Kessil Lighting

[Truebluereefs]

I'm starting this thread for everyone who has questions on kessil lighting.

I am currently running 5 kessil A160 tuna blue's over my 6' L x 2'W x 3' D aquarium.
I running them from 7 AM to 11 PM the blue line is the a mount of white light vs blue.

What I am looking for is what other peoples light schedules are, and what does your reef look like with the lights on the aquarium.

 

[JBKReef]

2 A360’s over a 93 cube.

Solid line is my intensity blue line is color.

On a 10:30AM off at 22:00PM

 

[DoobDob]

I use 3 kessils a360we

 

[Truebluereefs]

what are yall keeping in your aquariums?

 

[BrianWard]

Looking to set up a 60 cube mix reef, would one A360x be enough?


-Brian

 

[Truebluereefs]

 

[Truebluereefs]

I would have at least 2 the A160 cover about 24” x 24”

 

[Style185]

I have 2 A360x that I'm putting over a 90 should be plenty of light. I'm hoping to ramp from 8-9 and run at 75% on up intensity on blues n violets n 25%-35% on red green white until 8ish n ramp down the next hour... im ordering my controller tomorrow and am super excited to tweak these bad girls. These lights are gorgeous over the tank! I like the ab+ schedule of just ramp n go throughout the day.

 

[BrianWard]

Jbkreef, could i see how they look over your 93cube please.

 

[Truebluereefs]

Yeah, I have not tried their controller I just use the apex system, I wish their was a way to have them mimic real world conditions.
So say I have it set to indo area. It would mimic the color of the lighting at say 10 feet of water and if a cloud came across the sky every once in a while that would be cool,
And my temp could also be controlled by the same area in the ocean as the light cycle.
Then I might see more things spawning

 

[DoobDob]

I use 3 kessils a360we
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forgot my info sorry, I keep a mix reef tank, I tried getting the camera to try and get how it really looks in person, sometimes hard, but it has a light blue tint most of its peek hours. Also i need to center the color for some reason i just noticed lol

 

[Truebluereefs]

@DoobDob tank looks really good, I think I need to run my blues for longer. From what I can see is that yalls color is mostly blue at like 40%-60% range I am going all the way to 80% color.

 

[DoobDob]

@DoobDob tank looks really good, I think I need to run my blues for longer. From what I can see is that yalls color is mostly blue at like 40%-60% range I am going all the way to 80% color.

I actually got my settings off of a guy on youtube and adjusted it as needed to my liking. He says coral seem to lose color on high color, but i don't know how true that is.
I found the video if you wanna watch it. lighting starts at 3:50

 

[BigHildy53]

I have six A360W Tuna Blue lights across a six foot (72" x 24" x 24") tank. Is that too many? They are 8.5 inches above the water line.

 

[Truebluereefs]

I run 5 a160 Tuna Blues on my reef tank, as long as you control the intensity you should be good, I bet SPS will love all the light