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Old 04-24-2012, 02:36 AM
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Default Ai sol super blue users need help!!

hey guys i recently took the plunge and got a two ai sol super blues
i am having a lot of issues with getting a proper time schedule setup
i would like some of you guys to post your schedules

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my tank is 4 feet long and about 19 inches deep
i have two ai sols
tank has a mix of sps and lps
havent gone above 48 percent yet
the lights are about 6 inches of the water


any info is appreciated
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Old 04-24-2012, 02:47 AM
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They take a lot of playing around to get the colour where you like them. My schedule (controlled via profilux) goes like this:

Dimming points:

Regular blues:
9:00 - 3% (they overnight as moonlights at this level)
13:00 - 40%
18:00 - 40%
22:00 - 3%

Royal Blues:
9:15 0%
13:00 - 40%
18:00 - 40%
21:45 - 0%

Daylights

9:45 - 0%
13:00 - 40%
16:00 - 50%
18:00 - 40%
21:15 - 0%
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Old 04-24-2012, 03:31 AM
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Mine is similar

8:30am 3% both blues white at 0
10am they slowly have climbed to about 25% for all by this time
12:00 whites 35% blues 40%
It stays like this til 5, then starts to teeter down to just blues and by 11 they are off,
In this time my fuge light will turn on at about 9:45
I'm still playing around with it but my tanks only 15"deep so I have them lower
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Old 04-24-2012, 03:36 AM
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If so many people are running these lights at less than 50% of peak... why can't people raise them up higher and get away with fewer fixtures at 100%?
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Old 04-24-2012, 03:38 AM
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You easily could depending on the lenses and tank, I would if I had a larger tank go with the 70 degree optics
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All LPS AND softies, one Monti as an experiment. tank 24" deep, four feet wide, two lights about 10" from the water.

1 pm to 930 pm
35 min ramp up

White 45%
Blue 55%
Royal 55%

9:30pm to 10:30 pm
10 min ramp

white 0
Blue 0
Royal 99

10:30

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Old 04-24-2012, 05:32 AM
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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
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Old 04-24-2012, 09:57 AM
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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.....
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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.
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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
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