Viparspectra led light

tlips · Feb 23, 2020

Hey all!
Is anyone running the Viparspectra light? I’m trying to figure out what would be a good intensity to go with for softies and lps. Currently my blues are 60% and my white is 5%

Uncle99 · Feb 23, 2020

Yup, running 100% blue/violet and 50% white/green/red.
Three years running now...
Your numbers are fine....it’s quite hard to make a mistake with this light.

Special K · Feb 23, 2020

I would think that is plenty for softies and lps. Best way to check is get a par meter.

tlips · Feb 23, 2020

Uncle99 said:
Yup, running 100% blue/violet and 50% white/green/red.
Three years running now...
Your numbers are fine....it’s quite hard to make a mistake with this light.

Wow amazing tank! I’m planning on ramping up the blues slowly.

tlips · Feb 23, 2020

Special K said:
I would think that is plenty for softies and lps. Best way to check is get a par meter.

Awesome. Thank you

nereefpat · Feb 23, 2020

Hold on.

What is the tank size, especially depth?

tlips · Feb 23, 2020

nereefpat said:
Hold on.

What is the tank size, especially depth?

It’s a 40 breeder. So it’s 36x18x17

nereefpat · Feb 23, 2020

Just be careful with the shallow depth of a 40 breeder. Those black boxes are powerful

Kzang · Feb 23, 2020

tlips said:
Hey all!
Is anyone running the Viparspectra light? I’m trying to figure out what would be a good intensity to go with for softies and lps. Currently my blues are 60% and my white is 5%

Whatever you do, check with a par meter. My buddy had a 40breeder with the lights 12 inches off the water (not sure of his intensity) and his par was 500 on the sand. They are extremely powerful lights

tlips · Feb 23, 2020

nereefpat said:
Just be careful with the shallow depth of a 40 breeder. Those black boxes are powerful

Will do. So far everything is doing good.

tlips · Feb 23, 2020

Kzang said:
Whatever you do, check with a par meter. My buddy had a 40breeder with the lights 12 inches off the water (not sure of his intensity) and his par was 500 on the sand. They are extremely powerful lights

Gotcha. I’ll try and get one. I appreciate it

Kzang · Feb 23, 2020

tlips said:
Gotcha. I’ll try and get one. I appreciate it

no problem. We rented one from BRS. His viparspectra out par'ed my maxed out hydra 26/32s. I'm considering switching to it.

tlips · Feb 23, 2020

Kzang said:
no problem. We rented one from BRS. His viparspectra out par'ed my maxed out hydra 26/32s. I'm considering switching to it.

Dang that’s crazy. I’ll have to rent one

Tahoe61 · Feb 23, 2020

No par readings for reference, but I have this light and I have it at 80 blue and 5% white. I have had to dial the intensity down to acclimate some sps and then slowly increase.

tlips · Feb 23, 2020

Tahoe61 said:
No par readings for reference, but I have this light and I have it at 80 blue and 5% white. I have had to dial the intensity down to acclimate some sps and then slowly increase.

Do you have any lps or softies

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