How many kessil a360x

Marc2952 · Mar 5, 2020

Hey guys so i have a typical 4ft 75 gallon rimmed tank with a center brace ( which i hate now. I have 2 kessil a360x and was planning on adding 2 more on each side of the brace. Have any of you tried that? I know billy pipes on youtube has done that with his 4 radion xr15 on his 75 gallon. For now T5 fixtures are not an option to me due to the fact that i cant hang them from ceiling and cant drill on the wall.

Scorpius · Mar 5, 2020

For sps I'd go with 4 360x's.

Jason mack · Mar 5, 2020

I have 3 on my 90g ..but it's a braced tank ...more than enough on my tank..tank is 120 x 50 x 60 cm

Marc2952 · Mar 5, 2020

Jason mack said:
I have 3 on my 90g ..but it's a braced tank ...more than enough on my tank..tank is 120 x 50 x 60 cm

How do you use 3 on a center brace?

Jason mack · Mar 5, 2020

Marc2952 said:
How do you use 3 on a center brace?

It's got 2 braces

Marc2952 · Mar 5, 2020

Ahhh thats why lol my 75 gallon just has 1 brace right smack in the middle sadly lol

minus9 · Mar 5, 2020

Mixed reef? Sps dominate? The great thing about the 360x's design is that it's made to be mounted pretty low to the water, which works in your favor. I think if you go 4, then you're covered.

Marc2952 · Mar 5, 2020

minus9 said:
Mixed reef? Sps dominate? The great thing about the 360x's design is that it's made to be mounted pretty low to the water, which works in your favor. I think if you go 4, then you're covered.

Its a mixed reef, just now started adding some sps. I slowly want to keep more sps.

User1 · Mar 5, 2020

Out of curiosity what are you running them at? Are you 50%, 75%, 100%? Less? Another option without increasing the number of lights is by increasing the power. The 360x's put out a lot of light and have a really good spread. Can be raised while also being closer to the water surface than any other on the market. So you have options.

If you are just starting out with a couple test frags maybe the safe play is watch how they grow? That is, after all, why they are test frats. This way you can adjust power / intensity if you have room.

Scorpius · Mar 5, 2020

The light spread is so wide anything above 5in of the water line means light spill into the room.

Triggreef · Mar 5, 2020

2 would work well. 4 will be much better. I have 6 and an ap700 (so basically 8 over my 200g which is 4x3 feet footprint. I love it just like it is btw. And if one goes out, its not a panic to hurry and replace it because everything will be just fine.

I've had two die on me in the last year and have been running kessil for 3 years maybe. All of the ones I bought used, not even one was bought new. And just recently I found kessil offered me brand new replacements at 209 each, which is slightly less than I paid for used ones!

minus9 · Mar 5, 2020

Marc2952 said:
Its a mixed reef, just now started adding some sps. I slowly want to keep more sps.

4 would be perfect.

Jason mack · Mar 6, 2020

Id be interested to know what others run theirs at ..
Blues
Purple
Intensity
Red
Green
?? ??
Always a bit scared too mess too much with my lights

dwest · Mar 6, 2020

Jason mack said:
It's got 2 braces

Looks great Jason. Looks like you have some frags ready to glue!

Jason mack · Mar 6, 2020

dwest said:
Looks great Jason. Looks like you have some frags ready to glue!

Yes bought some zoas ...also got a tricolour bta to sell now as mine has split again...

Marc2952 · Mar 6, 2020

saf1 said:
Out of curiosity what are you running them at? Are you 50%, 75%, 100%? Less? Another option without increasing the number of lights is by increasing the power. The 360x's put out a lot of light and have a really good spread. Can be raised while also being closer to the water surface than any other on the market. So you have options.

If you are just starting out with a couple test frags maybe the safe play is watch how they grow? That is, after all, why they are test frats. This way you can adjust power / intensity if you have room.

As of now im running them at %70 and getting about 200 PAR on the upper rockwork and about 120 on the substrate.

Jason mack · Mar 6, 2020

Marc2952 said:
As of now im running them at %70 and getting about 200 PAR on the upper rockwork and about 120 on the substrate.

Is that 70 % intensity...? What what the blues of green and red ...are you using them ??

Marc2952 · Mar 6, 2020

Jason mack said:
Id be interested to know what others run theirs at ..
Blues
Purple
Intensity
Red
Green
?? ??
Always a bit scared too mess too much with my lights

This is the schedule i was recommended
5:00am Clr=0, Int=1, Vi=0 R=0, G=0

9:00am Clr=10, Int=30, Vi=10 R=5, G=5

12:00pm Clr=30, Int=70, Vi=70 R=15, G=15

2:30pm Clr=50, Int=80, Vi=80 R=15, G=15

5:00pm Clr=30, Int=70, Vi=70 R=15, G=15

7:00pm Clr=0, Int=10, Vi=5 R=0, G=0

8:00pm Clr=0, Int=1, Vi=0 R=0, G=0

10:00pm Clr=0, Int=0, Vi=0 R=0, G=0