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--lmao--
03-05-2015, 05:55 PM
Hey guys i have two AI soles super blues in a predominatley anemone tank. I have a few other corals such as hammer and frogspawn and some mushrooms. Its a 90 gallon bowfront. I have 2 RBTA 1 GBTA and and 2 other anemones.

So i would like to no what settings do you guys have your AI Soles super blues set to. Please give the percentages for each led and what type of corals you have in you tank.

Thank you so much for your help :)
Cant wait to get input

--lmao--
03-05-2015, 05:56 PM
Im also open to suggetions as to what i should set my percentages to, given my tank inhabitants

gmann
03-06-2015, 01:18 AM
Not really the same, but....

i have the blues in my vega at 65% max with a 4 hour ramp. i've seen threads where ppl say 50 tops, and others where users have them up to 80. best response ive seen is start low and add 5% a week until u find somthing that works for u

Madreefer
03-06-2015, 04:34 AM
I ran mine way too high of intensity.
I thought the LEDs looked too dim switching over from MH. I bleached out all of my corals and it took several months to recover.
Start out at around 35% and slowly ramp up a max of 5% a week until you find your sweet spot.
I ran my AI blues at:
RB 100%
B 100%
W 65%
I no longer run the Sols and have Hydra 52 now. My tank is a mixed reef

Sunee
03-06-2015, 10:09 PM
I run my sols at 48% for all 3 colours, 2 hr ramp up and down with approx 10 hr total. I have a shallow 18" tank, mostly SPS and some LPS and softies on the sand. It does not sound very much but I am regularly trimming my SPS so I think I get decent growth at these levels.

--lmao--
03-06-2015, 10:17 PM
Thanx for the input so far guys. I have my blue and royal blue about 30 percent highet then white. I would like to know if anyone has RB higher or lower then blue

Aquattro
03-06-2015, 11:13 PM
I ran mine at 100% for the most part, turned the white to 95% just to add more blue after a while

Myka
03-07-2015, 02:56 PM
One of my clients has a 90-gallon reef with 2 AI Sols. They are mounted the long way if you know what I mean, and they are about 12" off the water surface. The tank isn't heavily packed with corals, but there are a fair number, all pretty good sized colonies. A few Zoa/Paly types, a few Frog/Hammer/Torch, a couple Bubble Tip anemones, a huge ORA Green Birdnest colony that grows like a weed, a blue and pink Mille colony, a couple clams. The tank looks really good and has nice color on all corals.

White 32%
Blue 65%
Royal Blue 65%

13 hour total lighting, 2 hour ramp.

These settings have been running for about 8 months.

Aquattro
03-07-2015, 03:01 PM
White 32%
Blue 65%
Royal Blue 65%



I don't know how people do that :) I ran 6 on the 180, 6" from surface, and I would have been happy if I could crank them to 150%

Myka
03-07-2015, 03:04 PM
I don't know how people do that :) I ran 6 on the 180, 6" from surface, and I would have been happy if I could crank them to 150%

LEDs just look dim to us metal(halide)heads. ;)

Aquattro
03-07-2015, 03:24 PM
LEDs just look dim to us metal(halide)heads. ;)

I've heard that, but all my corals liked the 100% and would have liked more.

Myka
03-07-2015, 03:29 PM
I've heard that, but all my corals liked the 100% and would have liked more.

Yeah, but your tank was SPS dominant and they were used to 400 watt Radions. I don't think the Sol touches that. The Hydra 52 I think do.

Aquattro
03-07-2015, 03:37 PM
Yeah, but your tank was SPS dominant and they were used to 400 watt Radions. I don't think the Sol touches that. The Hydra 52 I think do.

Agreed, but I did have several LPS as well, all light sucking monsters!!

My opinion is that these corals live a couple feet under water in the equatorial sun. We can't over do lighting :) We can add too much too fast, but not too much.

Dez
03-08-2015, 04:26 AM
I have 3 SOLs on my 150 gal. Very similar settings to Myka's client's light settings. It's an sps dominant tank.