AI Del sol LED how intense should i have

[donkey77]

Got the del sol blue and been running at 45% for 2.5 weeks, then turned the blue up to 65%, royal blue 65% white 55%, i have some blastos, zoos, dendro, bird nest, is this enough light for everyone,or should i turn it up to 80-90%. 23" too the sand bed from the light my tank is 24" 24" 14", any help
thanks

[Nano]

Got the del sol blue and been running at 45% for 2.5 weeks, then turned the blue up to 65%, royal blue 65% white 55%, i have some blastos, zoos, dendro, bird nest, is this enough light for everyone,or should i turn it up to 80-90%. 23" too the sand bed from the light my tank is 24" 24" 14", any help
thanks

Should be more then enough
My tank was the same dimensions but an inch taller. I found once I hit the 65-70% range stuff started bleaching so I left it at 50% or so over all.

Also had my light about 8" off the water or 23" of the sandbed. And I was keeping mostly sps. So for you id personally stay around 50% if you find your zoas to look like they're reaching for more light crank it up a bit.

[Nano]

P.s. its AI Sol, not Del sol ;-) just so I know we're talking about the same light. Haha

[Aquattro]

I run mine at 100% blue and 95% white, works fine. You can turn yours up, just do it slowly over time. Unless you're happy with the brightness now.

[Madreefer]

I started my del sols:biggrin: out at 35% and took me a long time to ramp them up. Months actually. I run mine at 100% (all 3 channels|) for 4hrs a day and way better growth. Of course they ramp up to that starting at 08:00 and finish the program I set up at 23:00. I have 4 that are 36" from the sandbed.

[The Guy]

Should be more then enough
My tank was the same dimensions but an inch taller. I found once I hit the 65-70% range stuff started bleaching so I left it at 50% or so over all.

Also had my light about 8" off the water or 23" of the sandbed. And I was keeping mostly sps. So for you id personally stay around 50% if you find your zoas to look like they're reaching for more light crank it up a bit.
I have my lights 12" AWL and do the sunrise to sunset program to simulate a normal day maximum of 80% blue 85% Royal blue 65% white @ 3pm this works pretty good and everyone seems happy. I have LPS, mushrooms & zoes mostly
This picture shows the lights @ 12" AWL as suggested by AI hanging guide, seems to work well so far.
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/clownlover1/001-10.jpg
This is about 11am.
http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/clownlover1/014_zps839230cf.jpg
This is about 4pm.I still find myself tweeking though, I guess because I can and so easy. :lol:

http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee386/clownlover1/008-1_zpsc9e04fbb.jpg

[donkey77]

i meant AI sol not del sol my bad, sounds like that car honda del sol lol anyways thanks for the response all

[donkey77]

does anybody leave there blues on at 2 or 3 % for the night

[Aquattro]

does anybody leave there blues on at 2 or 3 % for the night
I leave one channel on at 1%. 3% on both is too bright for night IMO.

My lights are 6" AWL

[Madreefer]

I'm probably wrong but I beleive for the lunar schedule to work the lights have to be at 2 or 3% for the lunar schedule to work. I have only the royal blues set for that and not all 3 channels. The lunar schedule actually works pretty good. It still ramps up and down from there. Sometimes its a little bright in the middle of the night and other times it's complete darkness. I have it set so the lunar svhedule is only on the last set timer of the day.

[Aquattro]

I got tired of trying to shift the time and manage the moonlit cycle, so I just manually built my profiles, running the royal blue @ 1% (ramped down for 30 min) from 11pm to 8am. Then ramps up to full daylight by noon for 8 hours, then back down.
This is all done via an Apex controller.