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02/01/2012, 07:59 AM | #1 |
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Led light question
About 4 months ago I replaced my redsea max 130 lights with a DIY led fixture. I have 30 3 watt leds going with should be plenty of lighting. The only thing is none of my coral has really opened since the switch over. My question is this: I have 15 white and 15 blue leds. I'm thinking something is wrong with the spectrum. Should I have more white? More blue? Any help would be awesome. Thanks folks.
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02/01/2012, 08:37 AM | #2 |
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Do you have them dimmed? That is a lot of light did you slowly acclimate?
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02/01/2012, 08:41 AM | #3 |
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They are dimmable. I spent the first couple weeks slowly Inceasing the light to full power. You think I try a lower dimmer setting?
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02/01/2012, 11:21 AM | #4 |
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What kind of corals are you keeping?
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02/01/2012, 11:42 AM | #5 |
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Just a couple frogspawns a candy cane coral and a green mushroom.
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02/01/2012, 12:05 PM | #6 |
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Full power is probably WAY too much light for your corals. I would tune them down to about 50% and leave them there for a couple weeks. It can take months for corals to adjust to new lighting, especially LED.
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02/01/2012, 12:20 PM | #8 |
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Thanks folks. I knew something was wrong but after checking water para placement and flow I narrowed it down to lights. I'll adjust the lighting down and give it a few weeks to see what happens.
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