Hello,
20G tank: 24x18x18
I recently added corals to my tank, and when the light is off they come out much more. I think my light was too strong so I did some research and came up with these settings:
From 2PM - 6 PM
UV: 50%
Violet: 50%
Royal: 50%
Blue: 50%
Green: 13%
Red: 13%
Cool white: 30%
The lights ramp up at 10:00 AM-2:00 PM and ramp down from 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Unfortunately, these settings do not give me a very blue color
The lights used to be at:
UV: 119%, Violet: 116%, Royal: 79%, Blue: 80%, Red + Green: 4%, Cool White: 19%
but I noticed that the corals really hated this as my zoanthids were even closed.
With the new setting, my zoanthids have opened up some additional heads that I didn't even know were on the plug. My Blasto neon seems to still not like this setting, and my micromussa doesn't seem to like the setting too much. Maybe I should move them? Or do I adjust the lights more? I cannot tell if my chalice likes the lights, I haven't seen him adjust differently at all. Additionally, my favia has opened up a little bit, he used to be opened much more.
Some photos are below. I apologize if some are blurry.
Left to right: spitfire favia, coal miner zoanthid, bullseye micromussa, gatorade chalice, blasto neon
Then some close ups:
20G tank: 24x18x18
I recently added corals to my tank, and when the light is off they come out much more. I think my light was too strong so I did some research and came up with these settings:
From 2PM - 6 PM
UV: 50%
Violet: 50%
Royal: 50%
Blue: 50%
Green: 13%
Red: 13%
Cool white: 30%
The lights ramp up at 10:00 AM-2:00 PM and ramp down from 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Unfortunately, these settings do not give me a very blue color
The lights used to be at:
UV: 119%, Violet: 116%, Royal: 79%, Blue: 80%, Red + Green: 4%, Cool White: 19%
but I noticed that the corals really hated this as my zoanthids were even closed.
With the new setting, my zoanthids have opened up some additional heads that I didn't even know were on the plug. My Blasto neon seems to still not like this setting, and my micromussa doesn't seem to like the setting too much. Maybe I should move them? Or do I adjust the lights more? I cannot tell if my chalice likes the lights, I haven't seen him adjust differently at all. Additionally, my favia has opened up a little bit, he used to be opened much more.
Some photos are below. I apologize if some are blurry.
Left to right: spitfire favia, coal miner zoanthid, bullseye micromussa, gatorade chalice, blasto neon
Then some close ups: