Ai sol timers

[ChrisB]

Can someone post there timers and what percentages they have there w,b and rb on? I am looking to set my timers up. Currently I have 1 timer on 3pm to 12am w37% b 90% rb90% I love the extra blue look. I was told by a lfs to atleast have my whites peak in mid day up to 90% 13" above wl .Then I was told by other people that this is too strong Opinions please. I have 1 frag of superman monti, red chalice , 3 diff zoas , frog spawn , 1 blue acor frag , 1 florida ricordia ,and gsp.

 

[thirty5]

It is very hard to say what to have them set to. The first thing that I would tell you is not to take the word of a person from a LFS. No offense to that person, and I don't know which store you went to.

But each tank can be different. I have my sols on my 75 about 10 awl and I never hit 90% on whites and par readings were pretty good. If you really want to set them "properly" see if you can get your hands on a PAR meter and then you can gauge what the percentages should be.

But you can also just ramp them up slowly and see how the corals look.

Without knowing everything about your tank it is very hard to just say what percentages and what height they should be. It is not an exact science.....

 

[ChrisB]

What is a decent not to expensive par meter?

 

[kenconnect]

I would say its deff to o much right off the back u can bleach all ur corals with those settings. U have to adjust it slowly like thirty5 said and see how ur corals react to the lite. I have 3 over my 100 gallon rimless and my white peak at 65 only. And I have a mix of sps and lps.

 

[ecvernon]

Also what type of lighting did you have before? These guys are right you will have to acclimate the corals to the light. When I had mine running the chalice and the monti was the most pissed off. I had to acclimate them very slowly

 

[ChrisB]

I would say its deff to o much right off the back u can bleach all ur corals with those settings. U have to adjust it slowly like thirty5 said and see how ur corals react to the lite. I have 3 over my 100 gallon rimless and my white peak at 65 only. And I have a mix of sps and lps.

Ken can you post your timers please? right now I have 1 timer going from 3pm - 12 am w37 b 90 rb 90. I was told by Aquatic obsessions in nj that the blues dont matter that the white would bleach corals. I just want to get a good set of timers going. new frags I been place at bottom for a week then brining them up. I will just adjust my peak 5% a week to adjust them when I change timers.

 

[thirty5]

I think I am running 6 timers on my setup. To give the best sunrise sunsest.

What size tank do you have? How many lights do you have? How high are they AWL..

 

[ChrisB]

I think I am running 6 timers on my setup. To give the best sunrise sunsest.

What size tank do you have? How many lights do you have? How high are they AWL..

36 gall bow front , 1 AI sol super blues 10" AWL.

 

[E.intheC]

I was told by Aquatic obsessions in nj that the blues dont matter that the white would bleach corals. .

No offense to the LFS employee, but that is completely WRONG. Blue can (and does) very easily bleach corals. This isn't the PC days where only the white light bulbs produced the photosynthetic energy corals require.

 

[kenconnect]

no offense to the lfs employee, but that is completely wrong. Blue can (and does) very easily bleach corals. This isn't the pc days where only the white light bulbs produced the photosynthetic energy corals require.

+1 pm sent with settings

 

[pecan2phat]

Here's a reference:
12 hour photoperiod with slow ramp ups and downs, 2 hour peak @ 60% whites & 75% blues.
#5, 7 & 9 are ten minute cloud covers and #14 is for the lunar cycle.

 

[ChrisB]

Cool ty ill check it out when I get home.

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[ChrisB]

Ok Just got home and confusing myself I think. The ramp times are as same at the time it self? For Ex: timer 1 the ramp is 20 mins?

 

[Paolissimo]

Iam not at home right now, so i dont remember all my setting, i know manhattan aquarium has theirz at w10b98rb100

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[pecan2phat]

Yes, the ramp times determine how long till it reaches set percentage intensity.
So if you look at the first setting:
Start > 10:00 AM
Ramp > 20 minutes
White > 0%
Blue > 15%
R Blue > 15%
Lunar Cycle > N0

 

[ChrisB]

Thank u

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