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[vhuang168]

Originally Posted by Salty150

lol, you don't even know what is in my tank



It will only have frogspawn and hammer corals (for the near and foreseeable future) - which only required moderate to less than moderate light.



Still no?

If that's all the coral you are ever going to have then yes. But why would you need an AP700 for that? A Chinese black box led for a fraction of the cost will do just as well.

[mfaso24]

Any one using the iPhone beta app mess around with the green and red color blending? I just noticed you can use it in conjunction with the preset kessil colors. Seems cool and pretty interesting but I'm curious if it could really have any benefit on coral growth/color.


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[Salty150]

Originally Posted by vhuang168

If that's all the coral you are ever going to have then yes. But why would you need an AP700 for that? A Chinese black box led for a fraction of the cost will do just as well.

I like the Kessil shimmer effect and customizable color options, etc.

[jiminy_crime]

Ever since I installed my 360s on my 21 inch deep tank, brown diatoms have exploded across the floor of the tank. Does anyone have a lighting schedule that I should use that will help reduce the brown diatoms on the floor of the tank?

I need to know what color and what intensity at what intervals. I have to 360s over a tank that is 30 inches in width


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[Scorpius]

Originally Posted by jiminy_crime

Ever since I installed my 360s on my 21 inch deep tank, brown diatoms have exploded across the floor of the tank. Does anyone have a lighting schedule that I should use that will help reduce the brown diatoms on the floor of the tank?

I need to know what color and what intensity at what intervals. I have to 360s over a tank that is 30 inches in width


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What settings are you currently running?

[jiminy_crime]

Start the day at noon at 15% intensity and all blue...peak for 4 hours at 55% intensity and 45% color (more blue) and come back down to 15% intensity all blue. I am running them for 12pm to 10pm currently.


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[Scorpius]

Originally Posted by jiminy_crime

Start the day at noon at 15% intensity and all blue...peak for 4 hours at 55% intensity and 45% color (more blue) and come back down to 15% intensity all blue. I am running them for 12pm to 10pm currently.


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I would turn your 55% intensity down to 40% for 4 hrs. and run your color at 35%. You're not going to hurt coral with lower intensities. Don't forget these lights are deceptively bright.

Run this for 1 month and see how your tank responds. I run 40% intensity for 4 hrs with a peak of 35% on the color side. I have the Kessil A360we's. LPS, SPS, softies all doing well.

[jiminy_crime]

So too intense is going to drive the diatoms? I have read articles that conflict where this is a sign of not enough intensity and others that say it's a sign of too much. I definitely like 35% color the best.

Will I at some point ramp up higher or do I just stay at 40% on a tank this size?




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[Scorpius]

Originally Posted by jiminy_crime

So too intense is going to drive the diatoms? I have read articles that conflict where this is a sign of not enough intensity and others that say it's a sign of too much. I definitely like 35% color the best.

Will I at some point ramp up higher or do I just stay at 40% on a tank this size?




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You either buy a par meter or raise the intensity of your lights once a month and see how things respond. I noticed a few of my corals getting lighter in color so I lowered my intensity to 40% from 45%. I now wait and see how they respond. Slow and steady with this.


Whether you go higher than 40% intensity on your tank depends on a plethora of things. You want to give everything just the right amount of light to grow and be happy. If that means 40% intensity or 100% intensity then so be it, but don't get hung up on the fact that these lights can go to 100% intensity. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

I used to be worried that I wasn't anywhere near 100% intensity till I finally realized how intense Kessil light is compared to what my eye sees.
What you should shoot for is happy, growing coral at whatever intensity/color works for YOUR system.

[jiminy_crime]

I had been raising them 5% a month and everything kept expanding bigger and bigger but I have hated the look of all the diatoms on the floor once I went above 40%. It's funny, when you said 40%, I laughed under my breath because that was the intensity where I had good coral expansion and little to no diatoms on the ground.


