Question on settings for Skkye Light

[Jakemac]

Hello all! Just curious on what I should do with my Skkye light by Innovative Marine.
Tank is the Marineland 60g. Tank: 12.75 in L x 48.5 in W x 25 in

The light is the 48" x 3.5" x 3" dual dimmable LED light.

Its a 50W light
Daylight spectrum (from what I can find) is 24 x 1W
Color is 14k

Actinic spectrum (from what I can find) is 24 x 1W
Color is 456nm

The par chart i found is for their smaller version for nano tanks (its exactly half the power of my light)
http://www.innovative-marine.com/skkye-light/par-graph/dual-strip-par-page.pdf
Im assuming i need to run this thing at 100% to get it to reach to the bottom of my tank for my GSP, Shrooms, xenia, etc. I plan on running birdsnest at about 15inch, some monis at about 15 inches, and lps/softies below that.

The LFS said to run it at about 30% whites, 40% blues. I ran it yesterday just to see what would happen at 100% whites and 60% blues. I had HUGE coraline growth in 1 day, but some green algae blooms too. Today im trying it at what the LFS suggested. GSP and xenia seemed to love the whites at 100% and the blues turned down that low. Im not really sure how to work this thing because all my lights in the past were programmable to the % and had ramp up ramp down features. This is my first budget build so im trying to work around my equipment rather than picking what I work best with.

My biggest question is am I correct that the corals prefer the blue light? The white im sure has a spectrum that assists with the zooanthellea but the blue from what i've read is the preferred color.

Just curious on what thoughts are out there on what to do. Im playing with it daily for now to see what settings have the corals react best.

 

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[Jakemac]

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[saltyfilmfolks]

I belive you are correct on the intensity settings being maxed out to get good par on the bottom.
What I would do is take it to full and lower the whit to get a color you like, that said if it looks good at an even ratio it totally fine.
14k is actually pretty blue already(daylight is 5600k) and corals are grown from 56 to 20k+.
I would say if your replace in a weaker fixture acclimate by using a shorter photoperiod or lowering intensity and work your way up. .

I had HUGE coraline growth in 1 day, but some green algae blooms too.

To be expected. Suddenly they have light so there going to grow. Marine plants like blue too, so do terrestrial plants.
The good side is its lowering your nutrints the bad side you may need to scrub.

The LFS said to run it at about 30% whites, 40% blues.

Total guess btw. if the max at 4in is 400 par and we assume a linear decrease thats under 200 par or less as 4in from the fixture.