We just replaced our lighting setup with LED's. I would like to ask advice about acclimating the corals to the new lights. We went from 8 54W HO T-5's to 2 Evolution 150 LED (75 2W Lights per fixture) units over a 140 Gallon tank (48 by 24 by 29).
We keep mainly softies but a few Acros as well. I am worried about blasting the corals with the new lights and burning them.
One thing that forced our hand was the failure of one of our T-5 Ballasts. After all was said and done we spent a week before we got the new lights running just one 54W T5, so the corals have been under low light for a week.
Can anyone recommend a good strategy for bringing the LED's on line and up to full strength? They are dimmable.
My inclination is to run them at 25 percent for a week, then 50 percent for a week, etc. until running at full power. Does that sound reasonable?
Thanks!
John and Terri
We keep mainly softies but a few Acros as well. I am worried about blasting the corals with the new lights and burning them.
One thing that forced our hand was the failure of one of our T-5 Ballasts. After all was said and done we spent a week before we got the new lights running just one 54W T5, so the corals have been under low light for a week.
Can anyone recommend a good strategy for bringing the LED's on line and up to full strength? They are dimmable.
My inclination is to run them at 25 percent for a week, then 50 percent for a week, etc. until running at full power. Does that sound reasonable?
Thanks!
John and Terri
