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I recently got a Maxspect Ethereal and I'm a bit stuck on how to schedule the lights. Right now I have it on an automatic color based schedule where you choose the color temperature and intensity you want and it does the rest.
My corals seem to be happy but I'm worried there may be a bit too much power on the UV channel as the tips of two of my acros look slightly bleached, emphasis on slightly as they are still showing good polyp extension normal coloration everywhere else. My Blasto and Montiporas are loving it and so are my zoas. One of my acros, a PC Rainbow which is in the same vicinity as the two acros with slightly bleached tips, is absolutely loving it and has had the most polyp extension since I switched lights and is also changing back to it's famous red color (after turning green under my old SB Reefs fixture). So I'm sort of stuck at whether or not to just adjust intensity of the one channel after copying the automatic program, or to try and model one of the proven schedule programs like the Ecotech Coral Lab schedules on my Ethereal.
I know different lights have different channels, led layouts and such, but I would love to see how you folks have your LED fixtures running and how it looks on your tank. I'd also really love it if you posted a screenshot of your lighting schedule and your thoughts and opinions on it!
My corals seem to be happy but I'm worried there may be a bit too much power on the UV channel as the tips of two of my acros look slightly bleached, emphasis on slightly as they are still showing good polyp extension normal coloration everywhere else. My Blasto and Montiporas are loving it and so are my zoas. One of my acros, a PC Rainbow which is in the same vicinity as the two acros with slightly bleached tips, is absolutely loving it and has had the most polyp extension since I switched lights and is also changing back to it's famous red color (after turning green under my old SB Reefs fixture). So I'm sort of stuck at whether or not to just adjust intensity of the one channel after copying the automatic program, or to try and model one of the proven schedule programs like the Ecotech Coral Lab schedules on my Ethereal.
I know different lights have different channels, led layouts and such, but I would love to see how you folks have your LED fixtures running and how it looks on your tank. I'd also really love it if you posted a screenshot of your lighting schedule and your thoughts and opinions on it!