light acclimation

220 local pick up 230 shipped Bought new 2 years ago, opened and sat on the shelf. Maybe used it once or never. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/par-monitoring-kit-pmk-neptune-systems.html Features and Benefits Performs continuous light-level monitoring for your aquarium Measures actual PAR...

Hi! This will be my first time posting in the coral threads as I currently run a fish only system, but I'm planning on introducing some coral soon. I've been doing loads of research on coral dips, so I thought I would ask what dip (or series of dips) you use to feel confident adding a new frag...

I just got my first set of corals and a new light system. The AI. (See photos) i don’t know if my corals are bleaching out and if my setting is too high. This morning the park was 140 over the big red (monti?) coral that I had for a while. The new alien eye has a white strip (I moved him...

Hi everyone, I have recently added an SRBTA to my 20 gallon AIO. The nem looked healthy when receiving shipment and did well during the acclimation process and has found itself a nice spot in the rocks. I have a RedSea ReefLED50 and will attach a photo of my lighting schedule below. I’m a little...

So I’m new to reefing and while Iv googled and searched here on R2R and haven’t been able to find information on this so my questions are… I have read that it’s bad to turn lights on quickly and to transition you aquarium lights on (make sense sunrise and all) The problem is I get up at five in...

Hello everyone I have a Green Bubble tip Anemone in a fully cycled quarantine tank and it looks like it’s doing excellent. But I Do have some questions?? I ordered an apogee MQ 510 and checked the par in the quarantine tank where the anemone is currently at and it was only about 30 par and 60...

Hi everybody, 180 gallons currently using a single Hydra 32. As I expand my aquascape, I decided to switch to 48" T5HO. My question is regarding the schedule and making sure I don't stress too much my corals during the transition. I decided to go with ATI 3x aquablue special, 2x purple plus and...

I have read a lot about it. Most say cyphastrea does not require strong light, and thus, I added my new cyphastrea to a little crevice where most of the light comes from reflections after a week at the bottom of the tank in a corner. BUT! lately, I have noticed that the parts of the coral...

Lighting has been off for 5 hours but the mushroom is not fully closing and looks weird (turned the light on for a few seconds to snap a picture)

Hi All, I have just upgraded to the Ai Prime 16HD with my fluval evo 13.5. I am using the David Saxby Lighting schedule and have set the acclimation to start at 35% and ramp up for 60 days. Is this suitable or should i make some changes. Light is 8" from surface and corals are with mainly...

I'm wondering if I need a fixture like the AI prime, or the Maxspect MJ-65, that have an acclimation feature, as I'm very sure I wouldn't do it every day manually. I intend to keep LPS and easier SPS: green slimer acropora, stylophora, pocillopora, seriatopora, porites. I'll quarantine corals...

Hello-hello, excited to post here for the first time after months of reading :) My Fluval Evo is cycled, had an addition of a clown pair on Sunday and some snails - so far so god, no questions there. But, today I've got my first corals (zoa, GSP, Xenia and a mushroom) and after acclimating and...

Hello all, I finally got around to renting a BRS par meter. I have several SPS in my tank and I wanted to be double sure about the amount of light I was giving my corals. I'm currently running 4 Kessil 360x and 2 80W T5's over a 72" 220. At the peak of the lighting schedule, the Kessils are...