Mars Aqua 300w settings

Daddi0 · 07/04/2018, 11:19 AM

Trying to fine tune my Mars Aqua 300w fixtures. If you are running one, what are your dimmers set at?
Cheers! Mark

flawedexistence · 07/04/2018, 01:02 PM

I have one on my 30 gal. QT. 40% on the red channel (trying to grow some chaeto) and 20% on the blue. PAR at the bottom is about 120.

garygonzales · 07/04/2018, 06:48 PM

i have the mars 300 watt also...there is no red channel ..just blues and whites...i have my blues all the way up and whites about 1/4 the way up...

Daddi0 · 07/04/2018, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by garygonzales

i have the mars 300 watt also...there is no red channel ..just blues and whites...i have my blues all the way up and whites about 1/4 the way up...

Thanks! I had them at blue 90% and white 80%. I will turn the white down to 50% and the blues up. I have a couple of acros that are pale white on the top of branches and brown on the underside of the same branch.
Cheers! Mark

newbie2014 · 07/05/2018, 08:43 AM

I have one on my 40B which has the same dimension as your 65G but shallower. With the lenses off and 12 inches above water, I have the blues at ~30% and the white ~5-10%. I have 3 RBTAs that are about 8” below the surface.

07/04/2018, 11:19 AM	#1
Daddi0 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redwood City Posts: 1,354	Mars Aqua 300w settings Trying to fine tune my Mars Aqua 300w fixtures. If you are running one, what are your dimmers set at? Cheers! Mark __________________ 2x 65g displays with a 30g cryptic refugium and 30g sump - 55g reef 30g Bio-cube reef - I.M. 30g reef - 45g freshwater

07/04/2018, 01:02 PM	#2
flawedexistence Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 46	I have one on my 30 gal. QT. 40% on the red channel (trying to grow some chaeto) and 20% on the blue. PAR at the bottom is about 120.

07/04/2018, 06:48 PM	#3
garygonzales Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: WEST ALLIS ,WI Posts: 922	i have the mars 300 watt also...there is no red channel ..just blues and whites...i have my blues all the way up and whites about 1/4 the way up...

07/05/2018, 08:43 AM	#5
newbie2014 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 235	I have one on my 40B which has the same dimension as your 65G but shallower. With the lenses off and 12 inches above water, I have the blues at ~30% and the white ~5-10%. I have 3 RBTAs that are about 8” below the surface.