LED lighting ?

[lsu_fishfan]

I am doing a little research on how long to run my AI SOLs for. Currently my lights come on at 3 with a 50 min ramp time and then ramp down at 11 with a 50 min ramp time. Is this to short? I am reading some people's setting and they are running their lights from 8 am to 8-10 pm. What are some of your guys lighting schedules?

 

[ff337]

I cut mine from 8 am til 10pm back to 9 am to 9 pm. I am getting better results

 

[lsu_fishfan]

FF337;1002538 wrote: I cut mine from 8 am til 10pm back to 9 am to 9 pm. I am getting better results

How long is your ramp Tim?

 

[ff337]

60 minutes to max. Then max down is 90 minutes. I'm running 60% blue and 10% white. Bleaches if higher than that

 

[lsu_fishfan]

FF337;1002540 wrote: 60 minutes to max. Then max down is 90 minutes. I'm running 60% blue and 10% white. Bleaches if higher than that

What lights are you running?

 

[ff337]

Reefledlights p47. Three of them. No optics 12" of water.

And I just double checked. I did change the programming recently.

180 minute ramp up and down. Blue is 40% max and whites are 30% max.

 

[redstang]

I run roughly 10 hours with a ~45 minute ramp up and ramp down. I dropped intensity down to a max of 45% based on feedback that I might be burning my corals. I have a Kessil A360W and it's only about 4-5 inches off the water.

 

[hiimsean]

I ramp up my AI Sols for 90min from 4% up to 95%RB, 90%B, 70%W. Stays there for 6hrs (I think), then ramp it back down. I'm adding T5s to cover 3hrs of my peek lights and 1hr of ramp down.