dcforester1
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Thanks for the info. I think it's the laptop old and prob the issue.
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posted once to thread without any reply, and hoping someone can help. I started playing with the color's and t5 bulbs and found the coral+/blue+/coral+/blue+ combo to be most pleasing. The problem I was running into was trying to get the coloration I was looking for mainly from the led's, not vise versa. I think this fixture is more t5 with led supplements, not the other way around. Now I'm wondering what strength I should be running my led's. I am having great growth from my sps, but colors are fading. I was running led's at 45pct, then ran them up to 65pct. I based off suggestions from this thread, where 45pct was suggested, but this was from people running 8 bulbs, whereas I am running 4. My nitrates 0 phos 0 orp 415 ph 8.1 cal 480. My green slimer has gone from green to yellow, red planet was gone from red to light purple over the coarse of a couple weeks, but growth is awesome. Can anyone help? would like to pick a post, but I don't have a camera to adjust for the lighting
sahin
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Both your questions will have rather the same response.
Ultimately, all our tanks are different. And this is the issue with LED's; it requires the individual reefkeeper to really look at their corals and determine appropriate light levels.
We can provide some baseline; but even comparing my tank with my buddys tank, he has a crazy amount of fish. I couldnt run as high a light level as his tank.
Your final light levels will depend on your nutrient levels/flow/coral placement etc.
To Atrain:
If your nitrate and phosphate are both registering zero, I'd get them into the detectable range. At least 0.2ppm for NO3 and around 0.03ppm for PO4. Are you running GFO? You have probably stripped your system too much.
are these you preferred settings to grow sps for the leds?
thanks for the feedback. I do run gfo and carbon and refugium, and 5pct water change weekly. The problem being, I have diatoms, and worried that if I don't run these, the diatoms will worsen. With that stated, I have critters/fish that fed on the diatoms, so never is really a problem, however, are there and I can't get rid of them. With that said, the diatoms must be feeding on nutrients, so I figure the corals should be able to as well? also tested for silicates today at 0. Didn't mean to get off track of the thread, I originally under the assumption the colors changing/diminishing do to intensity of the light, which I'm still not convinced isn't part of the reason. Took months of tinkering, but did find color setting I am pleased with.
sahin
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Yup. Of course one can run lower or higher...depends on taste and what your corals can take.
How old is the tank? Diatoms shouldnt be present in an established tank. If your tank is more than 6 months old or older, you might have Dinos. If the tank is fairly new, then I wouldnt be worried about the diatoms too much; they will exhaust themselves out at sooner or later.
Once you have found a setting you like, dont change. If the corals become lighter, then perhaps decrease photoperiod or reduce intensity. If there is no recovery after about 3 weeks; then I would certainly say its not your lights, but rather the water/nutrition at issue.
Its no problem talking about other stuff in this thread; its all related to the lights.
dcforester1
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This is very frustrating, I got a brand new PC, and still no luck. I downloaded the top download saying,
http://atiaquaristik.com/de/webdisk/Software/2014-11-16_ati_light_studio_1327.exe
I called ATI and got someone immediately, but wasn't of much help. He said it has to be an issue with the laptop, I told him I got the same exact result on two different laptops, and he said he wasn't sure what the issue is, and to just use the default setting??? I am so unhappy, I didnt buy the Pac Sun light because everyone said the software sucked, well I am guessing it couldn't be much worse.
He said there are no drivers to install, if I installed the latest version it has the correct drivers. The older laptop made a noise when I plugged it into the USB signaling that there is a connection, the new one didnt. I dont know where to go from here, any suggestions?
Derek
http://atiaquaristik.com/de/webdisk/Software/2014-11-16_ati_light_studio_1327.exe
I called ATI and got someone immediately, but wasn't of much help. He said it has to be an issue with the laptop, I told him I got the same exact result on two different laptops, and he said he wasn't sure what the issue is, and to just use the default setting??? I am so unhappy, I didnt buy the Pac Sun light because everyone said the software sucked, well I am guessing it couldn't be much worse.
