Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!

[bif24701]

Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!

My 180 is 72x24x24 with two AP700s. It gives me ideal coverage throughout. That's one for every 36"x24"x24". I mount mine about 7" from the water have no canopy and no light spill. You can mount lower or up to 9" from water no problem.


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[Thor2j]

I have 2 on 60x22x22. Very little spillage

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[drtrash]

How much heat does the light put out?

 

[bif24701]

Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!

How much heat does the light put out?

Not much but if you are putting it in a closed off canopy you need some kind of ventilation. Heat kills LEDs. The AP700 takes air in through the fan on the top center and it exhausts at both ends. You will need to either cut out a hole at the top of your canopy for the intake fan for leave an 1" or two space from the intake and the canopy to allow it to breath. Then some vents on the back or sides so that heat can exscape the canopy.


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[DarthReefer27]

This question may have been asked before but anyone else having an issue with the time being off an hour after setting clocks back last week? I don't see a setting anywhere to adjust for DST.


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[Thor2j]

This question may have been asked before but anyone else having an issue with the time being off an hour after setting clocks back last week? I don't see a setting anywhere to adjust for DST.


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Mine did same thing, just resynched with phone app.

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[drtrash]

Any value in having t5 supplements to ap700? Built a floating canopy with 224" t-5 with plan of using hydra 26 but now I shifted to kessil , first thought is this unit is sexy and want to hang it on its own but since I built it should use it. Was originally conern d with light spillage hence the canopy ( only 27x 5.25") have not read anyone using them for a adequately lite tank. Mine is 36" so won't have shadowing

 

[Tgionet]

Any value in having t5 supplements to ap700? Built a floating canopy with 224" t-5 with plan of using hydra 26 but now I shifted to kessil , first thought is this unit is sexy and want to hang it on its own but since I built it should use it. Was originally conern d with light spillage hence the canopy ( only 27x 5.25") have not read anyone using them for a adequately lite tank. Mine is 36" so won't have shadowing

I just added a 2 bulb 36" T5 to my AP700 a few days ago. Haven't had much success with the AP700 alone truth be told.

 

[bif24701]

This question may have been asked before but anyone else having an issue with the time being off an hour after setting clocks back last week? I don't see a setting anywhere to adjust for DST.


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What ever device you use to program the app will update the time, make sure it is correct. If you haven't updated it since DLST then you need too.


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[bif24701]

Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!

I just added a 2 bulb 36" T5 to my AP700 a few days ago. Haven't had much success with the AP700 alone truth be told.

With what exactly? Growth color? Both?

Are all your parameters where they should be, and most important STABLE?

I have only the AP700, i will add T5s because well they are awesome. I have both color and growth. My limiting factor was pH being too low. Once I figured that out and my pH average is 7.25 my corals all took off.

I also had AEFW a few months back. They are pretty much impossible to see. They are the exact same color as the coral they are eating. I found them but blasting my coral with a turkey baster. Once I got everything dipped for a few weeks and clean they started to get nice PE and color after the first dips.

Check out my growth tips on this acro, it's really started growing well now. Corals need time to adjust to any changes but especially lighting.

Please ignore the Aiptasia, I just got a CBB and some pepper mint shrimp, they spread while I was away for work.

LEDs are an easy scape goat because they are as proven as T5s, MH, VHOs. Every time there is a new fixture the same questions come up. The AP700 is still less than a year old, most much younger and there isn't the "proof" they "work". However Kessil has a great track record for growth and color on all other fixtures and it's just a matter of time. There are literally infinite reasons why some corals don't do well but it's too easy to blame the lights.

I'm not say that it isn't or it is. Just pointing out that maybe possibly it's not just your lighting.

My system is only 3 months old BTW.

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[bif24701]

Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!

Double post, sorry

 

[bif24701]

Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!

Here is another coral that has visable growth with in just the last month. Sorry I'm using my phone.

So far they work, for me.

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[bif24701]

Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!

Less than a month apart, the back coral has almost doubled and the near coral was new that day and has started encrusting the plug.

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[drtrash]

Since I built it will use the t5 canopy in a few months, would light to see what the light foes on its own. The peppermint shrimp took care of mine, was sceptical because I read it's hit and miss, but got a a winner right out of gate. Adding a canopy to these lights seems wrong but oh well

 

[Thor2j]

Hello all ok i currently have 6 kessil 360we tuna blues running across the back of my tank which is a 500 Gallon 110"x 30" x30" about 9" off the water surface. if front of these lights i am running 2 Pacific Sun Metis Hyperion R2+ 3x135 watt 8 channel lamps for the middle to the from of the tank about 11" off of the surface of the water. i just purchased 4 Kessil AP700'S to replace both Pacific Sun Lamps, the reason for switching is because i just don't believe these lamps give me the par i need for the depth of tank that i have. my question is what should i set these lights at as far as percentage goes? 25-30-35% ??? i have tons of SPS ACROS Monti's which are doing well under the pacific sun lamp but tend to grow better under my 360we's.i will have the AP700'S 6 1/2" above the water surface. please give me some guidance on intensity how often to increase and how much. i really want the transition from my pac sun lamps to kessil's to go smoothly without and coral loss. thanks

I had 4 Kessil 360wes and switched to 2 ap700s on my 60". I have a PAR meter and found 65% on the 360s was about the same as 35% on the ap700s.

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[gus6464]

AP700 is stronk. It might not look like it's spitting out a bunch of PAR but it is. If you find the tank is not too bright visually you can up the green output a tad and it will look brighter.

 

[bif24701]

Hello all ok i currently have 6 kessil 360we tuna blues running across the back of my tank which is a 500 Gallon 110"x 30" x30" about 9" off the water surface. if front of these lights i am running 2 Pacific Sun Metis Hyperion R2+ 3x135 watt 8 channel lamps for the middle to the from of the tank about 11" off of the surface of the water. i just purchased 4 Kessil AP700'S to replace both Pacific Sun Lamps, the reason for switching is because i just don't believe these lamps give me the par i need for the depth of tank that i have. my question is what should i set these lights at as far as percentage goes? 25-30-35% ??? i have tons of SPS ACROS Monti's which are doing well under the pacific sun lamp but tend to grow better under my 360we's.i will have the AP700'S 6 1/2" above the water surface. please give me some guidance on intensity how often to increase and how much. i really want the transition from my pac sun lamps to kessil's to go smoothly without and coral loss. thanks

Your acros can easily burn from too much light but be just fine for a few weeks with too little. Any lighting change should start low and go slow to allow the corals to adapt to the new lights.

I would start at 30% increase about 5% weekly until your are at about 60% then go a 2-3% until you hit your target PAR. If you don't have a PAR meter try borrowing one. Since Kessil have a lot of blue and UV light they read lower on some meters.

Currently I'm at 70% for 7 hours. This gives me about ~150-200 PAR at the sand bed.

Watch your corals if they start to bleach move them down or go slower. Seems that green corals SPS burn easiest and quickest.


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[reef3r]

Does this light still make some corals pop like they would under actinic?

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[bif24701]

Does this light still make some corals pop like they would under actinic?

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Oh Yes! More so.


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[reef3r]

Cool. Just asking because I can't seem to get that with the 360's, they don't really have that glow in the dark effect.

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