of about 15 feet -20 feet : where most aquarium corals naturally grow.

Then Steve states that with LPS you want to be in the 60-70% intensity level - which means you wouldn't be anywhere near the 14K level.

Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[CoralFan1776]

I am growing only LPS corals in my BioCube 32 with Steve's LED kit.
Right now my Blue channels are set at 57% and the white's at 20%.
My LFS tells me that it's hard to get any growth until the lighting is at about 14K.
Also you need the white light for growth - the blue is mostly for show.

My question is how do you determine when the light has reached the 14K level with Steve's kit?

From Steve's website: With all channels on 100% power, it yields a 14,000K blue, simulating an ocean depth of about 15 feet -20 feet : where most aquarium corals naturally grow.

Then Steve states that with LPS you want to be in the 60-70% intensity level - which means you wouldn't be anywhere near the 14K level.

Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks

If it's color temperature is 14000K at 100% on all channels then I would think the color temperature would be the same with all channels at 50%.

The color temperature should be the balance between the channels. Reducing the output from 100% will just reduce the PAR values. The key would be to reduce the channels equally.

This is of course assuming the output of each channel drops equally which I have no idea if it does but my assumption is that it would...

 

[William Morris]

Thank you for the explanation. Appreciate it.