Kessil ap700 set up

Nmaran72 · Mar 6, 2019

Hey gang I just purchased this light. Can I get some insight on programming percentages. No corals in the tank yet and I plan on adding t5 to this what are your thoughts on bulb arrangement

Flippers4pups · Mar 6, 2019

Kessil guys?

Dana Riddle · Mar 7, 2019

Nmaran72 said:
Hey gang I just purchased this light. Can I get some insight on programming percentages. No corals in the tank yet and I plan on adding t5 to this what are your thoughts on bulb arrangement

Take a look here:
https://www.advancedaquarist.com/20...ider&utm_medium=slider&utm_campaign=clickthru
Let me know if you have any questions.

ikolbaba06 · Mar 7, 2019

I had 2ap700 over my 120 for about a year then within the last 6 months I bought an aquatic life t5 fixture and added 2 blue plus, coral and purple plus. The kessils sit at the third blue setting from bottom and max at 65% for 7 hours with ramp up/down of 1 hr starting at max blue if I remember correctly. T5 are on for 10 hours. Currently light set up sits 12”. I had the ap700 lower at 8” when it was only led but the larger fixture makes it harder to get in and out of the tank. I started intensity around 30-40% and went up from there. I have acropora dominant tank and without led I had intensity up to 95% with t5 par was a pretty even distribution and a little more overall so that is why I dropped intensity. I have an mq-510 apogee and I’m hitting high 300-low 400 par at tops of the rock and about 200 at sandbed. I wavered between third and 2nd blue from bottom but I felt like the 3rd was the most pleasing to my eye and colors were not as washed out. I have tried adding green and red but never stuck with it. Since adding t5 I don’t think I will need to mess with green/red. I feel color and growth was awesome with just using the ap700 by itself. But I did start to see shading once the acros got big enough hence the addition of t5. If kessil made an led light bar type product I would have gone with that instead of t5. Kessil pops coral colors like no other lighting I have yet to see. Shimmer and spread is incredible also.

ikolbaba06 · Mar 7, 2019

T5 on for 9 hours not 10 sorry!

Nmaran72 · Mar 8, 2019

ikolbaba06 said:
I had 2ap700 over my 120 for about a year then within the last 6 months I bought an aquatic life t5 fixture and added 2 blue plus, coral and purple plus. The kessils sit at the third blue setting from bottom and max at 65% for 7 hours with ramp up/down of 1 hr starting at max blue if I remember correctly. T5 are on for 10 hours. Currently light set up sits 12”. I had the ap700 lower at 8” when it was only led but the larger fixture makes it harder to get in and out of the tank. I started intensity around 30-40% and went up from there. I have acropora dominant tank and without led I had intensity up to 95% with t5 par was a pretty even distribution and a little more overall so that is why I dropped intensity. I have an mq-510 apogee and I’m hitting high 300-low 400 par at tops of the rock and about 200 at sandbed. I wavered between third and 2nd blue from bottom but I felt like the 3rd was the most pleasing to my eye and colors were not as washed out. I have tried adding green and red but never stuck with it. Since adding t5 I don’t think I will need to mess with green/red. I feel color and growth was awesome with just using the ap700 by itself. But I did start to see shading once the acros got big enough hence the addition of t5. If kessil made an led light bar type product I would have gone with that instead of t5. Kessil pops coral colors like no other lighting I have yet to see. Shimmer and spread is incredible also.

Thanks. I am adding the t5 s. I just wanted to set a basic number on the ap700. The tank is still new just added my first coral. This is my first try with led lighting

Nmaran72 · Mar 8, 2019

Dana Riddle said:
Take a look here:
https://www.advancedaquarist.com/20...ider&utm_medium=slider&utm_campaign=clickthru
Let me know if you have any questions.

Will do thanks

Makers Marc · Jul 24, 2019

Dana Riddle said:
Take a look here:
https://www.advancedaquarist.com/20...ider&utm_medium=slider&utm_campaign=clickthru
Let me know if you have any questions.

Dana,

I've previously rented an Apogee 510 from BRS and took my par readings (attached) for 2 x ap700s over my standard dimension 180g. All of this was mounted at 7" above water level.

Do you have PAR measurements in your database, similar to your advanced aquarist article EXCEPT with the light mounted HIGHER UP (9" to 13" above water level)?

This would help save me the time/money to rent it again!! Thanks for your consideration .

Marc

Dana Riddle · Jul 24, 2019

Makers Marc said:
Dana,

I've previously rented an Apogee 510 from BRS and took my par readings (attached) for 2 x ap700s over my standard dimension 180g. All of this was mounted at 7" above water level.

Do you have PAR measurements in your database, similar to your advanced aquarist article EXCEPT with the light mounted HIGHER UP (9" to 13" above water level)?

This would help save me the time/money to rent it again!! Thanks for your consideration .

Marc

Wow! You've put a lot of work into your lighting! I think your lighting is a tad low at the sand bed. At one time, I recommended PPFD of 100 at the bottom of the tank - this was back in the day when low light corals were the norm. Today, I think a PPFD of 200 is the best choice.

Makers Marc · Jul 24, 2019

Dana Riddle said:
Wow! You've put a lot of work into your lighting! I think your lighting is a tad low at the sand bed. At one time, I recommended PPFD of 100 at the bottom of the tank - this was back in the day when low light corals were the norm. Today, I think a PPFD of 200 is the best choice.

Got it.

Do you have any par measurements of this light you can share, when mounted higher off the water level though?

Or are you inferring it doesnt matter since my par is lower than recommended?

Can LEDs at this par level and light type not burn acropora species at all? Bc I've killed alot of acros that seemingly get LED burn on the tips when first introduced. Keeping all the following constant, to ensure lighting was the isolated variable (alk 7-7.25/Po4 =.05ppm/No3= 16ppm/ICP test with no metals).

piotr · Jan 18, 2021

hello all I have bit trouble to set up Kessil ap700 on top of my Red Sea 425 and set up light correctly tank is running for 4years and not full 1 year ago I fit Kessil and over that year I keep losing many of soft corals there stop growing the are just growing I have set Kessil up on 9-9.15am 10% g6 r7
9.15-11am 22% g8 r7
11-1pm 28% g7 r8
1-5pm 29% g7 r8
5-7pm 35%g8 r8
7-9pm 9% g7 r5
and I thing it is wrong any one can help me to set up please