New Current USA Orbit R24 LEDs

[Aparker2005]

And all 6 lights. Absolutely loving the brighter tank so far.

Debating on when or if I should raise the % after a few weeks with how powerful these 95s are? Thoughts?

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

I wish they would update the loop app for these. It's been 2 ½ years since the last update.

 

[Aparker2005]

I bumped up the blues to 75% and the whites to 60. Hopefully this works out. If not I'll have to grab a separate Bluetooth adapter for the 95s

 

[Aparker2005]

Our green birds nest is under the new 95w. It has taken off like crazy growing since adding them!

 

[ReefBo]

And all 6 lights. Absolutely loving the brighter tank so far.

Debating on when or if I should raise the % after a few weeks with how powerful these 95s are? Thoughts?

Looks great!

The 95w are definitely powerful. You could raise them up slowly to see if you get any brighter colors out of the corals.

 

[Eddiebfl]

Current USA is running a 24 hour flash sale on the R24 95w........ 50% off....

 

[legionofdoon]

I know this is a almost a dead thread, but I finally got around to measuring my lights par using the photone app. 3 lights over a 40 breeder running 45 blue and 30 whites was 980 at surface and 300 on the sandbed.

 

[Aparker2005]

I'm starting to get some hair algae with my 2 additional 95w to the 4 52w on my 125. The only thing I don't like currently is all 6 lights are connected to the same hub, so I can't adjust the 95s from the 52s. So until I get a separate hub, I'll have to adjust some.

 

[Aparker2005]

So is anyone still using these? Anyone got the new 95w? How are your corals doing?

 

[Aparker2005]

No one?

 

[Eddiebfl]

I have the 95W version but I just introduced some sps corals so I don't have enough information to share yet. I'll post some photos in a couple week

 

[Aparker2005]

For anyone using either version, what are your color %?

For Daylight, using 4 52w Ana 9 95w on the same controller, I'm at 100% blue, 65 whites, 15 red, and 10 green. I did this based off Currents recommendations.

I don't have a par meter and can't really tell if this is right, but corals seem to be okay. We've lost all but 3 of our Euphylia lately, but I think it has to do with phos/nitrates more so than the lights.

On our 20g, we have a single 52w with these same percentages.

After posting about how much better our Nicrew strip light looks on corals, I found that the R24s produce this same great color, but only if no whites are on, or at 5% or less. Of course the fish look horrible at that color, so mostly just view the coral "pop" at night.

I'm still fairly happy with these, just wish I knew more in comparison to say Viparspectra or a Photon led.

 

[Aparker2005]

Did a bit more editing our lights today and got them to a beautiful setting which I hope works.

Daylight I moved to 100% blue, 50% white, 5% red, and 15% green. The greens gave me the color I've been wanting. Hopefully with the reds and whites reduced it'll help with some algae. Really loving this spectrum.

 

[Eddiebfl]

This is what I followed in setting up my lights.

 

[Eddiebfl]

Not sure how accurate this may be as I don't have a par meter but it was on their website.

 

[Aparker2005]

So the last 3 weeks I changed my settings and my corals seem to be doing better surprisingly. I think I had the settings too high before.

I've moved to:
Sunrise & sunset - 40% blue only
Daylight - 70% blue, 45% white, 5% red and green

Gonna see how this works long term, but so far so good, and seems to be less algae forming now.

 

[SaltwaterAq Verified Sponsor]

I know this is a almost a dead thread, but I finally got around to measuring my lights par using the photone app. 3 lights over a 40 breeder running 45 blue and 30 whites was 980 at surface and 300 on the sandbed.

300 on the sandbed!!!! That's great!

 

[legionofdoon]

Take that with a grain of salt. However I did compare it to a radion XR 30 at my lfs and they were very close par wise at the surface.

 

[legionofdoon]

I raised the blue to 60 but backed it back down because I was bleaching a purple Stylo on the sand bed.

 

[novasive]

So the last 3 weeks I changed my settings and my corals seem to be doing better surprisingly. I think I had the settings too high before.

I've moved to:
Sunrise & sunset - 40% blue only
Daylight - 70% blue, 45% white, 5% red and green

Gonna see how this works long term, but so far so good, and seems to be less algae forming now.

So I just came across this thread and your setup is great. I just recently purchased dual R24 52w from SaltwaterAquarium.com, awesome service so thanks to them. I was just curious on your setup with 6 lights how do you have them connected to each other or do you use multiple bluetooth controllers to connect them? I have a new 60 breeder tank from Aqueon and saw your earlier posts about the center tank brace and looking to add 2 more to fill that area with light. Also sorry for posting this twice sorta a noob at this...lol Thanks.