SPS and Kessil- how does this daily program look for sps tank?

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alk at 7.5 , calcium 420, mag 1300, po4 0.05 no3- 5ppm temp 78 alk 1.026

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Hard to tell, other factors will determine how the SPS responds; such as the distance of the light from the top of the water, how deep the SPS is located in the tank, the placement, and a few more. Besides that, I like the schedule.
 
Hard to tell, other factors will determine how the SPS responds; such as the distance of the light from the top of the water, how deep the SPS is located in the tank, the placement, and a few more. Besides that, I like the schedule.
light is 10" from top of water, acros are about 6- 8" in below the water
 
You should have a solid 6-8hrs of peak intensity and make sure the violet channel matches your intensity. Color is your preference, but I like 20-40% range in color and only used red and green at 5% during peak hours. Red and green are for appearance only, so keep them below 20%. If you search Kessil settings, you’ll probably find a post about my schedule settings that I’ve used for a long time. Use a par meter and know what you’re giving your corals. It’s the only way to know, unless you have the experience of visual cues from your corals?
Here’s a top down pic of my Kessil powered tank (now in reboot mode).
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thanks @ minus9 does this look better , i adjusted the voilet to match itenstory and reduced green and red to 5% for every hour and stretched the peak intensity at 50% for 5 hours...any other suggestions please share and thanks ! :)

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Here are my thoughts on your schedule. Unless you're using those 2 points on either side for bumping up intensity, they're unnecessary. You'll find that you'll have better color transitions with less points and you won't encounter "bumps" in spectrum/color changes. I use "mid day" points to increase intensity in smaller increments and I try to keep the color changes to a minimum.
Here's my schedule for reference.
 
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Here are my thoughts on your schedule. Unless you're using those 2 points on either side for bumping up intensity, they're unnecessary. You'll find that you'll have better color transitions with less points and you won't encounter "bumps" in spectrum/color changes. I use "mid day" points to increase intensity in smaller increments and I try to keep the color changes to a minimum.
Here's my schedule for reference.
i am lost on what you are saying, should it look more likwe this?

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I have 360x over a 120 (will be adding another and t5’s) I run mine up to 90% during the peak.
 

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