Accimating corals to new lights

Willbiker · May 19, 2021

I just removed my 4x black box leds from my 6 foot tank and replaced it with an AquaticLife 5 foot hybrid 4 bulb fixture with 3x ai hydra 26hds. I ran the BB leds for 10 hours a day with no ramping at about 60% blue and 10% white.

Annoyingly my seneye par meter is being repaired so I dont have use of a par meter.

Do you think I should acclimate to the t5s and if so, what is the best approach? Can I run each side of the AL fixture with just one bulb without causing damage?
Or should I just limit the time the t5s are running each day and slowly increase?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

T-J · May 20, 2021

I'd acclimate to the Radions.

Willbiker · May 20, 2021

T-J said:
I'd acclimate to the Radions.

The hydras? I had 4 black boxes before and these 3 hydra 26s are mounted about 3 inches higher and id say are quite a lot less powerful. Do you think they need to also be slowly Increased? I assumed they wouldn't ...

T-J · May 20, 2021

Willbiker said:
The hydras? I had 4 black boxes before and these 3 hydra 26s are mounted about 3 inches higher and id say are quite a lot less powerful. Do you think they need to also be slowly Increased? I assumed they wouldn't ...

Sorry, yes, they Hydras. I guess without a PAR meter you're really just guessing. If it's going to be a bit before you get your Seneye back, you might want to check with local reef clubs to see if they have a PAR meter.

Willbiker · May 20, 2021

I'll turn the leds down and will ramp them up gradually also. Wont hurt to be cautious. Although they do look visible dimmer than my black boxes did.

Willbiker · May 24, 2021

I have a par meter now and I've tuned my led and t5 fixture to be exactly the same par as I was achieving before with my black box leds. Do I still need to acclimate to spectrum or is it enough to just match par? Thanks!