Just picked up this light system, i have a biocube 32 and mostly soft coral with a nem and couple clowns. What is a good base start for light schedule? How long should i acclimate? And what is a good distance from light to water? Ive tried to look up suggestions and its just such a wide range of length and intensity. I just dont want to cook my corals. I also would like to understand how the different spectrums of light effect the corals/live stock please and thank you
Hydra 26 hd light schedule
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motortrendz
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What I was taught, this is my experience as well so take this info and adjust to make your own....
I keep all the blue and uv spectrums even to start (about 60%, I keep my blues about 75% now) raise the white until it's the spectrum you find appealing to the eye(mine is at 10%) I keep red and green off as I noticed I tend to get algae blooms when I run them. I do use the red at the end of the day for 20 min to simulate a sunset spectrum (I do that for me, not the fish lol) I attached screenshots so you can see my ramp up ramp down and another so you can see my max spectrum. I use 2 hydra 52's and 2 26's over my tank.
I keep all the blue and uv spectrums even to start (about 60%, I keep my blues about 75% now) raise the white until it's the spectrum you find appealing to the eye(mine is at 10%) I keep red and green off as I noticed I tend to get algae blooms when I run them. I do use the red at the end of the day for 20 min to simulate a sunset spectrum (I do that for me, not the fish lol) I attached screenshots so you can see my ramp up ramp down and another so you can see my max spectrum. I use 2 hydra 52's and 2 26's over my tank.
Schteeve
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The easiest way I've always understood light interaction with plants is to look at the colour of the plant.
since colour is just a specific wavelength of light we can see that, for example, grass is green because its reflecting that wavelength back towards our eyes. therefore grass does NOT use the spectrum of green light for any photosynthetic processes.
It is important to include all spectrums of light in your tank for growing photosynthetic corals of all different colours, as each coral will not be using the wavelength of light that corresponds to its own colour
since colour is just a specific wavelength of light we can see that, for example, grass is green because its reflecting that wavelength back towards our eyes. therefore grass does NOT use the spectrum of green light for any photosynthetic processes.
It is important to include all spectrums of light in your tank for growing photosynthetic corals of all different colours, as each coral will not be using the wavelength of light that corresponds to its own colour
