Lighting help

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I have a Coralife LED Seascape 48" for my 90 gallon tank what is the best lighting setting

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a Coralife LED Seascape 48" for my 90 gallon tank what is the best lighting setting

70% blue and 20% white to start with.
If those are the only colors you have, consider adding an Orphek OR3-120 sky blue or blue plus strip for total colors

 

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70% blue and 20% white to start with.
If those are the only colors you have, consider adding an Orphek OR3-120 sky blue or blue plus strip for total colors

It's a very fancy light and has a big range of things I can do. So far I have picked 100% blue and 60% red. I just want the best lighting for coral and to maximize my lights capabilities.

 

[Uncle99]

I have a Coralife LED Seascape 48" for my 90 gallon tank what is the best lighting setting

Great control, but lower on the intensity side.
Good for softies, weak for SPS.
Could easily run that light wide open.

 

[vetteguy53081]

It's a very fancy light and has a big range of things I can do. So far I have picked 100% blue and 60% red. I just want the best lighting for coral and to maximize my lights capabilities.

Reduce red to about 8 as it will promote algae galore

 

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Great control, but lower on the intensity side.
Good for softies, weak for SPS.
Could easily run that light wide open.

So running it at 100% is ok for my zoes?

 

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Reduce red to about 8 as it will promote algae galore

I do have a sea hair and a lawnmower thay like alge or am I promoting the wrong kind for them?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I do have a sea hair and a lawnmower thay like alge or am I promoting the wrong kind for them?

no - would promote hair algae which they will love

 

[Uncle99]

So running it at 100% is ok for my zoes?

Again, the light does not push to much intensity.
I doubt that fixture could burn anything.
I have Zoa in low light and high light, don’t seem to care much, but they do like at least, medium flow.
These ones are right near the top in about 225 par.

 

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Again, the light does not push to much intensity.
I doubt that fixture could burn anything.
I have Zoa in low light and high light, don’t seem to care much, but they do like at least, medium flow.

Thank you so much

 

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no - would promote hair algae which they will love

Thank you so much

 

[Uncle99]

Thank you so much

Welcome.
Set it to your colour preference, photoperiod, etc.
Then never touch it again.
Enjoy!

 

[Koh23]

You really cant have too much light......

Crank it up, and forget, like i sad somewhere before, i have leather corals, sarco and stuff sitting well above 300par, and they doing great.....

In fact, i think about getting stronger light