Lights for soft and sps corals

[Pedro72]

This are my numbers: salinity 1.024. Anyway my corals doesn’t look very happy. So my guest is lighting. Some people says that the corals love the blue light, etc. I have two lumini 80w with four channels, (blue, purple, white and green) Can somebody help me with the intensity of the diferentes channels? The lights are programables to change intensity and time during the day.

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Hello and welcome to the channel

 

[ShepherdReefer]

This are my numbers: salinity 1.024. Anyway my corals doesn’t look very happy. So my guest is lighting. Some people says that the corals love the blue light, etc. I have two lumini 80w with four channels, (blue, purple, white and green) Can somebody help me with the intensity of the diferentes channels? The lights are programables to change intensity and time during the day.

What is the Alk, phosphate, and Ca measured in?

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!! Lights, flow, and water quality all impact corals - what type of coral do you have?

 

[WIReefer]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[ShepherdReefer]

This are my numbers: salinity 1.024. Anyway my corals doesn’t look very happy. So my guest is lighting. Some people says that the corals love the blue light, etc. I have two lumini 80w with four channels, (blue, purple, white and green) Can somebody help me with the intensity of the diferentes channels? The lights are programables to change intensity and time during the day.

What is the Alk and Ca measured in

 

[Pedro72]

Alkalinity and other values are in the first photo with my post

 

[Fish Think Pink]

This are my numbers: salinity 1.024. Anyway my corals doesn’t look very happy. So my guest is lighting. Some people says that the corals love the blue light, etc. I have two lumini 80w with four channels, (blue, purple, white and green) Can somebody help me with the intensity of the diferentes channels? The lights are programables to change intensity and time during the day.

Welcome

 

[maceto]

Welcome!

 

[fuelman]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Brady4000]

This are my numbers: salinity 1.024. Anyway my corals doesn’t look very happy. So my guest is lighting. Some people says that the corals love the blue light, etc. I have two lumini 80w with four channels, (blue, purple, white and green) Can somebody help me with the intensity of the diferentes channels? The lights are programables to change intensity and time during the day.

First welcome to R2R!

What’s your tank size and what light are you using/ how many lights are you using

Are you running the tank with adequate flow?

How old is you tank/ how long has it been cycled?

When did you introduce the coral?

Last but most important question, how do you like that aqua spin! Thing looks cool! How accurate is it? Lol

Edit: Also if you taking photos with your phone and are not using lenses, this is a good app.

‎Aquarium Camera

‎LED aquarium lights are brilliant, but blue (actinic) light interferes with your camera sensor, changing the beautiful colors of your fish and corals into a scene from a black light filled roller rink from the 1980's. Enter our hopeful hero, Aquarium Camera. It dreams of ridding the internet...

apps.apple.com

 

[Pedro72]

First welcome to R2R!

What’s your tank size and what light your are you using/ how many lights are you using

Are you running the tank with adequate flow?

How old is you tank/ how long has it been cycled?

When did you introduce the coral?

Last but most important question, how do you like that aqua spin! Thing looks cool! How accurate is it? Lol

Edit: Also if you taking photos with your phone and are not using lenses, this is a good app.

‎Aquarium Camera

‎LED aquarium lights are brilliant, but blue (actinic) light interferes with your camera sensor, changing the beautiful colors of your fish and corals into a scene from a black light filled roller rink from the 1980's. Enter our hopeful hero, Aquarium Camera. It dreams of ridding the internet...

apps.apple.com

The tank is 55 gallons, the tank is around 6 years old, corals has more than 6 months in the tank, no progress growing. I don’t know how accurate is the aqua spin it’s grim a lfs... I have two lights 80w each...

 

[jtp7004ft]

Welcome!

 

[Mical]

Welcome to R2R

Before you start changing light settings, get your parameters in line. Your Alk is LOW, your cal & mag needs to come up a little.

 

[Zach B]

Welcome

 

[mijan]

Welcome!

 

[BeltedCoyote]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Brady4000]

The tank is 55 gallons, the tank is around 6 years old, corals has more than 6 months in the tank, no progress growing. I don’t know how accurate is the aqua spin it’s grim a lfs... I have two lights 80w each...

I really could not find much information on your light.

But if your dead set that the culprit is your lighting, you can alway rent a par meter.

Here is a good read:

Sps and par

Is 350+ par really necessary to keep sps? I was always under the impression 250ish would be adequate but I’m probably wrong. If I have a mixed reef and I aim to hit my sps with 350+par would my LPS start suffering from too much light? I’d love to hear those with mixed reefs chime in! Thanks

www.reef2reef.com

 

[KJ]

Welcome toR2R!!!

 

[lelandmarine]

Welcome