Any SPS dominant tanks with Kessils?

kidtango · Feb 13, 2015

rayn · Feb 13, 2015

I am working on this very thing, sps dominate with Kessil light. I do however supplement with a dual T5 more for shading. The Kessil leaves a few spots that don't get as much light and the T5 just fills it in. I could do another Kessil, but I already had the T5

Reef head · Feb 13, 2015

Right, 24x24x24 is what the 360's are rated for.

DVeit · Feb 13, 2015

Reef head said:
You do not need to supplement kessils. Find anyone who runs these at 100% for 10hrs..... not needed, just a waste of money.

Is this your tank??

kidtango · Feb 13, 2015

I find factory recommendation on coverage is not sufficient. Leds r very dim so running 2x more than factory recommendation is needed for coverage. Triton Lani has the best design imo. Their fixtures cover the complete surface area of the tank. This allows for a much more wider spread n coverage. it helps prevent corals from getting burnt. Most led fixtures r too focused in a small area n lack coverage on the outer rims.

DVeit · Feb 14, 2015

Anyone know whos tank this is??

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deerhunter06 · Feb 14, 2015

Here's an sps frag under a 360we when I bought it was no bigger than the plug this is about 3 months later

defugium · Feb 14, 2015

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I run 4 kessils on my tank 3 360s an 1 350 my sps grow like weeds

DVeit · Feb 14, 2015

defugium said:
I run 4 kessils on my tank 3 360s an 1 350 my sps grow like weeds

Awesome! How about your settings? Mind sharing? Lol trying to get some proven info out to everyone on here with kessils. It's really hard to find anything.

deerhunter06 · Feb 14, 2015

kidtango said:

I love this tank.

Reef head · Feb 14, 2015

DVeit said:
Anyone know whos tank this is??

It's my tank.

kidtango · Feb 14, 2015

Thanks, Deerhunter.

This is what it looks like now with all lights on:

deerhunter06 · Feb 14, 2015

What rock did you use for aqua scape and will u do mine haha.

kidtango · Feb 14, 2015

I use vidarock. Google it. My vision is a bonsai reef with good depth of field n lots of open spaces. Negative spaces r very important to keep it looking natural. We r going off subject here. I'll update my build thread soon with more info there.

aslmx · Feb 14, 2015

BrotherReef said:
I have 8 over my 478 gallon tank. I just added them on the 5th so I will know in time.

cool plane wreckage!

kidtango · Feb 14, 2015

Looks great man. Keep us updated.

BrotherReef · Feb 14, 2015

aslmx said:
cool plane wreckage!

kidtango said:
Looks great man. Keep us updated.

Thank you. I will do my best.

DVeit · Feb 14, 2015

Reef head said:
It's my tank.

Awesome! Mind sharing your settings?

defugium · Feb 15, 2015

DVeit said:
Awesome! How about your settings? Mind sharing? Lol trying to get some proven info out to everyone on here with kessils. It's really hard to find anything.

I run mine at 100% intensity an 100% color these have been working great for me. Before I had the 360s I was running the 150s an still was growing sps just fine. Light is just a part of the equation have to also have good water quality

BrotherReef · Feb 15, 2015

defugium said:
I run mine at 100% intensity an 100% color these have been working great for me. Before I had the 360s I was running the 150s an still was growing sps just fine. Light is just a part of the equation have to also have good water quality

Excellent point. Water quality does play a role also.