Anyone with current pro IC led lights?

Droberts0724 · May 16, 2020

what do you set your lights to with a deep mixed reef tank? I have mine set at factory settings but want to make sure it's strong enough or not too strong for my coral. It's a 21" deep 72" long reef tank...I have alveopora, zoas and acro at the top and duncans, xenia, toadstool leather, Kenya and more zoa in the middle and some low light coral at the bottom...any help is appreciated

DesertReefT4r · May 16, 2020

With that fixture I dont think too much light will be an issue. Its not a very powerful light. Crank all blue and uv channels to 100% and and red, green and whites adjust til you like the look. Not sure what color LEDs that fixture uses other than blues and whites.

Droberts0724 · May 16, 2020

DesertReefT4r said:
With that fixture I dont think too much light will be an issue. Its not a very powerful light. Crank all blue and uv channels to 100% and and red, green and whites adjust til you like the look. Not sure what color LEDs that fixture uses other than blues and whites.

The IC pro has a par of 700+ at water level and about 100 Par at 21" ....I just looked up coral individually and looked at par requirements and just adjusted some things in the tank height wise. The light has red, green, blue and whites. It seems to run all lights except white at 100% and whites at 90%.

cvrle1 · May 17, 2020

Do you have dual unit or just single? That PAR reading is for dual. Maybe because they are using 2 units they can get PAR to be 100 at 21" Issue is if that reading is at 100% for all channels, you arent getting anywhere close to that PAR over your tank if you are running any channel less than 100%. These lights use 0.5W LEDs, and are ok for low light corals and shallow tanks. At 21" depth your corals may survive, but not sure how much they will live and grow.

Droberts0724 · May 17, 2020

cvrle1 said:
Do you have dual unit or just single? That PAR reading is for dual. Maybe because they are using 2 units they can get PAR to be 100 at 21" Issue is if that reading is at 100% for all channels, you arent getting anywhere close to that PAR over your tank if you are running any channel less than 100%. These lights use 0.5W LEDs, and are ok for low light corals and shallow tanks. At 21" depth your corals may survive, but not sure how much they will live and grow.

I have dual lights and runs at 100% all color lights....I only have low light corals on the sand bed and the high light coral at the top of the rock