Reef breeders lights owners

[mikesmith34]

Ok so I've had my P48 for a month now on my 90 gallon and the longer I have it the more I like it. My highest values on either channel is around 40ish. The blue channel really makes the corals pop. I have discovered a slight amount of bleaching on a couple of pieces but it hasn't gotten any worse in a week so I have left them alone. I used the custom setting provided by RB and I'm at 15% higher than the initial settings. Some of my corals have seemed to color up better namely my joes rainbow, tyree lemonade and ORA red planet. I will be curious to see how the growth is using these lights. I know beyond a shadow off a boubt I have much better PE.

Has anybody been using them for over a year as a stand alone lighting? What is everybody's input on settings for that sweet spot and what about growth.

 

[mikesmith34]

It's hard to believe they can bleach corals at such low settings after being under those powerful MH but it can happen. Are you running 120 or 90's optics

 

[mikesmith34]

So you have a 48 on a 120 and get good coverage?

 

[soxx]

I've had a Reefbreeders Nova A4 running over my 60 cube for a year . After much trial and error, I finally have the right settings for me. With the advice from Aaron at Nemo's, I custom set my Blue's at 70% and my White's ,at 25%. These settings are during peak photo period( 1 to 6pm). My tank is 24 inches deep. The light is 7 inches above the water. My corals really pop and they seem to love it. Also, I'm getting good coralline growth on the back of the cube. I noticed on the Reefbreeders site that they don't carry the Nova A4 anymore. This light has been great for me so far. With these settings, my Welso's really expand.