Ai sol super blue users need help!!

[fido19]

all interesting replies surprised that no one has still passed the 50 threshold
still looking for a setup that would keep the moonlights on at night and have a nice color in the tank

[tang daddy]

I got 2 ai blue over a 75g at over 1 ft. I still find the white intense and has bleached sps at 65% white, most sps is under 6-8" of water and Lps at the bottom.

My lighting period is:

3am to 3pm W-0 B-2 RB-3 lunar cycle on
3pm to 5pm W-12 B-18 RB-24 45 min ramp
5-7 w-20 b-28 RB-34 45 min ramp
7-10 w-45 b-68 RB-76 90 min ramp
10-12am w-25 b-30 RB-40 45 min ramp
12-2am w-8 RB-18 45 min ramp
2-3am w-0 b-2 RB-3 30 min ramp

Still dialing it in and may change the lenses to all 70% as bleaching is still around.... I also get indirect sunlight during the mornings to afternoon through a few windows to the right side of the tank.

I recently added 2 t5 for supplements with Fiji purple and they come on from 6pm to 12 am to see what kind of colors my sps and montis will have.....

[HL649]

I have 3 Sol's over a 4 ft. 75 gal. They are about 12 inches above the water.

Timer 1: 6 am - 11 am they ramp up to 60%
Timer 2: 11 am - 4 Pm they stay at 60% (if I want more light I turn this timer up)
Timer 3: 4 pm - 9 pm they ramp down to 8%
Timer 4: 9 pm - 10 pm they stay at 8% but ramp to moonlight setting
Timer 5: 10 pm - 6 am they stay at 8% with moonlight setting

My tank is mostly softies.

[fido19]

i have been trying three different sets so far but they just dont feel right
set1:
07:30 AM 0% 0% 10%
08:00 AM 5% 10% 10%
09:00 AM 10% 15% 15%
10:00 AM 20% 25% 25%
11:00 AM 25% 30% 30%
12:00 PM 30% 40% 40%
06:00 PM 25% 30% 30%
07:00 PM 20% 25% 25%
08:00 PM 10% 15% 15%
09:00 PM 5% 10% 10%
09.30 PM 0% 0% 10%
10:00 PM Lunar Cycle on - 6% max RB

set 2:
9:00 AM 20% 20% 20%
10:00 AM 25% 25% 25%
11:00 AM 35% 35% 35%
12:00 PM 50% 50% 50%
4:00 PM 35% 35% 35%
5:00 PM 25% 30% 30%
6:00 PM 20% 25% 25%
7:00 PM 15% 20% 20%
8:00 PM 0% 20% 20%
9:00 PM Lunar cycle on 4% max B RB

set3:
8:20am 30%w 33%B ramp 1 hour
9:45am 35%w 40%B ramp 1 hour
11:45am 45%w 50%b ramp 1 hour
2:00 pm 55%w 60%b ramp 1 hour
3:30 pm 45%w 50%b ramp 1 hour
5:30 pm 35%w 40%B ramp 2 hours
7:15pm 30%w 33%B ramp 1 hours
8:30pm 0%w 5%B ramp 1 hour


Sequence is white blue royalblue
ramp time is 5 min to 20 min based on preference


all controlled by the default light controller

[Slick Fork]

What's not feeling right? The colour? Timing?

To help with colour selection try just going into manual mode and playing around until you get the colour you like. Keep in mind that it's proportionate.. eg. if you like 10% white and 12% blue and 12% royal Blue, to get the same colour but brighter you would need 30% white and 36% blue/Royal Blue or 50% white and 60% blue/Royal Blue.

[shootingstar]

I run Sol Super blues on a 6 foot 24 inch deep tank. All SPS, the only LPS I have are on the bare bottom.

I have been running them almost 1 year. Started with 3 units and no higher than 35%. Ramped them up very slow. Increasing by 5% once every 3 weeks or so until I reached a peak of 80% for an hour then gradually increased the peak time to 4 hours at peak.

All transitions are 15 min ramps. Lights are 12" above.

Recently added a fourth module.

If it would help I can post my schedule later when I get home from work.

I have them programmed more towards "whiter" (which is better for growth but less to my liking visually) during the day when I am not home and "more blue" (which I like the look better) during the evening when I am at home. Best of both worlds.

[rocksteveo]

i have 4 ai sol blues on a48'' tank 30'' depth and have my highest setting at 70%whites 80% blues and royal blues for 5 hours. i had the slightest bleaching on my birdsnest but it quickly turned light pink. the growth has been quite noticable as ive had to almost double my dosing to keep up with growth.

[fido19]

Originally Posted by Slick Fork

What's not feeling right? The colour? Timing?

To help with colour selection try just going into manual mode and playing around until you get the colour you like. Keep in mind that it's proportionate.. eg. if you like 10% white and 12% blue and 12% royal Blue, to get the same colour but brighter you would need 30% white and 36% blue/Royal Blue or 50% white and 60% blue/Royal Blue.

Its the colour that does not feel right sometimes its just too blue lowering it doesent help much i have been struggling to get a 20 k or a 10k look and so far i havent achieved it

have you had any luck so far

[Slick Fork]

Originally Posted by fido19

Its the colour that does not feel right sometimes its just too blue lowering it doesent help much i have been struggling to get a 20 k or a 10k look and so far i havent achieved it

have you had any luck so far

I'm happy with my colour, but it's a really personal thing. What I like might not appeal to you. Like I said, throw it into manual mode and just fiddle with it a bit... took me a lot of trial and error to get what I liked!

[Bblinks]

I got 9 on my tank and contemplating on 3 more.
Setting are as followed,
Time RB B W
8AM 5 5 0
10AM 14 14 14
11AM 35 35 35
11:30 70 70 70
12PM 100 100 100
5PM 90 90 90
6PM 60 60 60
7PM 35 35 35
9PM 35 25 15
10PM 25 15 10
11PM 5 5 0

Moon phase on both rb and b

The ONLY reason that my SPS are keeping good color is because the intensity of my lighting. IMHO I would've never gotten this kind of results if my lighting are set any lower.

In my personal experience, I have acclimated most of my sps corals to led intensity within a week or two depending on where the sps came from. For example I got a few frags off Brad and his tank is lit by 400W mh, with in a couple of days I mounted them directly under the LED with out any issues. It's got awesome polyp extension and is looking better then ever, but If it would have gone under less intense light I can almost guarranty it would have browned out. Important note here is finding out where the sps were situated from the original tank and what kind of lighting was on it so you can make the proper adjustments for acclimation.