Post your Reefbreeder photon settings!

[Bustyraker]

I've had a Reefbreeder photon for about 4-5 months and can't seem to find the sweet spot with the intensities. I'm currently maxing out at 60% Blues and 35% whites. I was at 70% and 40% but was having trouble with STN on my acros and all of my Montiporas were slowly dying. I have the fixture mounted about 12 inches from the surface.

 

[tonizzy22]

This is what I use works good for me been using for a 6 months. On top of the graph it is military time in half hour increments then my blue channel then white channel. The bottom is a reference of what the sun intensity may be as it passes overhead throughout a 10 hour daylight period.

 

[Bustyraker]

Wow you have yours set much brighter than mine.

 

[tonizzy22]

I almost forgot. I have it 7 inches from water with glass lid and 90 degree optics on the photon 16

 

[Bustyraker]

I have a photon 48, last time I checked with a par meter when I was running blues at 70% I had 200-250 par on the sandbed and between 500-600 up top

 

[tonizzy22]

Never had problems with blues up that high just the whites over 30 percent

 

[tonizzy22]

A LFS runs blues 100 percent most of the day then blues 70 whites 40 for couple hours a day but their lights are 3 feet off the water surface and its a very shallow frag tank.

 

[tonizzy22]

I've had a Reefbreeder photon for about 4-5 months and can't seem to find the sweet spot with the intensities. I'm currently maxing out at 60% Blues and 35% whites. I was at 70% and 40% but was having trouble with STN on my acros and all of my Montiporas were slowly dying. I have the fixture mounted about 12 inches from the surface.

What is your lighting schedule? What kind of duration and intensity do you use?

 

[Bustyraker]

Lights on at 11:30 and off at 9:30. Ramp up to 60% blue and 30% white. Max lighting for 4 hours then ramp down.

 

[Ericsch333]

Wow I only keep a 20% difference between blue and white at its peak I am at 80 blue 60 white I have a 90 gallon 24 inch tall. Adam from battlecorals has his at full power for sometime I think after your tank gets used to them we keep them to low I checked mine with a par meter and at max 280 at the sand bed for 2 hours and at the lowest setting I am 175 at the bed.

 

[Bustyraker]

Wow I only keep a 20% difference between blue and white at its peak I am at 80 blue 60 white I have a 90 gallon 24 inch tall. Adam from battlecorals has his at full power for sometime I think after your tank gets used to them we keep them to low I checked mine with a par meter and at max 280 at the sand bed for 2 hours and at the lowest setting I am 175 at the bed.

That's the answer I was hoping for! Most of my Sps is from Battlecorals and I have great color but not much growth. Been thinking about slowly turning the lights up for a while now. Thanks!

 

[Ericsch333]

Same and I have 48 photon i bought these light because that's what he uses and I trust his opinion

 

[tonizzy22]

Wow I only keep a 20% difference between blue and white at its peak I am at 80 blue 60 white I have a 90 gallon 24 inch tall. Adam from battlecorals has his at full power for sometime I think after your tank gets used to them we keep them to low I checked mine with a par meter and at max 280 at the sand bed for 2 hours and at the lowest setting I am 175 at the bed.

What is your shedule and intensity for the day?

 

[Ericsch333]

I will post my schedule in excel

 

[a6walter1]

I have the 32 on a 75 gallon tank, we run ours from 2pm to 11pm. The lights come on at 2 and ramp up until 3 where they stay at 85% white and 55% blue until 8pm where it ramps down until 9pm where we have just the blue channel active. Then it turns off at 11. I also run moon lights (5% blue channel) from 1am to 6am.

 

[stumpedin06]

following...

 

[ameach]

Following along I think mine right off the top of my head are like 96% blue's 90% White's for a couple hours I can remember my when they start but the turn off at about 11 PM I've been slowly raising them for awhile trying to get better color out of my sps this is a photon 32 over a 75 gal

 

[ameach]

For got to add that is hanging about 12 - 13 in off the surface of the water.

 

[d5332]

12" above water, bleaches corals if whites go over 65%

Due to that blues stay at 50%

 

[Ericsch333]

My light are 12 inch of the water and my sps are happy at 80 blue 60 white