Ok i dont have an APEX so just to be clear the orange line is intensity and the blue is the color? I know its a stuid question but ive never had an aquarium controller.Here you go...
You have the X controller? I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but I think I made a pretty good program too. I’ve had great growth, even better coloration.
Beautiful setup btw, previously i had 2 a360x on my 4ft tank and did check with the PAR meter. On the sandbed there where some spots where i was getting 120-140 PAR, about 6 inches ofd the water surface i was getting about 170 -220 PAR and thats at %70 intensity. Now i wonder how much PAR i got with 4 in total. Gonna have to rent a PAR meter again to make sure i dont burn the corals, aa of now i only got the intensity at %65 and color at 20.So just fyi these put out much less par than you'd think. I have 6 a360we and one ap700 (so basically eight 360's altogether) on a 4 foot by 3 foot tank. Par about a foot down with them all at full intensity is only about 250. Par at the sand bed is around 80 to 100. As stated that is at full blast, which is where I keep them for 6 hours a day. the ap700 ramps up and down on each side of that 6 hours. I'll find a pic to illustrate where those per readings are and whats growing good where. Also the spread is very good on these lights. So hot spots are basically eliminated from their tech past my understanding. The par is very even on these lights from directly under center to about 12 - 24 inches to each side (depending on distance of course).
The pic I found is only about half the tank. I think 27 inches top to bottom.
So just fyi these put out much less par than you'd think. I have 6 a360we and one ap700 (so basically eight 360's altogether) on a 4 foot by 3 foot tank. Par about a foot down with them all at full intensity is only about 250. Par at the sand bed is around 80 to 100. As stated that is at full blast, which is where I keep them for 6 hours a day. the ap700 ramps up and down on each side of that 6 hours. I'll find a pic to illustrate where those per readings are and whats growing good where. Also the spread is very good on these lights. So hot spots are basically eliminated from their tech past my understanding. The par is very even on these lights from directly under center to about 12 - 24 inches to each side (depending on distance of course).
The pic I found is only about half the tank. I think 27 inches top to bottom.
I should have mentioned I keep mine all the way to the blue side. This yields slightly less par (Although more effective par IMO). The par does get much higher if you turn it toward the whiter side. I used to keep mine there as well but I've found I get much better results full blue. And I like the look better after getting used to it.
