Let there be light! The difference is night and day

[Jeremy Brito]

So first I want to start with a big thank you to @njtiger24 aquariums. He answered my request to borrow lights with 3 kessils fixtures and a controller two A150w tuna blues and one A360w tuna blue, taking his advice I put the A360w in the middle and the 150s on each side.
All I have to say is wow... My lighting theory was correct first off I expected a slow and progressive change as the tank adjusted to the lighting but today when I got home from work and looked at the tank my corals finally looked thriving full extension beautiful color a complete difference from the other day.
I have always been a fan of kessil for the way the make tanks look and there beautiful blending of color but finally seeing it first hand on my tank i am in love.
I have some tweaking to-do as the 150s aren't controllable like the a360 but my apex controller seems to be the key programming it is a little tricky but not to bad, also adjusting the 360 will take a little time but its much,easier then my previous lights. Ill post pictures shortly once I get it all squared away but again what a difference quality lighting makes

 

[diana a]

What lights were you using that you see a big difference with the kessils?

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

So first I want to start with a big thank you to @njtiger24 aquariums. He answered my request to borrow lights with 3 kessils fixtures and a controller two A150w tuna blues and one A360w tuna blue, taking his advice I put the A360w in the middle and the 150s on each side.
All I have to say is wow... My lighting theory was correct first off I expected a slow and progressive change as the tank adjusted to the lighting but today when I got home from work and looked at the tank my corals finally looked thriving full extension beautiful color a complete difference from the other day.
I have always been a fan of kessil for the way the make tanks look and there beautiful blending of color but finally seeing it first hand on my tank i am in love.
I have some tweaking to-do as the 150s aren't controllable like the a360 but my apex controller seems to be the key programming it is a little tricky but not to bad, also adjusting the 360 will take a little time but its much,easier then my previous lights. Ill post pictures shortly once I get it all squared away but again what a difference quality lighting makes

That is great to hear. I forgot to tell you last night that the Kessil controller has a ACC mode. I use then when adding new corals as it will lower the light and ramp it back up to normal operation over the course of 7 days. It help the corals adjust to the lights.

Also forgot to mention there a rental fee of $500 a second lol

 

[Trio91]

For that deep of a tank, I would start off at around halfway on the intensity knob and adjust from there.

If on the controller, I would cap it around 60-65% to start to allow for light adjustment

How high from the waters surface are the lights mounted? Kessils give off a lot of light so just be careful

 

[Jeremy Brito]

What lights were you using that you see a big difference with the kessils?

So Chinese ones called Dsuny .. They were ok lights and had the capabilities of providing decent out put how ever they were extremely difficult to adjust and use so setting,them up and tweaking,the settings finding the right balance and intensity was really hurting the coral plus the balanceing wasn't always pleasing to look at. I am sure someone with a lot of patience and experience with lighting could tune them in to make them work but for me it was just endless fusteration

 

[Jeremy Brito]

For that deep of a tank, I would start off at around halfway on the intensity knob and adjust from there.

If on the controller, I would cap it around 60-65% to start to allow for light adjustment

How high from the waters surface are the lights mounted? Kessils give off a lot of light so just be careful

Right now do to the canopy and,the fact that I have the two 150s which aren't as strong I have them about 8 inches and the 360 off centered and actually shining light into the tank on a 80 degree angle to get more coverage amd avoid the center beam.
Also I am using the acclamation mode on the controller for the 360. And my apex for the two 150s as a timer