Help tweaking Reef Breeder LED

[pbyrmartin]

I have the Photon 48 running for about a year now but my colors and growth is not that great. The tank is a mix reef mostly SPS, I have a 40 gallon frag tank tie in to the display tank making it about 200 gallon.
The frag tank is running T 5’s, the colors are great and growth is good, so I know it’s not water parameter. Tank is 24” tall
Here are my light settings.

0:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 1 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
1:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 1 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
2:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 0 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
3:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 0 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
4:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 0 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
5:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 1 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
6:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 1 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
7:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 1 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
8:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 6 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
9:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 6 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
10:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 23 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 25 feeding
11:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 6 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
12:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 6 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
13:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 73 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
14:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 73 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
15:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 73 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 54
16:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 73 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 61
17:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 73 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 61
18:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 73 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 61
19:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 67 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 55
20:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 65 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 45
21:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 55 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 30
22:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 50 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
23:00 CH 1 (blue) ---- 42 CH 2 (Whites) -------- 0
I was thinking to go up on the whites and go down on the blues.

 

[bcavalli]

I'm not sure if you have seen this spreadsheet someone put together for the reefbreeder leds. Currently I have my whites at 35% and blues at 65%. It's what I've been using for about a year with really good results (I only have a few pieces of SPS though).


Link-

 

[davidinga]

I just dumped two photon 32's I had over my tank for over a year now with weak growth in favor of MH and I'm already seeing improvements in the two weeks it's been running...

 

[project1004]

Wow. You guys run it at pretty low setting than I do. I have 120 and I know mine runs at 100% for both channels for about four hours. Growth has been awesome so far and I just added another one for more lights. Lol.

 

[project1004]

Here is my setting for one unit of photon32 I have on 120 before adding another one.
0:30=1/0 1:00 =1/0 1:30=1/0 2:00=1/0 ... 9:00=1/0 9:30=5/0 10:00=10/1 10:30=20/5 11:00=35/15 11:30=50/30 12:00=60/50 12:30=75/65 13:00=80/75 13:30=90/80 14:00=100/90 14:30=100/100.... 17:30=100/80 18:00=95/65 18:30=75/45 19:00=65/30 19:30=40/20 20:00=30/10 20:30=25/4 21:00=20/1 21:30=15/0 22:00=9/0 22:30=5/0 23:00=2/0 23:30=20 00:00=2/0

Second unit will be used in more ramdom ramping up and down style to creat cloud effect. Just for a experiment. Still accumilating with no ill effect and is now at 40/25 at max. Its now into 2nd week.

 

[bcavalli]

project1004;991265 wrote: Wow. You guys run it at pretty low setting than I do. I have 120 and I know mine runs at 100% for both channels for about four hours. Growth has been awesome so far and I just added another one for more lights. Lol.

I guess need to ramp mine up a little higher over the next few weeks.

 

[fraustdemon]

i ran mine low for a while (70 blue/40 white). I ramped it up to 80/70 and am seeing some big improvements.

 

[pbyrmartin]

I think I am going to bump mine a bit higher also
here it is
Time CH 1 (Blue)CH 2 (White)

0:00 1 0
1:00 1 0
2:00 0 0
3:00 0 0
4:00 0 0
5:00 1 0
6:00 1 0
7:00 1 0
8:00 9 0
9:00 9 0
10:00 23 25
11:00 9 0
12:00 9 0
13:00 35 15
14:00 40 20
15:00 80 70
16:00 80 70
17:00 80 70
18:00 80 70
19:00 70 60
20:00 70 60
21:00 60 50
22:00 50 40
23:00 45 0

 

[mikesmith34]

pbyrmartin;991304 wrote: I think I am going to bump mine a bit higher also
here it is
Time CH 1 (Blue)CH 2 (White)

0:00 1 0
1:00 1 0
2:00 0 0
3:00 0 0
4:00 0 0
5:00 1 0
6:00 1 0
7:00 1 0
8:00 9 0
9:00 9 0
10:00 23 25
11:00 9 0
12:00 9 0
13:00 35 15
14:00 40 20
15:00 80 70
16:00 80 70
17:00 80 70
18:00 80 70
19:00 70 60
20:00 70 60
21:00 60 50
22:00 50 40
23:00 45 0

I don't really understand the ramp up/down at 9 but other than that ur lights still on at 11pm our numbers are somewhat close. I've had great results with growth and color. I had MH over my tank and MUCH prefer the P48 the heat was killing me.

 

[pbyrmartin]

Mikesmith34;991374 wrote: I don't really understand the ramp up/down at 9 but other than that ur lights still on at 11pm our numbers are somewhat close. I've had great results with growth and color. I had MH over my tank and MUCH prefer the P48 the heat was killing me.

The ramp up at 10 is for the auto feeder and sometimes I am up late so I like the light to be on

 

[pbyrmartin]

It seems I was going to wrong way by turning up the lights
I was bleaching my coral
I am in the process of redoing the rocks in my tank meaning most of my corals are in the frag tank
Anyway I have a orange digi, while I had it up hight under the led it was turning almost white with little PE.
Now I move it down and reduce my light to 65% max
The deep orange colors are coming Back along with PE, like the ones in the frag tank
I guess to my eyes the lights don't look bright
So I am giving led a chance to prove it self

 

[bcavalli]

Allen;991259 wrote: How far above sandbed?

I have a Reefbreeders Value fixture about 8" above my water surface on standard 20g mixed reef, and I run my lights:

Whites: 65%
Blues: 100%

I have been running this for over a year and I get pretty impressive growth. Not sure what this amounts to, but a Hollywood Stunner Chalice went from a dime size to 6" diameter in about 6-8 months.

About 30"s above the sand bed. I'm about 6"s over the water.