The Secret to the Most Epic SPS Coral Is Avoiding These SPS Dominated Reef Tank Lighting Mistakes.
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- Reefers looking for the secrets to growing a reef tank FULL of SPS Corals must see this episode! Ryan and Randy drop a ton of reef tank lighting knowledge specific to saltwater tanks that are jam packed with SPS corals and sticks.
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00:00 Intro
00:26 Not Considering Lighting For A Frag Vs A Colony
01:41 Not Understanding Shadowing Neighbors Matters
03:39 Missing The Shadowing Of The Coral Itself
04:48 Thinking A Single Point Of Light Is Enough
06:29 Light Blanket Option 1
08:22 Light Blanket Option 2
11:37 Light Blanket Option 3
15:32 Not Considering T5 Lights
16:43 Not Considering LEDs As T5 Replacements
19:33 Not Considering Lighting Just Matters More
21:48 Not Understanding That Spectrum Matters
24:23 Not Understanding Proper Blending Is Crucial
25:10 Not Understanding Stability Matters More
26:21 Spending More Than You Need To
28:03 Not Using A PAR Meter
30:18 Not Understanding What PAR To Shoot For
31:24 More Isn’t Better
32:55 Understanding Higher PAR Might Be Better For Color
34:20 Understanding Lower PAR Might Be Better For Growth
35:49 Not Realizing Higher PAR Requires Higher Flow
I think I checked everyday for months for this type of video , good to get a friendly reminder to edge out
That's why I use t5, nothing to mess with. Just works
This couldn’t have come at a better time!
I have an 90g SPS dominant under 4 t5’s and 2 blue Xho blues, growing crazy good!! Also my 210 is also sps dominant with new Philip coral Gen 2, putting on just white during day, corals are growing as fast as MH. Just dosing brightwell kalk +2 and 10% water changes weekly.
I love my aquatic edge hybrid I got from you guys. I just added some AP700 hundreds to it, and man I was blown away. I need to get a par meter to dial them in perfectly and then start adding sticks. I have yet to have any SPS, but I think I am getting closer for success.
I'd like to see a halide reflector with a high end led bulb....curious how it would reflect/provide for growth and spread
I might give this a try on my prop tank I have a lot of extra G4’s to play with.
Talked to Tullio over at ReefBrite about this. He's thought about for years and in the end won't work from everything be came up with
I’d love to see this to I wonder how possible it would be with a kessil single lense light but more pushed out of the fixture.
I grew sps colonies with 2 Chinese black box on a 5ft tank. Went to high end lights and watching these videos telling me I need 4 high end lights. I think I'm going back to the black box apparently they work better for less money.
id be really interested if you guys did an investigation on the bubbling method and if it really helps.....
Nice
Even dough i don't have those SPS corals because I'm afraid I still love these videos lol is it Ryan the one giving likes to the comments? Hi Ryan and Randy
Hey there! Sometimes I'll answer the comments. ;) -Randy
Straton vs sky review!
That won't be a contest. The ATI Straton is doing it right. It has more UV LEDs than any other light on the market. That has been the secret to LED lighting for over a decade and not one has figured that out yet, until the Straton. No idea why all of these lights only include only a few and include 40 Royal Blue. A better mixture would be 18 UV and 30 Royal Blue.
I should add that ONE light did figure that out. The Kessil. It was the O ly one offering true UV output over all these years. I suspect the Straton will be even better.
@@hurricaneaquatics Couldn't agree more! I have 4 stratons and is why I want them to compare to anything else. They won't, so they don't ruffle feathers. Maybe when they get them in stock and enough people ask, they will do the proper review!
Great video.
I prepare a tank ( waterbox peninsula mini 15) exclusively for deep water acropora ( susharnoi, turaki etc...) have you any idea for the right light in this case?
I´ve buyed a SenEye a couple of weeks ago and discovered, that my PAR-Values are way to high. So how would you reduce the light intensity? Do you have any advice how many percent in which time intervals i should do that so i do not stress the corals that much? Greetings from Germany and thanks for all you valueable input :).
The price of these LEDs are outrageous. People are just recovering from Covid some lost jobs. LEDs costing $900 to $1100 each. Some people needing 2 x3 just to light a tank. The hobby has changed towards money
Yes, you can grow sticks under T5s for a fraction of the price.
@@petert2041 lack of mounting options is a big nono for alot including me.
Uh its always been about money.
There's alot of other budget lights out there that have better spectrum and spread that these light. Reef keeping is only super expensive if you let it be.
Also if you don't have a job or are recovering from the pandemic. Then you shouldn't have a reef tanks. Just saying.
I've got 4 bulb t5 with Orphek or3 blue plus on the sides and I'll never go back to led only. It's just too easy with t5.
Kessil need to include the dongle with the 360x and the x500. Its B.S. that they can't include it. And do not say it would make the light bigger because it won't and I have prof.
I might also know. 👊
I do not need 800-1k lighting to grow massive colony’s! 3 prime 16’s do the job just fine for me. Would I spend the $ on these lights if I had it? Most definitely but the little guys work great too IF you do it right.
Ugh can’t keep sticks in my tank. Montis and everything else do well but all my sticks die.
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Hello guys.
I’m setting up sps dominant water box 60.2 - 2 foot cube would a 52HD be enough ?
For a 2 foot cube, that should work without issues. If you can mount the light about 12" off the water surface, you'll get good light spread without the light spill into the surrounding room.
300 watt viparspectra is way cheaper and same spectrum pretty much
I have a 75 gallon and I’m planning on making it a reef tank do you have any advice
Add water.
@@hincapiej4 And maybe some salt
@@papertowel2458 probably important. Probably.
invest in an apogee 510 par meter or rent it from BRS and save your money on all these super fancy lights, get some black box LED’s and set them to the right intensity, they say it themselves keep the lights the same as playing around with lights up and down is worse then setting it properly once and leaving it alone. I got 3 reef LED’s from Red Sea, set them up once with the meter and haven’t used the app in 4+ months lol
If you're just getting started in the hobby, make sure to check out the 5 Minute Saltwater Aquarium Guide series. Lots of great, straight to the point advice for beginner hobbyists 🙂
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Its not that LED don’t grow sps but its proven slow that’s it and that’s the only problem. Its been a while these guys do this type of episode that it gets boring with the same topic trying to HOO HAA led. Metal halides and t5 or hybrids do best than leds only. BRSTv is not like those days anymore seriously.
I share corals with my friend and he uses halides and the corals look great. Mine look great too and grow equally fast.
The only difference is, my LEDs look nice hung over my rimless tank in the living room. His, with the big ugly halides must stay hidden down in the basement…
Mistake 1: Not using halides as your main light source.
The end.
This topic has become far too complicated and the market is too saturated with sub-par options that cost too much. As a whole, we need to make this hobby easier and simpler. We definitely don't need more companies making lights that provide nothing new or innovative.
Hmmm
Halides don’t work for me. Too big, too ugly, too hot. They do grow corals nicely though… Just like my LEDs do.
I share corals with my friend and he uses halides and the corals look great. Mine look great too and grow equally fast. The only difference is, my LEDs look nice hung over my rimless tank in the living room. His, with the big ugly halides must stay hidden down in the basement…
The appearance of a halide lit tank was what interested me in the hobby to begin with. I kind of miss them but I like not needing a chiller!