Figured I would repost this here in lighting as it got absolutely zero attention in the reefbreeders forum.
I just received the Photon 48 V2+ yesterday and wondering what everyone is doing for acclimation on these lights. Tank is 120G 4x2x2 mixed reef.
I'm changing from 4x old Chinese black box LED's that were mounted about 7 inches above the water run 100% blue and 60% white from 2pm to 9pm. Obviously no ramp schedule.
The Photon is mounted 13'' above the water to get enough spread and currently set at 70% R blue/ 70% C blue / 70% violet / 35% white / 0% red / 0% green. Lights are on the schedule I just mentioned from 2pm to 8pm with 1 hour ramp up from 1pm to 2pm and 1 hour ramp down from 8pm to 9pm.
What would you guys eventually ramp these things up to? From the pics below the current settings don't seem to put out as much light as the 4x black boxes.
Top pic shows lighting under old Chinese black boxes just before switch. 2nd pic is the new Photon where you can see the shadowing and prism effect in the middle top from center brace.
Appreciate any experience you can share with this light.
I just received the Photon 48 V2+ yesterday and wondering what everyone is doing for acclimation on these lights. Tank is 120G 4x2x2 mixed reef.
I'm changing from 4x old Chinese black box LED's that were mounted about 7 inches above the water run 100% blue and 60% white from 2pm to 9pm. Obviously no ramp schedule.
The Photon is mounted 13'' above the water to get enough spread and currently set at 70% R blue/ 70% C blue / 70% violet / 35% white / 0% red / 0% green. Lights are on the schedule I just mentioned from 2pm to 8pm with 1 hour ramp up from 1pm to 2pm and 1 hour ramp down from 8pm to 9pm.
What would you guys eventually ramp these things up to? From the pics below the current settings don't seem to put out as much light as the 4x black boxes.
Top pic shows lighting under old Chinese black boxes just before switch. 2nd pic is the new Photon where you can see the shadowing and prism effect in the middle top from center brace.
Appreciate any experience you can share with this light.
