led acclimation settings

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Recently swapped over from some cheap LEDs to 2 AI HD26's.
Currently have a 55 gal reef tank with LPS and SPS but my LPS have been slowly shrinking/dying.
The more research I do tells me that with my water parameters being what they are then it must be my light levels.
I am in the process of upping my levels to what I believe I should be at but am worried about how long it should take to get my corals acclimated. Should I set it to acclimate over 2 weeks for all levels, just set it to what its supposed to be, or set it to each individual color?
Some of mine are 45% lower than what I should have them at.
As you can see I've been quite a but lower than what I've seen on AI's site and from other posts on here..

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It's either too little or too much light, but without a PAR meter it would be hard to gauge which compared to your old LEDs. This is a really good AI LED profile that I used for quite a while and my corals really responded well to it. It's also specifically used with AI Hydra 26's.


I would probably do the acclimation over a period of 24-96 (max). 21 days is just way too long.
 
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