Wats ur lighting? Q&A

[1guydude]

I read someone else's thread and got me wondering how diffrent everyones lighting was like.


Qs
Lights? fixture, bulbs, #...ect.

Corals? LPS, mix, softies, hardcore sps

Time? How long r ur lights on?

lastly... Tank size and age or estimated age with that light set up.

Thxs and look forward to the results!

 

[TJL]

Hey Devon, good questions/thread and I'll be the first to post response:

Qs
Lights? fixture, bulbs, #...ect. = LED's, DIY Linear East-to-West, 96 3w emitters consisting of (4 different Whites, 4 different Blues, Red, Green, Cyan and soon to be adding 4 Violets)

Corals? LPS, mix, softies, hardcore sps = Full Mix but primarily SPS + Clams

Time? How long r ur lights on? = 6 front to back circuits with first starting its Ramp-up at 7:45am remaining 5 following every 20 minutes til 9:25. 7th Noon-Day circuit a spread of twelve 6500K chips on from 11am til 2pm. Ramp-down of circuits start at 6:30pm and finish/off at 8:30pm. Plus an active Lunar cycle using five 1w emitters.

lastly... Tank size and age or estimated age with that light set up. = 125g DT (60x24x20) 75g Fuge setup 12/24/11 ( most LR 15-18 years and a few corals 10-15 years in my systems)

Cheers, Todd

 

[mercenary-grunt]

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I read someone else's thread and got me wondering how diffrent everyones lighting was like.


Qs
Lights? fixture, bulbs, #...ect. 3, 400W shop halides. 2 over DT 20k cheap bulbs. and 1 10k over seahorse tank.

Corals? LPS, mix, softies, hardcore sps FOWLR + sea anemones. FOWLR macro-algae

Time? How long r ur lights on? on 0700- off 1900 (700p)

lastly... Tank size and age or estimated age with that light set up. kept upgrading so 2 years. Tanks themselves DT 9 months sea horse 6 months

Thxs and look forward to the results!
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[NC2WA]

Lights? fixture, bulbs, #.

MH, XM 2 x 250 10K bulbs

Corals? LPS, mix, softies, hardcore sps
7 large RBTAs, tank is FOWLR

Time? How long r ur lights on?
8 hrs

lastly... Tank size and age or estimated age with that light set up.

total water volume is 475g (375g DT + 100g sump); 5yrs old

 

[Katchupoy]

Lights : 2x12 (3w LED XR-E Cree RB) + 1x12 (3w LED XP-G Cree CW) Since Dec 2010. T5 before that. MH before T5.
Corals : Mixed Tank, mostly softies and LPS. Very few SPS.
Time : 10 am to 10 pm. 1 hr ramp up blue + 3 hrs ramp up white + 4 hrs noon. And then reverse ramp down.
Tank size: 75 gallons all glass. Original corals when I started from 2002.

 

[Jozee]

Cesar, your tank is absolutely breathtaking ~ Gorgeous

Lights : 2x12 (3w LED XR-E Cree RB) + 1x12 (3w LED XP-G Cree CW) Since Dec 2010. T5 before that. MH before T5.
Corals : Mixed Tank, mostly softies and LPS. Very few SPS.
Time : 10 am to 10 pm. 1 hr ramp up blue + 3 hrs ramp up white + 4 hrs noon. And then reverse ramp down.
Tank size: 75 gallons all glass. Original corals when I started from 2002.

 

[Katchupoy]

Jozee, thank you for your kind words. But to be honest those are the effects of being good with photoshop. Lol.

 

[Maxx]

I read someone else's thread and got me wondering how diffrent everyones lighting was like.


Qs
Lights? fixture, bulbs, #...ect.

Corals? LPS, mix, softies, hardcore sps

Time? How long r ur lights on?

lastly... Tank size and age or estimated age with that light set up.

Thxs and look forward to the results!

Its like you're speaking engrish...but I dont understand what you're saying???

Total system volume is approx 250 Gallons
System consists of:
120 Display lit by dual Radion LED's for 12 hour cycle, (ramps up from moonlight to 100% and back down during that time frame)
58 Display lit by single Radion LED on the same 12 hour cycle as the 120
40 breeder frag tank lit by both a Kessil A350W and a DIY Aquastyle fixture. Both of these are on a light timer for 12 hours, no ramping, just on or off.
All tanks are plumbed into a common sump.

120 is SPS and a pair of H.magnifica anemones and a single maxi mini carpet anemone.
58 is LPS, softies, an H.magnifica anemone, an H.crispa anemone, a RBTA, and a single maxi mini carpet anemone.
40 Frag tank is mostly SPS with some softies, and clams.

I used these LED's to replace dual 250 watt HQI SE Phoenix 14K's and dual 95 w VHO actinics over the 120, dual Icecap powered 250 watt XM15K SE bulbs over the 58, and a single Sunlight Supply Select-A-Watt 250 watt Phoenix 14K bulb and dual 55 watt 10K pc bulbs over the frag tank.

So using approximately 671 watts of LED lighting I replaced 1540 watts of MH, VHO and PC lighting.(Radions use 143 watt's each with fan running, the Kessil is 92 watts, and I'm estimating the DIY Aquastyle fixture at about 150 watts since I havent bought a Kill-a-Watt to see how much its pulling)...

No more yearly bulb replacement costs and less electricity used is a good thing. Most tellingly to me, is that the anemones have not moved to find MORE light since the change to LED's, and SPS growth is the same under the Radions, but slower under the Kessil....

Nick