Kessil A360XE TUNA BLUE Setup Help Please

[tgurske]

I recently installed an A360 blue and I can't seem to figure out what intensity I should set it at. My LUX meter seems like a waste of time so I am hoping that you all can help.

Currently, I have it 4 inches from the water and 22 inches from my corals (pics attached). Intensity is at 85% or so. Running 9 hours a day.

The guy at the store said that the tall one wanted more light but it started turning white while half way up the tank so I moved it to the gravel with the other one, who supposedly wanted less light. The frags were free with the light and I don't want to kill them.

I found some information about how far above the water the light should be placed but, since I can't measure it, I really need to undrestand what they par readings will be with this light based on distance from light to subject. So, if I place the tell one 16 inches from the light I will get around 100 par or something like that.

 

[Reefing102]

This video may help:

About 8 minutes in, it goes into the par distribution of the X (couldn’t find much on a quick search of the XE though I’d imagine it’s not significantly different). But I didn’t watch the video enough to see if they go into actual settings.

Also a long thread, and again on the “x” but this may help too:

Kessil A360X Lighting Schedules Thread

Just wanted to start a thread for fellow A360X owners to post and share their lighting schedules. Here’s mine. 5:00am Clr=0, Int=1, Vi=0 R=0, G=0 9:00am Clr=10, Int=30, Vi=10 R=5, G=5 12:00pm Clr=30, Int=70, Vi=70 R=15, G=15 2:30pm Clr=50, Int=80, Vi=80 R=15, G=15 5:00pm Clr=30...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[tgurske]

Reading it now - thank you!