He said there are no drivers to install, if I installed the latest version it has the correct drivers. The older laptop made a noise when I plugged it into the USB signaling that there is a connection, the new one didnt. I dont know where to go from here, any suggestions?
Derek
sahin
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Did you buy your unit new? If so, contact ATI USA to help you sort this out. My laptop is around 2 years old and works fine.
dcforester1
Member
Yes, brand new and why I am disappointed. I don't want to say the service was horrible, they answered on the first ring, person was nice, and tried to be helpful. It's just that they offered ZERO tech assistance. No screen share or any advice, just put it on default. I don't know what else to try. I am going to remove and then re install the software.
Any other suggs?
sahin
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To be honest, I dont think its for ATI Germany to provide the technical support. It is your retailer/ATI USA.
On the new laptop, do you have issues connecting and recognising other USB devices?
If the laptop isnt at issue then you may have a faulty cable or controller. But unless some technical support is given, its hard to determine via an online thread.
westreef
Lost as usual
I agree that the hardware is top notch, however, getting the program loaded onto the computer and getting it working isn't that easy. (Here I still have to say thank to Sahin and Ryan for the clear instructions in this thread -- it saved me tons of time and headache.) I suggest they should have a better software instructions/installation along with the shipment. If I didn't search for help in RC and found this thread, I would be in trouble.
As I mentioned before, I had to dig out my broken PC and spent a lot of time and got it working (they should have Mac version for Apple user, I wonder if they are working on it or not).
My old "broken" PC was working intermittently with internet. But anyway, I got it connected and downloaded the software from ATI northamerica. My PC uses Vista an antique OS to today's standard. So initially when I installed the software, I wasn't careful enough and skipped the driver installation thinking that it was not necessary. but then the whole thing did not work. So I deleted everything and redid it again very carefully and installed the driver recommendation it popped up in the monitor. Then everything worked just like Sahin illustrated here. Maybe the new OS in your PC doesn't require driver installation. But mine needed to.
Now, whenever I want to use this program, I have to connect the USB from the controller to the PC first before I load the program from the hard drive. Somehow if I didn't do that, I won't have connection, strange -- maybe this is my stupid "broken" PC issues. Anyway I found the working procedure and I have created many light schedules/profiles since then. I backup the schedules to a flash stick -- just in case this PC hates me and is working against me. Haha. So far, it is working fine for me -- fingers crossed.
Good luck.
dcforester1
Member
Thanks Guys a lot of good info. You am going to uninstall it and reinstall it. The strand part it both PC have USB that work if something is connected, but only the old one makes the noise that it's connected.
When you say my retailer ATI/USA do you mean the place I bought it or is there local tech support? I just called the contact number in the ATI NA page. I didn't expect him to fix it, but it would have been nice if he had something to try to see if it was connected. When I get home I will try again.
Derek.
When you say my retailer ATI/USA do you mean the place I bought it or is there local tech support? I just called the contact number in the ATI NA page. I didn't expect him to fix it, but it would have been nice if he had something to try to see if it was connected. When I get home I will try again.
Derek.
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
Derek, you have PM.
dcforester1
Member
I was finally able to connect to the software. I don't know if in installing it did the trick or what did but it's working. Thanks to all that helped I truly appreciate it
Derek.
Derek.
Animadverto
New member
Hello everyone, I will be changing out all 8 T5 tubes in another month or so for the first time. Is there a need to program the percentages downward to compensate for the higher output of the new T5 tubes?
Also, is there an environmentally friendly way of disposing the old bulbs or does everyone just put them in the trash to be taken to the landfill? Thanks in advance.
David
Also, is there an environmentally friendly way of disposing the old bulbs or does everyone just put them in the trash to be taken to the landfill? Thanks in advance.
David
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
You can either drop the T5 hours or replace a couple of tubes every 3 days. So each bank of tubes are new etc. This way its not a sudden shock.
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