Introducing the Photon V2!

Joel Franco · Oct 13, 2016

Thank you for the pictures. What size tank and fixture do you have?

Paul87 · Oct 13, 2016

Joel Franco said:
Can anybody post full tank shots of the light over their tank? I am thinking about getting the 48" but videos of these fixtures are hard to find besides 915Mang's.

I have the 24" model over a 40 breeder. I'm pretty happy with it. Covers well for a 2 ft. light over a 3 ft. tank.

Joel Franco · Oct 14, 2016

Thanks Paul. Your tank looks awesome.

Reef Breeders · Oct 16, 2016

Beautiful tank! Do you mind if we put this on our Facebook/website?

Reef Breeders · Oct 16, 2016

Beautiful tank! Do you mind if we put this on our Facebook/website?

Paul87 · Oct 16, 2016

Reef Breeders said:
Beautiful tank! Do you mind if we put this on our Facebook/website?

If this is directed at me I don't mind one bit.

therman · Oct 25, 2016

lwmnfrvr said:
Is anyone on this thread running their Photon V2's above 65 % ? If so what has been your results.

I'm running all at 100%, 48" over a 72x24x13 SPS prop tank, roughly 16" above the water. Trying to maximize coverage, but it does not quite cut it at the ends. So far those areas have been working for healing up Leptoseris, Leptastresa, and Cyphastrea frags.

What fixtures would you recommend for full SPS coverage for a tank of those dimensions? 2 staggered 48" with a really hot zone in the middle maybe? My fixture is off center a bit right now, and the shadier side is not quite cutting it either for SPS.

_Alex_ · Oct 25, 2016

Why not get 2 36" units?

therman · Oct 26, 2016

_Alex_ said:
Why not get 2 36" units?

Ah just noticed they are 32" long. That might work well. I was concerned about a lot of wasted light over the ends.

Originally I was hoping to get away with the single 48", but I think I need a bit more.
Thanks!

Bokeron_84 · Nov 28, 2016

Paul87 said:
If this is directed at me I don't mind one bit.

Paul how is your tank? Hace you change your light schedule? Can you take more actually photos, please?
Sorry for my english

indyjaco · Nov 28, 2016

Mine arrives Wednesday, any tips? Planning to run it at max height off the tank.

Paul87 · Nov 28, 2016

Bokeron_84 said:
Paul how is your tank? Hace you change your light schedule? Can you take more actually photos, please?
Sorry for my english

The tank is doing great for the exception of some montis but I believe that is a different issue. I have went down a tad in some areas of my lighting schedule. These lights are strong. I will try to get some photos up tomorrow as well as my current lighting schedule. Also I see that this is your first post, so welcome to R2R! Hope to see you create a tank thread. Hard to see but the tank in your avatar looks nice. I've always wanted to visit Spain!

fernalfer · Nov 29, 2016

So this is my lighting schedule. I bump up the percentages ever so little every week. All corals are doing great. Wondering if i should continue bumping all channels at all times of the day until i see them starting to not like it.

Sorry not sure how to turn image.

Bokeron_84 · Nov 29, 2016

Paul87 said:
The tank is doing great for the exception of some montis but I believe that is a different issue. I have went down a tad in some areas of my lighting schedule. These lights are strong. I will try to get some photos up tomorrow as well as my current lighting schedule. Also I see that this is your first post, so welcome to R2R! Hope to see you create a tank thread. Hard to see but the tank in your avatar looks nice. I've always wanted to visit Spain!

Yes, it's my first post in the forum. I do not know much English so I do not write but I was very curious to know your reef progress and your changes in the lighting schedule. I have a 50 gallon tank and an it5080 light

Acroporaaddict · Dec 1, 2016

Just got a 32v2, I'm worries about blasting my tank with too much light. What's a good starting percentage? I like to run a 20k color temp. how much and how often should I increase intensity during acclimation?

Joel Franco · Dec 1, 2016

I started at 30 percent on all channels and went up 10 percent a week. Does anyone know what percentage to run each channel at to get a 20k look?

fernalfer · Dec 1, 2016

What are you guys maxing your blues and whites at?

Joel Franco · Dec 1, 2016

I have my channel 3 at 100, channel 5&6 at 70 and whites at 25 percent.

fernalfer · Dec 1, 2016

Joel Franco said:
I have my channel 3 at 100, channel 5&6 at 70 and whites at 25 percent.

ok so maybe i can continue to raise my channel 3 it is at 53 for my highest point of the day. All corals look great not sure if i should leave it or slowly ramp up slowly. my whites at their highest are 20

how are your corals doing?

Joel Franco · Dec 1, 2016

I would increase slowly. At 30 percent on all channels at a depth of 20 inches I was only getting between 150 par to 80 top to bottom. I used a par meter get the amount I of par I needed fir my mixed reef. I am getting 250 mid tank and 170 at the bottom.