Kessil AP700 review by Dana Riddle

[bif24701]

Very well done review of Kessil AP700. Dana Riddle I want to thank you for this and everything you have done/ are doing for the hobby.

I do have a question @Dana Riddle,
It seems from the PAR charts that the light was mounted perpendicular to the length of the 4’x2’ 120g? Was that the case? I feel that parallel mounting makes better use of the LED puck spread allowing the fixture to cover more area.

Maybe I am confused but it appears from these charts the light is perpendicular and cuts off some spread that could be achieved.

Again thank you for this beautiful in-depth review. Certainly worthy of this caliber fixture.

One more question; could you share with us all a summary of the settings/program you are running for this light on your display?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Very well done review of Kessil AP700. Dana Riddle I want to thank you for this and everything you have done/ are doing for the hobby.

I do have a question @Dana Riddle,
It seems from the PAR charts that the light was mounted perpendicular to the length of the 4’x2’ 120g? Was that the case? I feel that parallel mounting makes better use of the LED puck spread allowing the fixture to cover more area.

Maybe I am confused but it appears from these charts the light is perpendicular and cuts off some spread that could be achieved.

Again thank you for this beautiful in-depth review. Certainly worthy of this caliber fixture.

One more question; could you share with us all a summary of the settings/program you are running for this light on your display?

Do you have a link to the review? I can't seem to find it on here and i'd absolutely love to read it. Thanks

 

[bif24701]

Ah yes the link
https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2018/3/aafeature

 

[Crabs McJones]

Ah yes the link
https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2018/3/aafeature

Thanks

 

[BoomCorals]

Hey great review and nice to read!

 

[BoomCorals]

No what you're seeing in the middle is the area that gets hit by both pucks, which is why the PAR chart looks that way.

Very well done review of Kessil AP700. Dana Riddle I want to thank you for this and everything you have done/ are doing for the hobby.

I do have a question @Dana Riddle,
It seems from the PAR charts that the light was mounted perpendicular to the length of the 4’x2’ 120g? Was that the case? I feel that parallel mounting makes better use of the LED puck spread allowing the fixture to cover more area.

Maybe I am confused but it appears from these charts the light is perpendicular and cuts off some spread that could be achieved.

Again thank you for this beautiful in-depth review. Certainly worthy of this caliber fixture.

One more question; could you share with us all a summary of the settings/program you are running for this light on your display?

 

[Dennis Cartier]

Thank you to Dana Riddle for producing this, and Boom Corals and Reef Brite for making this possible. I have 6 AP700 units and have always wondered what the spectrum analysis of the various preset colours looked like. Finally we can see what the preset colours are comprised of. So much better than guessing!

Dennis

 

[bif24701]

No what you're seeing in the middle is the area that gets hit by both pucks, which is why the PAR chart looks that way.

I guess that’s it, though just looks much different than other charts I’ve seen.

 

[Makers Marc]

No what you're seeing in the middle is the area that gets hit by both pucks, which is why the PAR chart looks that way.

Boom,

Have you experienced this unit burning tips of acros. I'm in month 14 of these and with stable alk (7.25dkh) and po4 (.04) and no3 (16ppm), I get frags burned on the portions facing the pucks only.

This is even at peak percentages of only 40% mounted 17+ inches above a frag. Got 2 above my 180g and acros start showing burnt tips within a wk of intro.

 

[BoomCorals]

Boom,

Have you experienced this unit burning tips of acros. I'm in month 14 of these and with stable alk (7.25dkh) and po4 (.04) and no3 (16ppm), I get frags burned on the portions facing the pucks only.

This is even at peak percentages of only 40% mounted 17+ inches above a frag. Got 2 above my 180g and acros start showing burnt tips within a wk of intro.

Sorry I'm not running Kessils anymore. But I will say sometimes I get burnt tips if my phosphates drop too low.