Kessil/apex settings for mixed reef?

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I don't have a par meter and am totally trusting experience at this point but can someone post their Apex settings/programs for running 2 Kessil 360we's? These are above a 75 gallon at the moment. What id like to get out of this is a proven lighting profile for a mixed reef. Any help in this matter would be hugely beneficial! Thanks. As a side note i could install a 3rd that i have laying around if it wold help matters at all!
 
I don't have a par meter and am totally trusting experience at this point but can someone post their Apex settings/programs for running 2 Kessil 360we's? These are above a 75 gallon at the moment. What id like to get out of this is a proven lighting profile for a mixed reef. Any help in this matter would be hugely beneficial! Thanks. As a side note i could install a 3rd that i have laying around if it wold help matters at all!
I've been running Kessil 360N Tuna Blues on my 180 gal. see the pics of the programs I'm using and the tank. True mixed reef! A couple of notes. The program with the smooth curve is the color and the other is the power. The whole power program wouldn't fit in one screen shot so look at the chart for the whole thing. I like the cloud effect and it helps a little with the heat since my tank is enclosed, but it would be about the same using jut the peak output or a little below it. I also have two Reefbright Actinic Blue XHOs, one on each side of the row of four Kessils down the middle. I swapped out T5s for the Reefbrights a few months ago and it's doing great. Tank is bigger than your 75gal so I think two 360W should cover it. The reefbright strips are what makes it so blue so you can use a more white led or T5 for your fixed color. I like the pop they give the corals. Pic doesn't do the color justice. My tank is 24" deep and the bottoms of the lights are 6" above the surface of the water. There is a difference between my Narrow version and your Wide version of the Kessils. If your tank is not as deep you may get the same result as I do with your W version.
Kcolor.jpg
Kpower.jpg
tank-2020119.jpg
 
I've been running Kessil 360N Tuna Blues on my 180 gal. see the pics of the programs I'm using and the tank. True mixed reef! A couple of notes. The program with the smooth curve is the color and the other is the power. The whole power program wouldn't fit in one screen shot so look at the chart for the whole thing. I like the cloud effect and it helps a little with the heat since my tank is enclosed, but it would be about the same using jut the peak output or a little below it. I also have two Reefbright Actinic Blue XHOs, one on each side of the row of four Kessils down the middle. I swapped out T5s for the Reefbrights a few months ago and it's doing great. Tank is bigger than your 75gal so I think two 360W should cover it. The reefbright strips are what makes it so blue so you can use a more white led or T5 for your fixed color. I like the pop they give the corals. Pic doesn't do the color justice. My tank is 24" deep and the bottoms of the lights are 6" above the surface of the water. There is a difference between my Narrow version and your Wide version of the Kessils. If your tank is not as deep you may get the same result as I do with your W version.
Kcolor.jpg
Kpower.jpg
tank-2020119.jpg
This was wonderfully helpful because I was struggling to find the right settings. Is there any way you would be willing to do a screen shot of the data after 12:05 because I am having a difficult time replicating with just the graphical image.
 

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