Lighting

[Reefalistic1]

I have a 30 gallon long growing soft corals and am currently using orbit ic led lighting with the loop. Lights are roughly 4 inches above the water surface. Can anybody give me an ideal setting for lights. Currently blue is 100, white is at 50, red at 25 and green is 0.

 

[Koh23]

If corals are growing and happy, then this is ideal settings

 

[dedragon]

it matters which current orbit you are running, how shallow your tank is, and what corals you want to grow in the future

 

[dedragon]

is the 30 gallon long 30" or 48"? i never remember

 

[Reefalistic1]

is the 30 gallon long 30" or 48"? i never remember

3 ft long 36 inch

 

[Reefalistic1]

it matters which current orbit you are running, how shallow your tank is, and what corals you want to grow in the future

Running the ic version growing soft corals and tank is 14 and a half inches deep

 

[dedragon]

you could increase the green a tiny bit if you like the color of it or decrease red if algae growth is an issue, but soft corals will pretty much grow under any light source, even a fluorescent light bulb tbh. Spectrum you are running seems fine unless you are having issues with anything

 

[Reefalistic1]

you could increase the green a tiny bit if you like the color of it or decrease red if algae growth is an issue, but soft corals will pretty much grow under any light source, even a fluorescent light bulb tbh. Spectrum you are running seems fine unless you are having issues with anything

I kind of thought so, new to the group and this is my first thread, I must admit I'm amazed at how quick I got responses. The moonlight is preset to run for 6 hours and my lights are set to go off at 8pm so I guess I'm ok there as well any advice for moonlight settings would be appreciated if you have any

 

[dedragon]

I kind of thought so, new to the group and this is my first thread, I must admit I'm amazed at how quick I got responses. The moonlight is preset to run for 6 hours and my lights are set to go off at 8pm so I guess I'm ok there as well any advice for moonlight settings would be appreciated if you have any

the light is pretty low powered which is just what i based my answers off of, not familiar with their moonlights so it would matter how strong they are, i run my lights 12 hours and i think the moonlight for 1 but mine is a super dim moonlight as my lights dim down super low (orphek icon, power goes down to 0.1% for moonlights)

 

[Reefalistic1]

the light is pretty low powered which is just what i based my answers off of, not familiar with their moonlights so it would matter how strong they are, i run my lights 12 hours and i think the moonlight for 1 but mine is a super dim moonlight as my lights dim down super low (orphek icon, power goes down to 0.1% for moonlights)

Ok I'm gonna adjust them to a low setting as well because they do run for six hours and I should be ok. Lights go on at 8am and off at 8pm so that should work fine I would think