LED schedule

swissgaurd · Jan 2, 2012

so my LEDS should be arriving this week .
was wondering what peoples lighting schedule are
lets see some fts as well
dimmed units or none dim units.

thanks
vic

revhtree · Jan 2, 2012

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Vic start them off dimmed very low to acclimate to your corals. You will be surprised at how your corals will react to the light. Also I am running mine about 8 - 9 hrs a day but they are only running about 60%.

swissgaurd · Jan 2, 2012

thanks Rev
there not dimmable so ill use some window screen to diffuse them a bit.
how high is the fixture from the water

revhtree · Jan 2, 2012

Mine is really close though and I failed to mention that! Mine are about 6" off the water on a 24" deep tank.

Onedesign1 · Jan 2, 2012

this is a DIY fixture but....my Royal blues come at 10am and ramp to 90% by 1pm and hold that until 6pm and ramp down to off at 10pm. My whites, greens, & reds come on at noon and ramp up to 50% power at 4pm and hold for 15 minutes and begin ramp down to off at 9pm.

Tank shots can be seen here https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/photography-forum/68615-my-120g-3.html

I just noticed yours are not dimmable...can you run blues and whites on different schedules?