chalice growth
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Troylee
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Depending on LEDs I would say hide your challies... I had problems with bleaching after making the switch... LEDs are very decieving.. They don't look bright but will cook them in a minute...
ReefLEDLights
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+1
LEDs can produce more PAR than advertised.
Personally I've seen good growth at the bottom of my tanks. As long as you parameters are stable and you acclimate you should be fine.
IMHO I would keep them lower vs higher. Troylee is 100% right.
Bill
LEDs can produce more PAR than advertised.
Personally I've seen good growth at the bottom of my tanks. As long as you parameters are stable and you acclimate you should be fine.
IMHO I would keep them lower vs higher. Troylee is 100% right.
Bill
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foxhuntr
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hey Bill hows it going....... my new Apex is awsome thanks.......thats what i was thinking as well...my chalices love to be high under my MH but as soon as my leds get here i am gonna move them to the bottom and run my leds at about 30 percent to start out with....thanks for the in-put troylee
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ReefLEDLights
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To be honest its hard to say.
LEDs can specify and apply the spectrum the zooxanthellae use the most. This in most cases offers a serious improvement in PAR vs current lighting. The downside is acclimation.
I think 30% is a bit below your last lighting but best to be safe. Corals can go weeks with less light...Stormy Days on the Reef....
I would ramp it up gradually both in time and intensity.
When I first started with LEDs some bleached then I dialled them down. SPS however did better and in most cases showed better growth.
This was a few years back when I first switched over. Now the LEDs are even more efficient and powerful so acclimation is key.
My personal lighting is based on this graph.
Bill
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creefer
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I have a Miami Hurricane that I got as a very small frag with one full eye and another forming about 6 weeks ago. I put it on my sand bed under LED in a 20" deep tank and have had outstanding growth. It's doubled in size and no has a full third eye.
kevin78
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I have an original mummy eye that has had great growth under my AI Sol B's. I put some plugs under the rim and poped one off a few weeks ago. I'll go snap a pic and see where it is after a few weeks.
gmoney243
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Yea my alien eye chalice and strawberry patch both bleached but my purple with gold eye chalice
Loves them. On a side note rhodactus shrooms hate my led but ricordea love them. Had a yuma split right after I got my led that previously sat there for 6 months under t5
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Loves them. On a side note rhodactus shrooms hate my led but ricordea love them. Had a yuma split right after I got my led that previously sat there for 6 months under t5
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Mrussell
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Chalice growth 9-24-11 to 3-25-12 under 50 watt LED china box with 2 LED actinic bars
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Mrussell
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I included him in there for size reference lol. I think it just likes hanging around the chalices...I cover them with mysis every couple days so the rocks around my chalices have the most algae. This is where I found him today ...(sorry bout the pic, under only blues)
