reefbreeder time/intensity layout charts?

[legacyline]

just got the reefbreeder photon 48 and was looking to see if anyone has a chart of their custom program settings for the (time /intensity/moonlight) trying to find what people are having success with thanks for any input

[Ron Reefman]

Don't start out by using anybody else's schedule unless it is an acclimation schedule.

Info that would be handy is the depth of your tank and what kind of lights you just replaced. How many bulbs?

Start the system off with low power levels and work up to what you finally want over a month or 6 weeks. If you had serious MH you could start with slightly higher power levels.

I do a 5 hour sunrise, 3 hour midday at 90% blue and 40% white, then a 6 hour sunset. My tank is 24" deep and full of mostly sps corals (some lps and softies as well). I even set moonlights at 9% the hour before sunrise and an hour after sunset and then drop them to 1% the rest of the night except for a 2 hour total lights out in the middle of the night.

I have two 32" versions of your fixture (same number of leds in a smaller fixture) over my 180g for over 32 months now. I've been using this schedule for well over a year and my corals look healthy and grow quite well. Before this I was doing a much shorter sunrise and sunset (like 2 hours at either end).

I just did a lot of fragging to make room as my corals were seriously starting to grow into each other.

[laga77]

If you do a google search for reef "breeders spreadsheet". You will get links to pre-made spreadsheets that you can adapt to your own needs.

[KKGaskin90]

Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

Don't start out by using anybody else's schedule unless it is an acclimation schedule.

Info that would be handy is the depth of your tank and what kind of lights you just replaced. How many bulbs?

Start the system off with low power levels and work up to what you finally want over a month or 6 weeks. If you had serious MH you could start with slightly higher power levels.

I do a 5 hour sunrise, 3 hour midday at 90% blue and 40% white, then a 6 hour sunset. My tank is 24" deep and full of mostly sps corals (some lps and softies as well). I even set moonlights at 9% the hour before sunrise and an hour after sunset and then drop them to 1% the rest of the night except for a 2 hour total lights out in the middle of the night.

I have two 32" versions of your fixture (same number of leds in a smaller fixture) over my 180g for over 32 months now. I've been using this schedule for well over a year and my corals look healthy and grow quite well. Before this I was doing a much shorter sunrise and sunset (like 2 hours at either end).

I just did a lot of fragging to make room as my corals were seriously starting to grow into each other.

Ron, just curious, why did you go from shorter sunrise/sunset to longer?
I've got a Photon 48 over a 75g mixed reef and have ramped up intensity slowly. At 75 blue 50 white, currently. I've got a 6 hour sunrise and 6 hour sunset with an hour and a half at 75/50.