Help with Light Settings Please

[sudman]

Hello Everyone !

After a weeks worth of work my new tank is finally ( almost ) setup and good to go !

I bought 3 x Vipar Spectra 165 W LED from Amazon for my 72 long 120 gallon.

Can anyone please tell me what settings I need to program ? It has Channel 1 and Channel 2 and I’m guessing 1 is the blues and another is not . I would like to have all sorts of corals and fish in the tank .

Bonus question - is there anything I can put in my tank to kick start the bacteria etc ?

Thank you !

 

[paul klinger]

Hello Everyone !

After a weeks worth of work my new tank is finally ( almost ) setup and good to go !

I bought 3 x Vipar Spectra 165 W LED from Amazon for my 72 long 120 gallon.

Can anyone please tell me what settings I need to program ? It has Channel 1 and Channel 2 and I’m guessing 1 is the blues and another is not . I would like to have all sorts of corals and fish in the tank .

Bonus question - is there anything I can put in my tank to kick start the bacteria etc ?

Thank you !

Your right on the channels i had one for along time be careful they are very powerful i was actually cooking corals for awhile till i borrowed a par meter

 

[sudman]

Your right on the channels i had one for along time be careful they are very powerful i was actually cooking corals for awhile till i borrowed a par meter

What would you recommend for my settings ?

 

[paul klinger]

What would you recommend for my settings ?

It all depends on how high you have it ,i was about 10 in above and after i used a par meter i think i was around 20 on the white and 45 on the blue when i first started i was running like 60 on the white and when i checked the par i was way to high cooked a few .way more power than i thought

 

[sudman]

It all depends on how high you have it ,i was about 10 in above and after i used a par meter i think i was around 20 on the white and 45 on the blue when i first started i was running like 60 on the white and when i checked the par i was way to high cooked a few .way more power than i thought

Thank you so much so you recommend :

Channel 1 - Blue - 45

Channel 2 - White - 20

What hours would you suggest for each channel ? Thanks so much for all your help

 

[sudman]

It all depends on how high you have it ,i was about 10 in above and after i used a par meter i think i was around 20 on the white and 45 on the blue when i first started i was running like 60 on the white and when i checked the par i was way to high cooked a few .way more power than i thought

Thank you so much so you recommend :

Channel 1 - Blue - 45

Channel 2 - White - 20

What hours would you suggest for each channel ? Thanks so much for all your help

 

[paul klinger]

Thank you so much so you recommend :

Channel 1 - Blue - 45

Channel 2 - White - 20

What hours would you suggest for each channel ? Thanks so much for all your help

I ran an 8 hr cycle

 

[paul klinger]

I ran an 8 hr cycle

Im not an expert so maybe someone else can give you a better opinion i ended up going to an ai prime hd the vipars are good but the programing is basic good luck i used mine over a year never even had a hiccup

 

[sudman]

I ran an 8 hr cycle

Sounds good ! I have my white on 8 - 6 and blue on 2 - 2 , I hope this is ok ?

 

[Sherman Lillie]

I had my blues on 80 and white at 25 but I got a lot of alge growing so I just dropped my blue to 50 and kept the white at 25