Need a Kessil expert

[Amantijt]

So back story...Red Sea reefled50s died on me after a week and I opted to try a different light after my LFS didn’t leave me out to dry and gave me a refund. I got 2 Kessil A160WE tuna blues from my LFS and also the controller for them. I have sat for about an hour tuning tuning tuning. I am mainly keeping LPS and some softies. I can’t get the gooseneck to comply with being at its recommended height so it’s about 7-8” from the surface. I’m looking for a decent light schedule to run with the controller(I like the deeper blue side of things.). Thanks in advance hope someone has some good lighting schedules out there for these lights.

 

[Crabs McJones]

What size is the tank

 

[Amantijt]

What size is the tank

40gal breeder petco tank

 

[Crabs McJones]

40gal breeder petco tank

What time do you want the lights on and off

 

[Amantijt]

What time do you want the lights on and off

11-11 so I can experience a few hours of it after work during the week lol

 

[Crabs McJones]

11:00 0% color %10 intensity
12:00 20% color 35% intensity
13:00 35% color 60% intensity
21:00 35% color 60% intensity
22:00 15% color 25% intensity
23:00 0% color 0% intensity (off)

You can mess around with the color percentages, 35 should keep it on the bluer side. I ran mine around 50% color. Intensity you'll want to play with, 40-60% is a good starting point. You can always increase it if needed.

 

[Amantijt]

11:00 0% color %10 intensity
12:00 20% color 35% intensity
13:00 35% color 60% intensity
21:00 35% color 60% intensity
22:00 15% color 25% intensity
23:00 0% color 0% intensity (off)

You can mess around with the color percentages, 35 should keep it on the bluer side. I ran mine around 50% color. Intensity you'll want to play with, 40-60% is a good starting point. You can always increase it if needed.

Thanks I’ll plug this in and see how well it works out !

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thanks I’ll plug this in and see how well it works out !

I had a pair of A360s (the bigger brother to yours) on my 40b for sps, so being less wattage and smaller 50 to 60% intensity should be in the ballpark

 

[HB AL]

Only thing I would change is running them at 100%, I did this when I had 5 over a 90g and it worked great. I know have 3 360we and 2 160we and all are set to 100%, the whole time they are on, from on to off 100% of the time.

 

[Amantijt]

Only thing I would change is running them at 100%, I did this when I had 5 over a 90g and it worked great. I know have 3 360we and 2 160we and all are set to 100%, the whole time they are on, from on to off 100% of the time.

What do you have running at 100%? Both color and intensity?

 

[Amantijt]

I had a pair of A360s (the bigger brother to yours) on my 40b for sps, so being less wattage and smaller 50 to 60% intensity should be in the ballpark

11 0 & 5
13 15 & 30
15 15 & 45
18 20 & 60
21 20 & 60
22 5 & 10
23 0 & 0
What do you think about this? This is what I had before I made the post.

 

[HB AL]

Just the intensity. My lights are on wifi timers so I stagger the different lights to come in 15 minute intervals. They are on for 13 hours a day the 1st 2 and last 2 hours they are 100% blue the rest of the time 50/50 on color with about an hour or 2 100% white. Been running them like this for 4 years and from acros to Lps to softies they all do well. Heres a pic for reference so you can see.

 

[Crabs McJones]

11 0 & 5
13 15 & 30
15 15 & 45
18 20 & 60
21 20 & 60
22 5 & 10
23 0 & 0
What do you think about this? This is what I had before I made the post.

Looks good. I do agree with the above of likely being able to increase the intensity.

 

[Amantijt]

Looks good. I do agree with the above of likely being able to increase the intensity.

Tank is young and still fighting algae I don’t want to feed them at the moment till they are practically non existent. But I would like to increase everything higher once I’m worry free.

 

[Amantijt]

Just the intensity. My lights are on wifi timers so I stagger the different lights to come in 15 minute intervals. They are on for 13 hours a day the 1st 2 and last 2 hours they are 100% blue the rest of the time 50/50 on color with about an hour or 2 100% white. Been running them like this for 4 years and from acros to Lps to softies they all do well. Heres a pic for reference so you can see.

I’d love to see your lighting schedule written out so I can add it in programs for a later time but I only have two lights lol so something comparable.

 

[HB AL]

I dont have them on a controller so I do the color manually. Come home for lunch turn them to 50/50, get home from work turn them to 100%white, hour or 2 later back to 50/50 then 100% blue the last hour or 2.