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[carrots]

Has anyone hung their 360W over a glass canopy? If so how much should I increase intensity to match the par without using a glass top? I'll be keeping the lights 10" above the water.

[Chicagoreef2016]

For a 93 cube, 30x30x24, could you use two 160 tuna blues, as opposed to 1 or 2 360 tuna blues?

[frankv702]

My 180 (72"x24"x24") with 3 A160s. Then I have a Kessil H150 in the sump over the Refugium. It's a Fish Only tank otherwise I'd hang the lights differently to get better coverage and add a 4th one.

[frankv702]

The H150 in purple in the sump

[haur]

Hallo,i am Holger from Germany!
Have anybody the Kessils on a Freshwater aquarium ?I only find Saltwater !

[jiminy_crime]

I see lots of tanks on here that in pictures look amazing. Are the pics that are shown earlier in the thread solely on Kessils or are they supplemented with other lights for coloring?

And if solely on Kessils, what color % are they keeping there lights on? The color that I see on mine compared to what I see in the pics on the thread is not comparable.

[4reason]

Originally Posted by haur

Hallo,i am Holger from Germany!
Have anybody the Kessils on a Freshwater aquarium ?I only find Saltwater !

I've had great success with two a360w-e tuna suns over a 54 gallon corner planted discus tank and two older a150 suns over a 35 gallon corner planted tank. That said, this is a saltwater forum, you should check some of the planted tank forums out there. Lots of people using Kessils on freshwater tanks.

[sepulvd]

I am debating on buying a 1 A360we or 2 a160we on a 60g 24x24x24 tank. any recommendtions. I will mostly grow softies and lps for now but in a few months I will be trying some sps.

[Turbosreef]

1 360 will do

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[TangingOut]

Will a single 160 with a gooseneck have enough coverage over a 24x20x9 frag tank? My main concern is with the 9" depth there won't be enough height to allow the light to spread to the edges.

[boudster]

I think you'll only get an 18x18 spread, but that could be enough if you don't keep much near the glass.

[bif24701]

My two AP700s will be here Tomorrow for my 180. Who has set them up and what advice do you have for new lights? Thank you

[shred5]

I am setting up a new 125 gallon 6 foot mostly sps tank with a few lps like goniopra.



I want less intensity in the middle. You can see why, any coral on that upper shelf will get fried. If you look up at the bracing that middle shelf is almost 2 foot wide, it is huge.

I have 3 a360we.

I am thinking there are only two ways to do this with a controller.

I can raise the middle light higher than the other 3.

Another idea is I have to run the middle on a separate program off my Apex than the outside two. This would require a second controller cable. Is this correct?

[sixpackgarage]

Originally Posted by shred5

I am setting up a new 125 gallon 6 foot mostly sps tank with a few lps like goniopra.



I want less intensity in the middle. You can see why, any coral on that upper shelf will get fried. If you look up at the bracing that middle shelf is almost 2 foot wide, it is huge.

I have 3 a360we.

I am thinking there are only two ways to do this with a controller.

I can raise the middle light higher than the other 3.

Another idea is I have to run the middle on a separate program off my Apex than the outside two. This would require a second controller cable. Is this correct?

Yep, you'll need a second control cable off the Apex. Also the Kessil controller has 2 channels if someone out there wants to run 2 programs off that. you could also place the center light up higher. It makes a difference.

[boudster]

Originally Posted by shred5

I am setting up a new 125 gallon 6 foot mostly sps tank with a few lps like goniopra.



I want less intensity in the middle. You can see why, any coral on that upper shelf will get fried. If you look up at the bracing that middle shelf is almost 2 foot wide, it is huge.

I have 3 a360we.

I am thinking there are only two ways to do this with a controller.

I can raise the middle light higher than the other 3.

Another idea is I have to run the middle on a separate program off my Apex than the outside two. This would require a second controller cable. Is this correct?

How did you do that "floating" shelf rock?