Aqua Illumination super Blue intensity

Dear all

at first, I'm new here.
I'm from Switzerland i have a 140gallon tank.
150x60x60cm.

i installed today 4 AI SOL super blue module they are 7.8" over water 11.8" was in my opinion to high?`

my question to you, i hade a ATI Sunpower 6x54w.
what for a intensity of the lights will be perfectly?

At the moment I'm at the beginning with some fishes, take a look to the pictures.









BR
Georgi

 

Start low. I have Vega's and had Sol's. You should be fine starting around 30% and working your way up from there slowly.

 

Welcome and nice setup by the way!

 

Welcome.

+1

In a long run I would not exceed 40% white and 65% B/RB or you might have trouble with coral once you start introducing those. Unless of course your aquascape has plenty of placement options from shaded/low to full light/up, letting you slowly move coral up as it acclimates.

The more white, the more algae you'll get if your tank has nutrients for it. That is why I choose to run white lower.

 

Wooow
Fast answers!

Thank you.

Sorry I'm beginner at LED systems but why should i start with 30% is it not to low?
30% is very dark in my opinion.
The steps to do higher intensity is 5%/week?

@jbraslins

So you prefer to start with 30% on all colors? An then step by step to 40/65/65?

 

LEDs in your AI fixture are a lot stronger than you previous light when it comes to PAR readings. Even at what you perceive as dim settings, i would not be surprised if they deliver more than your old lights. On top of that it's slightly different light spectrum than your previous light. Corals need to adjust to these changes, that is why you start low and monitor your corals. If they seem happy after a day or two, bump it up. It's better to slowly bump than to start too high and stress them.

I'd use the timers in your AI controller so simulate sunrise/sunset.
You could do something like:
- Start at the beginning of your 10h photoperiod at something like 0/0/5.
- Ramp it up over an hour to 5/30/30
- Ramp it up over another 3 hours to 20/40/40
- At mid-day, ramp them to 30/50/50 over 30 minutes, then back to 20/40/40
- At the end of day ramp down to 0/0/1

Start with that. IF everything doing ok, bump up each timer in intensity a lil more. 5% every 3..4 days might be ok. Watch your corals and use them to judge if you're going too fast.

In my tank, at 45/65/65 during highest part of day, everytihng seems happy. Going higher seems to stress my corals, even ones that been in my tank for a long time.

 

Btw, cool tank and aquascape

 

Thank you jbraslins

I use the sunrise/sunset simulation.

So my settings are in the moment:
10am-11am sunrise
11am-10pm 30/45/45
10pm-11pm sunset

Or should i change to your preference?

At the moment i have
Capnella imbricata
The second i think is a sarcophyton glaucum.