Scubaguy March 27, 2017 Share March 27, 2017 Hey Everyone, Hope everyone is having a good week. Just curious if there are any lighting experts out there that want to assist. I have 4 Radions XRpro30 about 10 inches off the top of the water, in a 24 inch deep tank. Please see Richies 240 gallon build if you want to see it.. I feel like i have never been able to get the right lighting for growth. I havent invested a lot into big pieces of sps but i do have lps in the tank.. the sps i have never seem to have taken off. I do dos.. ALK 8.9, CAL 430, Mag 1320ish.... I have recently purchased some 10dollar frags and have positioned them around the tank, but they are not looking as good as the LFS. I downloaded the ECO tech sps/lps lighting scheme and have it set at 35% because i did manage to fry away a piece of sps.. Let me know if this makes sense, Richie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apcoleman March 27, 2017 Share March 27, 2017 Richie, Attached is a copy of my lighting schedule which is a modified SPS AB+ schedule. I am also running some T5 bulbs to help with shadowing and have been very happy with my results. I would also be happy to send you the schedule if you shoot me a PM with your email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpassar12 March 27, 2017 Share March 27, 2017 Have you measured your par with a meter? 35% seams a bit low even for LPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaguy March 28, 2017 Author Share March 28, 2017 I havent measured with a par meter... Thanks, I will look that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaguy March 28, 2017 Author Share March 28, 2017 Richie, Attached is a copy of my lighting schedule which is a modified SPS AB+ schedule. I am also running some T5 bulbs to help with shadowing and have been very happy with my results. I would also be happy to send you the schedule if you shoot me a PM with your email. PM Sent.. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k March 28, 2017 Share March 28, 2017 crank it up to 75% or so and use the actual depth of the tank to position the corals that are more sensitive to light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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