Lighting acclimation plan alright??

I'm excited that my Sunpod has been ordered for my BC29. Question on acclimation. I plan on hanging it and over the course of a week or two slowly adjusting the light by lowering the Sunpod. How far above the tank should I start? 12-14 inches maybe?

 

Placing the fixture anywhere from 8-14inch above the water line is probably best, it's personal preference from what I can tell. Instead of starting high and slowly lowering the fixture however, maybe mounting it at whatever height you'd like, and (then slowly) start increasing the hours of lighting per day would be a better approach. For example, assuming your fixture has Actinic lights and Halogen lights on it, run the Actinic lights for 10-12 hours a day, and slowly increase their time On about 30min a day until you have them running at 16 hours per day. Turn the Halogens On for say 90min the first day or two, then each day increase the Halogen lighting by about 15-20min per day, until you have them only turning On for about 6 hours per day. Just an idea, this would allow your inhabitants time to adjust to the intensity of the new lighting, and then over time adjust to the amount of time this lighting is On. No matter how you chose to do it though, best of luck!

 

the only way to answer this question is with a par meter, corals can take months to accilmate to the new lights.