60g Cube Lighting

HouseofStark · Feb 28, 2020

Good Morning all,

Looking for some help with lighting setup. I have a 60 gallon mixed reef mainly LPS and softies. Trying to move a bit more to SPS and attempt to grow some acros. I recently upgraded lighting to a single A360x on a Kessil controller mounted in a Aquatic Life 4 bulb 5T hybrid (B+, C+, B+, A) 6" off water surface. I've had some mixed result so I am questioning my light schedule. For a couple months I ran a lot more whites, but was losing color, so I backed down the whites running more blues on the Kessil. My schedule is: I figured the T5 would just do their thing and with Kessil, Kessil logic, again it would grow fine. Do you just see anything I should change to move from a LPS mixed to be able to grow some acros?

Thanks everyone

T5s
10:00 ON
17:00 OFF

Kessil A360x

	Color	Intensity	Violet	Red	Green
7:00	0	1	0	0	0
8:00	0	20	0	0	0
11:00	20	50	100	20	0
17:00	20	50	100	20	0
20:00	0	20	0	0	0
21:00	0	0	0	0	0

texdoc77 · Feb 28, 2020

With Kessils you don't have to worry about your light spectrum as you mention. Are you acclimatizing the SPS? Also I might consider a higher intensity for a shorter duration, but again you would want to acclimatize.

HouseofStark · Feb 28, 2020

You think modify to the current schedule from 12:00 to 16:00 at 60 intensity on the Kessil. Yes I have been acclimating the corals..sand bed up to mounting hight

texdoc77 · Feb 28, 2020

HouseofStark said:
You think modify to the current schedule from 12:00 to 16:00 at 60 intensity on the Kessil. Yes I have been acclimating the corals..sand bed up to mounting hight

For the record I am def NOT the expert on acro growth. That said if you feel that it is the lighting schedule, then yes, I would try that. I bet there is a kessil schedule thread around here somewhere too, I would look at that as well.