Any SPS dominant tanks with Kessils?

mr_gasket · Feb 12, 2015

His deep blue setting is 0% color, mid blue is 20%, low blue is 40% on the color spectrum, etc on up to 100% and then back down. The intensity looks like 75% based on the name of the setting. It looks like he also has some type of ramp up and ramp down in intensity for dawn and dusk settings.

Eckolancer,
What are the "if outlet" statements doing?

DVeit · Feb 12, 2015

mr_gasket said:
His deep blue setting is 0% color, mid blue is 20%, low blue is 40% on the color spectrum, etc on up to 100% and then back down. The intensity looks like 75% based on the name of the setting. It looks like he also has some type of ramp up and ramp down in intensity for dawn and dusk settings.

Eckolancer,
What are the "if outlet" statements doing?

Ah gotcha. Thanks!

Eckolancer · Feb 12, 2015

mr_gasket said:
His deep blue setting is 0% color, mid blue is 20%, low blue is 40% on the color spectrum, etc on up to 100% and then back down. The intensity looks like 75% based on the name of the setting. It looks like he also has some type of ramp up and ramp down in intensity for dawn and dusk settings.

Eckolancer,
What are the "if outlet" statements doing?

This is exactly it. My dawn is 30%ramping up to 75%. Dusk is 75% ramping down to 30%.

The if outlet statements are in there for when I turn on a ghost outlet that is set to those color settings or light intensities. There is no need for 100% intensity as just turning the intensity switch on it ramps it up to 100%. Hope that makes sense.

gcgangsta187 · Feb 12, 2015

Do you think two 360's would be enough for a 40br?

BrotherReef · Feb 12, 2015

gcgangsta187 said:
Do you think two 360's would be enough for a 40br?

The 160we would work perfectly.

sureal00 · Feb 12, 2015

i have one 360we on a 40 breeder

BrotherReef · Feb 12, 2015

sureal00 said:
i have one 360we on a 40 breeder

Well yea too that'll work. How are you liking the Kessils sureal?

Rausch · Feb 12, 2015

I run 2 Kessil 350w on my 90 i also supplement with Current Marine Leds for more blue spectrum since i run the 350w at 100% on both channels 7.5 hrs a day with my supplimentals ramping up and down over a 12 hr period. Here are a few SPS photos under the kessils. (The full tank shot was taken before all of my SPS where added to the tank a while back, but you can still see a few)

(Pacman Acro)

(Hawkins Echinata)

(FTS before all SPS)

The growth isnt spectacular but the color is great!!

BrotherReef · Feb 12, 2015

Rausch said:
I run 2 Kessil 350w on my 90 i also supplement with Current Marine Leds for more blue spectrum since i run the 350w at 100% on both channels 7.5 hrs a day with my supplimentals ramping up and down over a 12 hr period. Here are a few SPS photos under the kessils. (The full tank shot was taken before all of my SPS where added to the tank a while back, but you can still see a few)

(Pacman Acro)

(Hawkins Echinata)

(FTS before all SPS)

The growth isnt spectacular but the color is great!!

That looks pimp Rauch.

Rausch · Feb 12, 2015

BrotherReef said:
That looks pimp Rausch.

Thanks BrotherReef, its getting there!

sureal00 · Feb 12, 2015

sureal00 said:
i have one 360we on a 40 breeder

It's okay.I wish there was more info on kessils and sps as far as light schedules.For a popular brand there is limited information on them.Sometimes i feel like i have some brand that is not known of and i have to figure it out myself.

BrotherReef · Feb 12, 2015

sureal00 said:
It's okay.I wish there was more info on kessils and sps as far as light schedules.For a popular brand there is limited information on them.Sometimes i feel like i have some brand that is not known of and i have to figure it out myself.

If worse comes to worse. I'll supplement with T5s.

DVeit · Feb 12, 2015

sureal00 said:
It's okay.I wish there was more info on kessils and sps as far as light schedules.For a popular brand there is limited information on them.Sometimes i feel like i have some brand that is not known of and i have to figure it out myself.

That's the whole reason I made this thread and I'm trying to get people with sps success to post their settings. Actually I'm pretty happy with the results of the thread so far, lots of great info! Let's keep it going!

Gwitness · Feb 13, 2015

Are you more likely to burn corals the higher the Color % goes up?? Also, what did a lot of you start off your intensity at with the 360's?? I have a 180 and have 4 360's (8 inches above water) and 2 t5 bulbs and I had to turn mine down all the way to 40% because I was frying more corals somehow at like 55%....Just switched to kessils about a month ago and still trying to figure them out for my tank.

sureal00 · Feb 13, 2015

I started mine at 35% and jumped up to 45 after the first week then incremented up 5% every week until i found a sweet spot for me at 65%

mr_gasket · Feb 13, 2015

I started mine at 50% when I switched from a Kessil 150 to my 360WE, so it was pretty easy to know where to start at. From what I have read a PAR meter only measures visible light spectrum and the Kessil has very strong UV light in it, so you should be cautious when taking PAR readings from your old system to compare PAR readings under Kessils. Basically, if you have access to a PAR meter, take readings from your current system and maybe back your Kessil off so your readings are XX% lower than your current system. I don't know what the percentage is unfortunately. It would be a good experiment for anyone who has not switched yet though.

Here is the article discussing the UV output of the Kessil 160 vs an AI Hydra 26. It would be nice to know how a Kessil 360we compares to the Radion or Hydra 52 in terms of UV strength at depth.
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kidtango · Feb 13, 2015

I am runnign 3 360WES plus 2 80w ATI 4 bulb fixtures over my tank. I have the kessils up at 100% for at least 8 hours. I find that the kessils do not easily burn my corals like the other led fixtures that I had used prior.

I personally do not think the kessils are strong enough for SPS unless you run alot of fixtures. My tank is 60X35X21. I would need at least 12X 360WE for my tank. They are perfect in conjunction with the ATI fixtures. All my SPS are doing great under these lights.

Gwitness · Feb 13, 2015

That is a lot of light right there!!!! I'm at 40% with only two t5bulbs and my sps were burning like crazy when I had the kessils at 50% or higher!!! Every tank is different though so I guess I just have to go super slow and find my own sweet spot