Evergrow IT2080 Settings

[vjb71]

Hi

I am using an Evergrow IT2080 LED fixture on my 100g tank. I currently run my lights for 14 hours a day, ramping up from 0 to 60 for the blues and 0-55 for the whites with the lights running at 60/55 for 3 hours.

I would like to know if this is good enough or should I increase the intensity. While I was researching these lights I did read several users stating that it's best to run these at 60-65% max.

Can some of the users share their settings especially if their experience on how the corals have reacted to the same.

 

[Hentz]

Assuming these are basically Reefbreeders, I'm using 2 Reefbreeder 24".
I run an SPS Dominant system.
I started my lights maxed out at 35%. You need to realize, LED's are pretty powerful and starting at 60% may cause shock to your corals, thus bleaching and killing them.

So start at 35%. Week-by-week, go up 5% until you notice your corals getting too much light, then go down to where you previously built up to.

Everyone's tank is different. My buddies max their lights out at 100W100B. I max mine out at (as of today) 40B 90W. hoping my SPS will be okay with the new spectrum giving it a more natural 12k look.

Start low, end where your corals seem most happy.

 

[vjb71]

Thanks Hentz.

Yes, these are the reefbreeders 36".

I forgot to mention one thing. I have not started at 60b/55w. This is the current max at which I am operating the tank. I started at much lower levels and increased the intensity over several weeks.

 

[OceanRevive]

I'm guessing you mean ReefBreeders32?

I have 2 of the EverGrow IT2080's (with my led layout) over my 180g for 2 years now. I have a heavy sps, some lps and a few softies. I do a 7 hour ramp up to 90 blue and 40 white for 2 hours and then a 7 hour ramp down. I do 3 or 4 hours of only blue at the start of the sunrise and at the end of the sun set.

Since I now do a lot of blue (after years of MH) I was less than happy with a 180g tank that had 12-15 massive coral colonies that were mostly green. So I'm just putting the finishing touches on fraging all the big colonies and adding in about 50 new small colonies and frags that add new color and fluoresce much better with the blue leds. It's like having an all new aquarium!

Hentz is right, start out with lower PAR and ramp it up to where you want to end up over 4 to 8 weeks. All my new corals had been in my frag tanks for months which ar also under our leds, so they didn't need acclimation.

 

[whispers]

Can you explain your lighting layout better

 

[whispers]

7 hour ramp up and 7 ramp down can you share your whole schedule? Time and % thanks

 

[OceanRevive]

TIME BLUE WHITE
12am 1 0
1am 1 0
2am 0 0
3am 0 0
4am 1 0
5am 9 0
6am 10 0
7am 20 0
8am 30 0
9am 40 1
10am 60 10
11pm 80 30
12pm 90 40
1pm 90 40
2pm 80 30
3pm 70 20
4pm 60 10
5pm 60 1
6pm 50 1
7pm 50 0
8pm 30 0
9pm 10 0
10pm 9 0
11pm 1 0

The numbers aren't that important. This is what I'm running now. Ramp it up and down at levels you want so the tank looks the way you want it to look. You just need enough midday (6-8hours) of bright enough light (high enough PAR) that photosynthesis can take place. I'm assuming I'm good with 7 hours at 60% blue and 10% white and above.

Stan

 

[ph0t0m4n]

TIME BLUE WHITE
12am 1 0
1am 1 0
2am 0 0
3am 0 0
4am 1 0
5am 9 0
6am 10 0
7am 20 0
8am 30 0
9am 40 1
10am 60 10
11pm 80 30
12pm 90 40
1pm 90 40
2pm 80 30
3pm 70 20
4pm 60 10
5pm 60 1
6pm 50 1
7pm 50 0
8pm 30 0
9pm 10 0
10pm 9 0
11pm 1 0

The numbers aren't that important. This is what I'm running now. Ramp it up and down at levels you want so the tank looks the way you want it to look. You just need enough midday (6-8hours) of bright enough light (high enough PAR) that photosynthesis can take place. I'm assuming I'm good with 7 hours at 60% blue and 10% white and above.

Stan

How high off the water is your unit please mate. I have the 2120 unit but on a 3 foot deep tank. Have the unit 4 inches off the water at the moment to get more Par at depth. If I run your timings with the light at that height can I assume that's enough or should I increase the numbers you suggest by 10 percent? Thanks in advance.

Josh