What lighting schedule do you use (LEDs)? How often do you change it?

[esther]

Curious as to what schedule you're running? Also, if you could let me know what type of tank you're running too, that would be great! i.e. SPS Heavy, Mixed Reef, Fish Only, etc. Thanks in advance!

BONUS POINTS FOR PICTURES!!

 

[Crabs McJones]

I was running the BRS AB+ schedule over my tank, and everything loved it. No pics sorry :( I had a mixed reef that was SPS dominant.

 

[esther]

I was running the BRS AB+ schedule over my tank, and everything loved it. No pics sorry :( I had a mixed reef that was SPS dominant.

So, does it get super blue? I’m going to see if I can download it and check it out. Thanks!

 

[Crabs McJones]

So, does it get super blue? I’m going to see if I can download it and check it out. Thanks!

It's actually got quite a bit of white. I had it mixed with 4 ATI Blue + bulbs and it balanced out the blue perfectly

 

[esther]

I was running the BRS AB+ schedule over my tank, and everything loved it. No pics sorry :( I had a mixed reef that was SPS dominant.

How often have you changed your lighting schedule? February will be a year since we've been running Saxby and I was thinking of switching it up to a different schedule for year #2. Wondering how often people change their schedules.

 

[sp1187]

mixed reef softie dominant.
4 hour ramp up.
4 hour 100%.
4 hour ramp down.
blues only first and last 2 hours of ramping.

schedule changes twice a year for daylight savings. :cool:

 

[esther]

mixed reef softie dominant.
4 hour ramp up.
4 hour 100%.
4 hour ramp down.
blues only first and last 2 hours of ramping.

schedule changes twice a year for daylight savings. :cool:

What lights do you use? Did you create your own schedule on it?

 

[sp1187]

What lights do you use? Did you create your own schedule on it?

TMC Aquabeam 2000 NP tiles and Aquabeam 600 Reef Blue strips.
I use their controller.

 

[sawdonkey]

Mostly all SPS. I go on at 11am, mostly blue only until 1:00 or do, then peak from about 3pm to 8pm, then ramp down the whites to all blue at 11pm, off at at midnight.

I run orphek V4s and a couple OR3 bars.

 

[Bpb]

I run a 12 hour photoperiod. 3 hours of that are very low mainly for visual, 9 hours are higher, with a brief 4 hour hit of high intensity.

Low.
Middle
High
Low
Off

Par in the low range averages to about 100

Par in middle range averages about 250-300

Par in the high range averages 350-500 or so.

Sps dominant.