HELP with Coral Color..

Here are my setup.

120g tank

OCReef 3 Watt CREE Linear High Power Aquarium LED Light Fixture x2

On : 10:00 am
Off: 10:00 pm

In the morning I wake up and go to work, It there light red on my rbta, green on my torch and duncan. When I got hom from work around 7-8 PM they are mostly light brownish. I have read on forum, saying if coral have too much light, it tend to turn brownish color. Is this light fixture too much for my coral? I am thinking of getting DIY LED from Rapidled. What you guys/gals think? Thanks

 

IMO 12 hours of lighting is to much. Cut back to 8-10 and see how it goes.

 

+1

I run a 10 hour light cycle with the first and last hour at half strength

 

Same light unit?

 

are you also able to adjust the distance from the water surface? I would suggest raising it a few inches higher and cut down the photo period by 3 hours. Are you also able to turn half on for an hour in the morning and hour in the evening?

My lights are only on at full spectrum from 10am to 4pm seems to work for me.

 

Is under my Canopy, so No cant adjust. Yes I can adjust the time to when it on and off.. My unit are not dimmable .

 

What do you used to adjust your timer? I using Aqualight Timer, is kinda hard to adjust to what I want it.

This how I want to set up.

10 am-12 am 1 unit on.
12 pm- 6 pm 2 unit on
6 pm - 8 pm 1 unit on

8pm- 10am all unit off

How can I adjust it like that? Seem like impossible.

 

I have see people run this.. dont know if I can run it on my unit.

7am - 10am actinic ON
10 am - 6 pm put ON Daylight


Is the actinic = blue led?

 

How will you guy run this type of LED unit? The unit come with 2 cord. 1 for blue led and 1 for white led. I have 2 of this Unit. Help me. Thanks

 

Is there a different between the ocreef and these 48 Ultra Premium LED DIY Kit with Dimmable Drivers - Rapid LED. I thinking switching to Rapidled.