What's your sunrise/sunset ratios?

EricB · Feb 3, 2014

I'm having difficulty dialing-in the numbers for a good sunrise/sunset on my Photon 32's. Any suggestions are appreciated!

alan.reef · Feb 3, 2014

hope you like.
7am- 3-3
8am- 5-5
9am- 8-8
10am- 12-12
11am- 35-16
12pma- 40-30
1pm- 50-30
2pm- 50-32
3pm- 50-35
4pm- 55-40
5pm- 70-38
6pm- 65-30
7pm- 50-15
8pm- 35-1
9pm- 15-0
10pm- 9-0
11pm- 2-0

ltbt8 · Feb 3, 2014

I use the excel calc. program someone came up with. Works great, just input your max % and it calculates it for you. If you can't find the program, let me know and I can email it to you. I have the original 12hr program or the modified 10hr.

ltbt8 · Feb 3, 2014

This is what the 12hr and 10hr look like.

EricB · Feb 4, 2014

Thanks guys! My sunrise mirrors my sunset. I realized yesterday that when the blue channel is at 10 or above it looks weird without the white channel being on at least 1. I just got them and I don't plan on having any corals until the 22nd (frag swap) so I'm not taking them past 30% which makes it a little difficult to get the colors I want I guess.

EricB · Feb 4, 2014

ltbt8: pm sent

ltbt8 · Feb 4, 2014

Got it, file emailed.

EricB · Feb 4, 2014

Thanks man

wrfreeman · Mar 21, 2014

Which cycle (12 hr or 10 hr) would you recommend for a mixed reef tank?

ltbt8 · Mar 22, 2014

wrfreeman said:
Which cycle (12 hr or 10 hr) would you recommend for a mixed reef tank?

I like using the 10hr which gives me 8hrs of whites. You could try the 12hr, but use 10hr if you start having problems with algea or your corals start to not look good.