Critique My New Lighting Schedule

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[@brucesarver9328]

Very helpful- since I have been trying to find a 'base point' to work off for my XR15 G5 Blues!

[@TreasureCorals]

Thank you Bruce, glad it was of help.

[@mitian]

I really like your tanks -

[@TreasureCorals]

Спасибо!

[@RNGR-kr5ek]

Let your corals do the talking, they give you the best advice if they like your light schedule or not. Reefbuilders released a new vid where they show of there light schedule over a beautifull sps tank. Similar to yours ☀️🌴 my schedule runs for 12 hours, with 1 hour ramp up and down time. 65% blue en 35% white spectrum (RS Reefled 90’s) my corals are loving it ! Keep it up 🐠

[@TreasureCorals]

Thanks for the tip! Big fan of reef builders and what Jake is doing, their podcast is awesome.

[@andrew5762]

Hi Dimitry I have no trouble on Mobias but I do it on my iPad 🤔works every time 🤷🏻‍♂️. As you no I have gone into a template pHx14 (12hrs) and have intensity set @70% on my 4ft 340 ltr mixed reef with 3 Xr15. Will see how this goes. I do like the more blues than the Ab+ template. More colour pop. For me I struggle with ph so I’m thinking of dosing it through a dosser or if that’s no good a expensive 😭deltec stirrer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@TreasureCorals]

a higher ph is always nice :) glad Mobius is working for you, not the case for me

[@andrew5762]

@@TreasureCorals must be the Welsh air 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍😂

[@bobbyknox9258]

For me to connect to my radions I have to turn both lights off at the plug then turn them back on. Then it's still 50/50 if it doesn't connect first time. Their wave makers are great. But the connectivity to the app is useless. I know three other people that have the same issue. Pretty poor. Anyway. I've done pretty much the same. Lowered the lights, longer photo period but added more blue less white. Did this a month ago and some colours are popping. I'm getting more pink on the Walt Disney. My red planet tips are really pink now. I'm cleaning glass every two days now and could probably go three days now. Your tank is looking great mate 👌

[@TreasureCorals]

What par do you think you are getting on your Walt Disney?

[@bobbyknox9258]

@@TreasureCorals most of my high light acropora are a lot higher up than your. Mine are in the top third of the tank. When I measured the par it was fluctuating with the rippling of the surface most areas were 230 to 240 ish. Radions set at 70% intensity most of the day

[@TreasureCorals]

@@bobbyknox9258 Interesting, mine get about 300 on average, and in my treasure reef they are at 400

[@bobbyknox9258]

@@TreasureCorals what's your nitrates and potassium. Acroporas like the walt Disneys the home wreckers and the rainbows are fascinating aren't they. They can be all different colour morphs under a different combination of conditions.

[@bopeep7806]

Your on an iPhone i am too all I do is swipe screen up and close all open windows, then log back in to mobius it loads really quick

[@TreasureCorals]

I have done this, does not seem to work for me at all

[@bopeep7806]

@@TreasureCorals oh no :( maybe it’s because you have so many tech gadgets on wifi and blue tooth etc abit of interference ??

[@nanoreefnanocube8108]

Hello Dmitry, is your schedule on the aquaillumination website up to date? I just can’t set up 40 liters for my aquarium, you have 13 watts of power at the peak, is that not enough?

[@TreasureCorals]

Hi, if you go back a couple of videos you'll have a link to my latest schedule, I've been tweaking it over the past few months.

[@nanoreefnanocube8108]

@@TreasureCorals this file will not help me, I have all prime hd

[@TreasureCorals]

@@nanoreefnanocube8108 I think it should, isn't it the same cluster, just 1 puck instead of 4?

[@nanoreefnanocube8108]

@@TreasureCorals да блин, а можно толково пояснить? график мучаю уже месяц, готовые пресеты не заходят

[@TreasureCorals]

@@nanoreefnanocube8108 в чем именно сложность? файл открывается в Мобиусе?

[@SALSREEF310]

Are you using ab+?

[@TreasureCorals]

No, my own custom schedule

[@douglasachaiba7885]

Beautiful tank. I would keep the reds to a minimum..... It has been documented that it can cause bleaching and aids algae growth. I would do 5.or less

[@TreasureCorals]

Interesting point, I've heard of reds getting the bad rap, but I have never witnessed it myself (and I did a bunch of experiments before), can you point me in the right direction?

[@douglasachaiba7885]

@@TreasureCorals Dana riddle spoke about this in a Macna talk.

[@TreasureCorals]

@@douglasachaiba7885 fair point. However, I did my own 6 month experiment where I was running 3 different spectrums on the same corals and on the same tank, my experience was different. It will be hard to quantify how much red is a lot and how much is too little. Red is also good for plants and photosynthesis, no?

[@douglasachaiba7885]

@@TreasureCorals yes .. red is good for photosynthesis.. so algaes will also benefit... Hence why some refugium and alage scrubbers use red lights. But you have to consider what is best for zooxanthellae ... Hence the blue spectrum in the 420-450 NM wavelength.... Reds not so much. Zooxanthellae has chlorophyll a and c. And plants chlorophyll a and b. Each chlorophyll absorbs a different wavelength. Check it out and you will see. Hence why the reds may bleach some corals.

[@sunnygoold9449]

I'm not a fan of all that red. I would have that lower and maybe more whites mainly because I think some corals could get red hotspots - I know it's pretty diffused but to have higher red intensity that blues and whites could be detrimental

[@TreasureCorals]

You think red is detrimental to corals?

[@sunnygoold9449]

@@TreasureCorals I think hotspots of 660nm red are because it's a narrow band. The Gen5s should spread it enough but still I think running narrow band red (and to lesser extent Green) at a higher level than broadband whites (I know there are only 1 or 2 diodes) is not worth it unless you are really trying to get red / orange fish to stand out.
I also got custom bars with a couple of 730nm red on 120 degree lenses and I suspect I lost some corals under them (now I have taped over them). Plus there is an acro farmer in the UK who was on ReefDork and he said he only runs blues on new imports initially and slowly adds in whites over weeks which massively reduced mortality (and I think he had Radions).
I wouldn't worry about it if you have been running these levels previously but if I was lengthening my schedule whilst reducing the overall intensity I wouldn't up the % of reds and greens

[@TreasureCorals]

@@sunnygoold9449 Ah, got it. Pretty cool experience, I've actually seen that episode on ReefDork - great content. Thanks for your advice, I'll try to keep it nice and mellow. Corals seems to be bouncing back quickly.

[@buruskeee]

There’s only 2 diodes of red on the XR30 out of the 102 total (plus 2 moonlights)

[@sunnygoold9449]

@@buruskeee Exactly - but I still think if you run those 2 diodes too high they could easily hit a coral with too much intense red with obvious bad effects. In addition LEDs hit very specific, narrow, wavelengths and I think below 420 and above 500 it can be too intense for corals that have never been exposed and acclimatized to those narrow wavelengths (like non-aquacultured or those aquacultured under Halides or T5s). So if I wanted a whiter look I would use the warm and cool whites for most of that and use the green and especially the red sparingly (I also think the Radion lime may be a more broad spectrum diode)