Coral care Gen2 lighting schedule

[starrynight99]

Hi, just wondering what everyones lighting schedule and intensity is on for their coral care gen2?

Our tank is 3 months old and we have a couple of softies and some LPS (hammers, corals, duncans and elegance coral). We are planning on having SPS eventually. At the moment the intensity is on 40 percent, wondering if we should turn it up? Tank is 750mm deep. Thank you!

 

[kappajoe]

I am running two gen2s over my 48" wide tank. They are about 9-10" above the water line. They come on a 9:30 to 9:30pm using the deep water present. I did change everything after 5pm to all blue and running at 0.50 intensity. I am getting around 170par at the top of my rock work, 1/3 down from top of water. My LPS love it so far.

 

[mfinn]

I use the Deep Reef program on my softy tank. Seemed to be very similar to ATI Blue Plus bulbs when I used T5's.
At 750 mm deep, I think you can bump up the intensity to 70%-80%, but do it over a few weeks. My tank is 635 mm deep and I keep my CC fixtures at 65% and I have leathers that are growing up near the surface of the water.

 

[kappajoe]