Dec 11, 2013
Debbie O'Rourke
wrote
Hi Chris - Thanks for getting back. I raised the intensity only for one morning and believe it or not I saw my anemone not acting right - withdrawn into the rock cleft he usually is at. So I lowered it back to 40% on the blue channel and 35% on the white channel on my same schedule I was running the t5's. It appears after having him for nearly 3 years he is beginning to split for the first time! I guess the light change with the water change I did stressed him. My corals seem ok - all inflated as well as my clam is open. The anemone is looking better after the following day, but not fully split yet.
Thursday will be 1 week that I have had the light on this schedule. I was wondering if raising to 50% for the blue and 40% for the white for another week would be a good plan and gradually raising after that. The preset 1 I see is 100% and I think that is a big jump under these circumstances. You stated that my previous t5 set up is more light than the razor at 40%. Can you help me understand what the 100% setting of this light is in comparison to the 6 24W ATI bulbs I was using? I have a 54 gal corner tank that I am using this light on. I was told by the LFS that it was appropriate lighting, but I want to make sure.
Getting appropriate light for a corner tank is a bear! About two years ago I had used a mix of t5 (2 24 w coralife bulbs) with two aquabeam led strips that I was told would be adequate light. For some reason when I switched to all t5 I got the best results. I gave up on the aquabeams as the diodes kept breaking and it cost a fortune to have them sent and repaired. I read alot of very good reviews about the razor and the LFS suggested it. Since my t5 fixture went bye-bye, I thought I would try LED's again with a better fixture but I want to make sure I am comparing apples to apples as close as possible. I love the light, the less heat it is generating, but again, I want to make sure my reef will be ok with this set up as I am a bit surprised at the bubble tip anemone reaction.
Thanks for your input and help.
Thursday will be 1 week that I have had the light on this schedule. I was wondering if raising to 50% for the blue and 40% for the white for another week would be a good plan and gradually raising after that. The preset 1 I see is 100% and I think that is a big jump under these circumstances. You stated that my previous t5 set up is more light than the razor at 40%. Can you help me understand what the 100% setting of this light is in comparison to the 6 24W ATI bulbs I was using? I have a 54 gal corner tank that I am using this light on. I was told by the LFS that it was appropriate lighting, but I want to make sure.
Getting appropriate light for a corner tank is a bear! About two years ago I had used a mix of t5 (2 24 w coralife bulbs) with two aquabeam led strips that I was told would be adequate light. For some reason when I switched to all t5 I got the best results. I gave up on the aquabeams as the diodes kept breaking and it cost a fortune to have them sent and repaired. I read alot of very good reviews about the razor and the LFS suggested it. Since my t5 fixture went bye-bye, I thought I would try LED's again with a better fixture but I want to make sure I am comparing apples to apples as close as possible. I love the light, the less heat it is generating, but again, I want to make sure my reef will be ok with this set up as I am a bit surprised at the bubble tip anemone reaction.
Thanks for your input and help.
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Dec 11, 2013
Chris Conti
agent
wrote
I would slowly raise by 10% each week until you reach your desired intensity. I believe that the Razor at 80% would be close to your T5 setup.
Chris
Chris
Dec 25, 2013
System
wrote
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