HELP with lighting?

[Mallory86]

Hello, I have my 55 gallon tank set up, and ready for fish, tank has cycled, LFS tested water and said it's good for fish, I have 2 clowns and 2 scarlet hermits currently with live rock and live sand along with some base rock, will be looking into yellow tang once I get a handle on things but I don't understand the lighting.... From what I've always heard and seen you get the bright light during the day and a lower bluish light at night but this remote has so many different colors, I don't understand why and I eventually want to add coral but lighting is more important for them and I just want to do right by the fish and inhabitants of the tank. I have a coraline seascape LED light fixture, a picture of the remote and colors is attached, and any advice of what I should set the times to for the lights, THANK YOU in advance!

 

[lapin]

I dont know much about this light. You say it has adjustments for different colors. White, blue and then the others in 1 group. I would keep my whites at 20% to start. Too much and white will grow algae. Blues around 70% to start Others a bit less than the blue. I read something that says its 36 watts. This is a bit on the weak side. If you want to grow corals you will need to concentrate on low light and softies. 1/2 hour ramp up and down for all colors is fine

 

[Mallory86]

Yes, both in one group and separately for the different colors, also using the white at 20% is really really dim, still trying to figure it out

 

[Brad ward]

Yes, both in one group and separately for the different colors, also using the white at 20% is really really dim, still trying to figure it out

No Instructions??
Even pdf maybe
Always keep whites 50% of blue or less
This light won’t be enough for coralninless it’s leathers or Zoas
Let the fun begin

 

[lapin]

Yes, both in one group and separately for the different colors, also using the white at 20% is really really dim, still trying to figure it out

If it looks dim then it is dim. I would try 50% white and 100% blue.
Since it is fish only right now the light setting is not critical.

 

[Trylobyte]

Those lights will only sustain medium light level plants (in freshwater) and maybe some low light corals in a reef. I used to have these on an old planted tank and honestly I had to stick with "low-tech" plants until I upgraded them. Personally I would return and upgrade if your goal is to keep corals in the future. If you continue to use them now for the fish and then upgrade when you get into corals, remember the change in light will stress the fish too, so it's probably just better to start with better ones now.

Specifically these are only rated 50 PAR @ 12" depth, you have what 21"-24" depth in that 55 gallon? So anything below the halfway mark in your tank would get absolutely nothing.