Lighting help...

[Steve S]

I have a IM 40 cube, a Older Kessil 360 and running it through the new Kessil X controller. Zoas are all I have at the moment.
Question: what intensity and color should I be running theses at, percentages? My goal is to set it and leave it alone.
Thx for the help

 

[smartwater101]

How deep is that tank? I have 5 a630we over my 160g. Its only ~19" deep and I run mine at 100% for 8.5 hours. (1.75 ramp up, 8.5 full, 1.75 ramp down.) My lights are ~8" above the water line. Its a mixed reef and everything from Softies to SPS seems happy.

If you plan on increasing just doing it over the course of several weeks. No need to rush.

 

[Steve S]

The tank is 19” deep using the same light as you.
Where are you on color? I’m shying on the blue spectrum, only a few Zoas at present, will go with LPS in the future.

 

[smartwater101]

Double checking, its looks closer to 6 hours. With 3 ramp up and 3 ramp down. (I might shorten the ramp time....)

I actually JUST changed my white/blue to lean more to the blue side (relative to where I had it anyway) I was doing over 60% white @ 12:30. Bumped it down to 30.

Graph: Black line is color percentage. Higher the black line = more white.