A little worried...

Afrashz · Dec 30, 2019

Was messing around with one of my kessil a160’s the other day and cranked the light intensity all the way up for about 5-10 seconds. Idk if I’m just being over dramatic but I’m a little worried this could have negatively effected my corals. Am I just being a worry wart? Lol thanks!!

Hemmdog · Dec 30, 2019

You could/should be running that light at 100% anyways, they aren’t very strong. Don’t be worried. I run two 360’s at 100% in both my tanks very close to the surface, which are much stronger than the 160’s

Afrashz · Dec 30, 2019

Hemmdog said:
You could/should be running that light at 100% anyways, they aren’t very strong. Don’t be worried. I run two 360’s at 100% in both my tanks very close to the surface, which are much stronger than the 160’s

Okay thank you....interesting, I run mine at maybe 30% typically, 2 over my 75

Hemmdog · Dec 30, 2019

Afrashz said:
Okay thank you....interesting, I run mine at maybe 30% typically, 2 over my 75

Yea for sure run them at 100% on a standard 75.

cvrle1 · Dec 30, 2019

Just to add, since you have corals, and are running your lights at 30%, dont just crank them up to 100% right away. Ramp up slowly over few weeks, so that corals have time to acclimate to stronger light.

ca1ore · Dec 30, 2019

Depends on what kinds of corals you’re keeping. Softies will do fine at 30%. 5-10 seconds won’t have made any difference.

Semper.Reefing · May 13, 2020

Hemmdog said:
Yea for sure run them at 100% on a standard 75.

Whats your schedule with the 360's as far as ramping up to 100% and back down? Ive been looking for answers on how i should ramp my 160's over my 75g. Mine have also only ever ramped up to 45%. I recently added some torches and theyre losing color. I assume because of my lighting. Thanks!