So I have a 90 gallon sps dominate set up. It’s been up and running for 5 years now. My current lighting is two tuna blues and aquatic life T5 hybrid. The kessils are great but once the T5’s go off I have some pretty mean shadows. I really don’t want to add another tuna blue mix. I don’t feel comfortable buying 1 new to go with 2 that are 5 years old.
With that being said I have a brand new Reefbreeder photon v2. I got it for a great price and it’s just been sitting in the basement. I tested it last night without the T5 and kinda fell in love with the spectrum. It was only a few minutes but a lot of the shadows were gone too. I’ll have more automation with the reefbreeder as well since I don’t have a controller on this system.
So my plan is to get par readings throughout the day and match it with the new light. I have a par meter so just need to pick a weekend day lol. The T5’s are staying so I’m including them in the readings. I’ve never switched lights before so I’m just looking for some advice. Does the plan I have seen okay? Should I just start the light out at 20% intensity and increase selected channels week to week? If anyone has any experience switching fixtures advice would be awesome, thank you!
With that being said I have a brand new Reefbreeder photon v2. I got it for a great price and it’s just been sitting in the basement. I tested it last night without the T5 and kinda fell in love with the spectrum. It was only a few minutes but a lot of the shadows were gone too. I’ll have more automation with the reefbreeder as well since I don’t have a controller on this system.
So my plan is to get par readings throughout the day and match it with the new light. I have a par meter so just need to pick a weekend day lol. The T5’s are staying so I’m including them in the readings. I’ve never switched lights before so I’m just looking for some advice. Does the plan I have seen okay? Should I just start the light out at 20% intensity and increase selected channels week to week? If anyone has any experience switching fixtures advice would be awesome, thank you!