I'm looking at buying those ViparSpectrum 165w lights for my tank. I've searched for some info but can't find any addressing my questions.
I have a tank that is 36" wide, 24" deep and 12" front to back. I know, it's a weird size, I got them from a friend of mine who did them for a movie set. Anyway, I've had it set up for over a year now with just 2 fish, a blue chromis and a clownfish. I've done a couple water changes so far of about 10 gallons. I have 2 inexpensive Hygger led lights over the tank. They have a 24 hour mode where they start around 0600 with an orange color like sunrise then eventually go to full daylight and then to blue and finally go off around 2230. However, this really promoted algae. They were only on full brightness for about 6 hours but I guess that is too much. I've played around and now have them on about 30% full spectrum brightness for about 6 hours and then put them on blue for a couple hours before turning them off before I go to bed. There is no way to adjust the brightness when they are in 24 hour mode.
I've recently been looking at the ViparSpectrum 165w led lights because I would like to start some coral. (I previously purchased a couple frags but the ended up dying) I've searched several threads on here and so far haven't found the information I need. My issue is that the highest I can put the lights is 8" above the top of the tank. I built the tank into a bookcase that has a shelf at that height so I'd have to attach the lights to the bottom of that shelf (which is how the Hygger lights are mounted). From the threads I've read the recommendation is for the white light to be at 10% but that is at heights of over a foot above the tank. My understanding is that the new ViparSpectrums only adjust in increments of 10% to that is the lowest setting. Any thoughts on whether this will end up producing lots of algae? I'm also looking at a sterilizer for the tank which I understand will also help keep the algae down.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Joe
I have a tank that is 36" wide, 24" deep and 12" front to back. I know, it's a weird size, I got them from a friend of mine who did them for a movie set. Anyway, I've had it set up for over a year now with just 2 fish, a blue chromis and a clownfish. I've done a couple water changes so far of about 10 gallons. I have 2 inexpensive Hygger led lights over the tank. They have a 24 hour mode where they start around 0600 with an orange color like sunrise then eventually go to full daylight and then to blue and finally go off around 2230. However, this really promoted algae. They were only on full brightness for about 6 hours but I guess that is too much. I've played around and now have them on about 30% full spectrum brightness for about 6 hours and then put them on blue for a couple hours before turning them off before I go to bed. There is no way to adjust the brightness when they are in 24 hour mode.
I've recently been looking at the ViparSpectrum 165w led lights because I would like to start some coral. (I previously purchased a couple frags but the ended up dying) I've searched several threads on here and so far haven't found the information I need. My issue is that the highest I can put the lights is 8" above the top of the tank. I built the tank into a bookcase that has a shelf at that height so I'd have to attach the lights to the bottom of that shelf (which is how the Hygger lights are mounted). From the threads I've read the recommendation is for the white light to be at 10% but that is at heights of over a foot above the tank. My understanding is that the new ViparSpectrums only adjust in increments of 10% to that is the lowest setting. Any thoughts on whether this will end up producing lots of algae? I'm also looking at a sterilizer for the tank which I understand will also help keep the algae down.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Joe
