Kessil settings to get this look.

[Carz]

So I am trying to get my torch to glow and looking for settings that will help. I have been playing around with the settings and just going in circles. I would like to have the the lights pop the colors of all my corals for the last hour at night. Going for this look..

 

[codycolina707]

So I am trying to get my torch to glow and looking for settings that will help. I have been playing around with the settings and just going in circles. I would like to have the the lights pop the colors of all my corals for the last hour at night. Going for this look..

are you using a coral lens because i bet that picture is using one or some type of filter i highly doubt it looks like that in person

 

[Carz]

I am not trying to photograph. I just want the tank to look more that way

 

[DHill6]

Does Kessil have a version of the Radion AB+ setting? Looks close to that with the blues

 

[User1]

No. Kessil does not have a AB setting. They use something called Kessil Logic. I am not sure how far back in the product line it uses but it is on the a360x's. Plug it in and it will have a spectrum such that it will grow healthy and long lasting corals. From there you can use the intensity and power knobs to adjust.

OP - what Kessil's do you have? If you have the a360x's do you have the controller and/or wireless adaptor? If you do then you can unlock the additional spectrum LED's that are otherwise not available such as UV, violet, and lime (maybe, I forget sorry). If you have the controller then you can get what you are looking for but you are going to have to adjust the settings during the last hour or two that you are viewing with the spectrum you want.

 

[DHill6]

Adjusting the Blues, UV, green is AB+
how you can get that look. Asked on above comment

 

[DHill6]

Phone phonics, based on above comment, typos

 

[BrandonS]

Not sure about the a360x but the other kessils will not due that as well as a radion or something else will. Kessil logic on a a360 won't let you power the blues that well. And the a350 doesn't have kessil logic but even on 100 percent blues it just doesn't pop.

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

That is a very beautiful photo with an orange filter and great white balance. Chances are you won't get that euphyllia to look like the photo. Pictures like that are designed to get the hook in ya.

 

[good.reef]

are you using a coral lens because i bet that picture is using one or some type of filter i highly doubt it looks like that in person

You do realize the coral lenses are to photograph more accurately what the eye sees right? Because camera lenses can't filter out blue so the lens is to cut the blue. It's not that these lenses are making the colors of the coral different it's that they're allowing them to show as they are in our tanks in the blue spectrum of light (with good lighting and ultra quality coral)

My gold torch is much brighter than the one in the OP photo. But even with a coral lens it's difficult to capture.

I have a Kessil a360x I'll have to check my light settings tomorrow but my gold torch is at the top of the tank and I run mostly all blue except for four hours in the middle of the day.

You can see from the picture with more whites on and no coral lens my gold torch is very bright. It gets much much brighter with all blues but then the lens is needed to cut the blue not manipulate the look of the coral.

 

[good.reef]

That is a very beautiful photo with an orange filter and great white balance. Chances are you won't get that euphyllia to look like the photo. Pictures like that are designed to get the hook in ya.

It's so sad that people actually believe this. When you spend $600 on a coral then you get a high quality coral. The lens is to make the camera see what the eye sees. I have a dragon soul and gold torch and you can see them glow from 100ft away. Expensive ultra corals in proper care and proper lighting do look like that. I know because I have them.

 

[good.reef]

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[codycolina707]

It's so sad that people actually believe this. When you spend $600 on a coral then you get a high quality coral. The lens is to make the camera see what the eye sees. I have a dragon soul and gold torch and you can see them glow from 100ft away. Expensive ultra corals in proper care and proper lighting do look like that. I know because I have them.

so just came to bash and not actually give the dude any info seems like you have the same lights as him?

 

[Robert Binz]

You do realize the coral lenses are to photograph more accurately what the eye sees right? Because camera lenses can't filter out blue so the lens is to cut the blue. It's not that these lenses are making the colors of the coral different it's that they're allowing them to show as they are in our tanks in the blue spectrum of light (with good lighting and ultra quality coral)

My gold torch is much brighter than the one in the OP photo. But even with a coral lens it's difficult to capture.

I have a Kessil a360x I'll have to check my light settings tomorrow but my gold torch is at the top of the tank and I run mostly all blue except for four hours in the middle of the day.

You can see from the picture with more whites on and no coral lens my gold torch is very bright. It gets much much brighter with all blues but then the lens is needed to cut the blue not manipulate the look of the coral.

I'm in love with your tank

 

[good.reef]

so just came to bash and not actually give the dude any info seems like you have the same lights as him?

By bash you mean correct misinformation? It's much better for people to tell him no matter what lights he uses he won't get a gold torch to glow? I also posted pictures of my tank, showed him the placement of my gold torch, showed him what it looks like in two different light settings, and explained that I would post my light settings for him tomorrow (when the light on the tank isn't off). Sorry that you don't see that as helpful.

 

[Carz]

with you tank pictured, are you kessils set with higher blues and much lower white ?

 

[good.reef]

with you tank pictured, are you kessils set with higher blues and much lower white ?

The top picture has higher whites and no coral lens. The bottom picture is 100% blue with a coral lens.

But I almost never run very much white. 30% white is probably the maximum and only for about 4 hours a day. I'm almost always running heavy blue because my corals seem to like it and it's pleasing to my eye.

I have a lot of higher end corals in the tank and they absolutely to glow under the blue and I enjoy seeing that flouresence.

 

[Marc2952]

The top picture has higher whites and no coral lens. The bottom picture is 100% blue with a coral lens.

But I almost never run very much white. 30% white is probably the maximum and only for about 4 hours a day. I'm almost always running heavy blue because my corals seem to like it and it's pleasing to my eye.

I have a lot of higher end corals in the tank and they absolutely to glow under the blue and I enjoy seeing that flouresence.

I have the 360x and the best way to make them pop is to dial up the UV to like %70 and the reds to %20. Makes corals pop alot more then just blue.

 

[good.reef]

I have the 360x and the best way to make them pop is to dial up the UV to like %70 and the reds to %20. Makes corals pop alot more then just blue.

I don't keep any reds to try and reduce algae. I like the deep blue look but I know alot of people don't. It's a great light for options.

 

[Marc2952]

I don't keep any reds to try and reduce algae. I like the deep blue look but I know alot of people don't. It's a great light for options.

Having the reds at low levels like 5 or 10 wont hurt the tank and will make corals pop a bit more try it.