Wide spectrum LED build: ALL IN

You mean 160deg?

It's definitely moving things in the right direction, however.

 

What took you so long?? LOL

I know, right?? Sure it looks 160deg! The whole living room is turquoise! Thanks, evolved.

 

Oh, I've been watching, following, admiring. Just was waiting for everything to all come together.

 

Thanks, how nice! Observing how a "disciple" is doing? LOL

What is your light cycle like? and the intensity%? Are they on reefcontroller or some sort? The CW and NW are running at 50~60% for 7 hours a day now.

 

I run my RB's about as high as I feel comfortable pushing them; about 90-95%. Bear in mind they're the last gen XR-Es however.

Then I run as much CW (XP-Gs) as I can stand without washing out too much blue; about 75%.

RB: 10 hrs/day
CW: 6 hrs/day

I did run 12 and 8 hrs/day in the past; running slightly reduced right now to help combat some HA. However, I might just stay on this schedule.

I don't have a controller on my tank. I like to control things by themselves. Simple Home Depot light timers.

 

Thanks for the schedule. Im gonna try to extend my white light cycle a bit more.
Dont the drivers go "FLASH!" when the timer turns them off??

Does anybody use a reefcontroller to dim their LEDs??

 

I've never noticed any discernable flash. The timer is on the power side of the driver.

Lot's of people do use their reef controllers to dim them, but I can't be of much assistance on the specifics.

 

Hmmm... everytime I unplug the driver power, the LEDs go "FLASH" and turns off. To avoid this, Id unplug the wall-wort of the dimmer instead. Isnt it weird?

 

Did you have power to the wal wort still or did you cut that too when you'd see the flash? My wal wort is always powered.

 

It doesnt matter if the wallwort is plugged/unplugged, they always flash when I unplug the driver power.