led users

[jrjackson]

okay got my leds on the tank today and am wondering what is a good starting point?

 

[redfishbluefish]

If they are "controllable," I'll have to let those folks who have done it with controls to answer that one.


I have non-controllable LEDs.......and I also need to tell you I'm overly anal....so I build a Rube Goldberg where I started the lights all the way up at the ceiling. Every week I'd drop the lights a couple inches....you can see the marks on the far end of the "sticks," until I got down to the height of the canopy that would eventually would be put on the tank.

 

[Mark...]

In my research reading, (mostly RC), it seems most people start their lights at around 50% and the adjust accordingly to how the corals react.

 

[greybolt03]

I started my AIs at 30% and moved them up 5% per week

 

[Sobo's Reef]

I started my ReefBreeders light off at 30% blue and 20% white and went up every so often. I max out at 80% right now but I'll probably even go to 100% eventually.

 

[Rwc]

Went from t5 to ai vegas never really used the acclimation mode started at %75 three months ago ,at %85 now never had any issues

 

[greybolt03]

You just have to move slow or you will burn and whiten out your corals problem is it's sometimes too late by the time you notice it

 

[Zippy69]

You just have to move slow or you will burn and whiten out your corals problem is it's sometimes too late by the time you notice it

1+, also don't worry if you max out way less than 100%. Do what the tank likes.