Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!
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vhuang168
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As I understand it, Neptune wants Kessil to use their IOT standard.
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bif24701
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Kessil AP 700 Owners Gather Here!
Looks good, and except the peak time is too short. You need at least 4 hours to be effective. I worked up to 7 hours. Increase an hour each month.
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This is my schedule that I'm using with the slight diffusion lenses and LPS corals:
I just do 4 hours of peak time. What do you all like to do?
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Looks good, and except the peak time is too short. You need at least 4 hours to be effective. I worked up to 7 hours. Increase an hour each month.
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ReyR
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Because it's not changing. In fact, if I go in and change the moon light settings, as soon as I save it, the moon light intensity fades to new moon regardless of what phase I start them on. I've only tried on red moon. Need to go back and try on blues. I've never tried using them until recently.
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bif24701
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Once it is set the moon light intensity doesn't change over the month?
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bif24701
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I disagree. I've been running a 3 hour peak for over a year with great results. Sps, acros, montis, and the occasional lps. Great growth and solid color.
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How Long should I run and at what Intensity
How Long should I run and at what Intensity
I just recently purchased a new Kessil AP700 light. I have it mounted 6 inches above a 65g tank. I have primarily been just a fish keeper but have just started to delv into the soft coral side of the hobby. so I purchased a light I could grow with. However since adding the light I have noticed my tank is beginning to be taken over by brown algae. Its all over my rocks the glass and is not beginning to grow in the sand. My water chemistry checks out great so I am thinking its the light. I am running 12 hours a day 9am to 9pm and slowly ramp up to a max of 70% intensity using only the blues spectrums. Can some of you share with me your lighting schedules to help me understand how I can better use this incredible light. I am only have approximately 6 soft coral frags right now, All Zoanthids, Xenias, and star polyps.
How Long should I run and at what Intensity
I just recently purchased a new Kessil AP700 light. I have it mounted 6 inches above a 65g tank. I have primarily been just a fish keeper but have just started to delv into the soft coral side of the hobby. so I purchased a light I could grow with. However since adding the light I have noticed my tank is beginning to be taken over by brown algae. Its all over my rocks the glass and is not beginning to grow in the sand. My water chemistry checks out great so I am thinking its the light. I am running 12 hours a day 9am to 9pm and slowly ramp up to a max of 70% intensity using only the blues spectrums. Can some of you share with me your lighting schedules to help me understand how I can better use this incredible light. I am only have approximately 6 soft coral frags right now, All Zoanthids, Xenias, and star polyps.
RedStangGA
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Welcome!
What lights were you running over your tank before the AP700?
My guess is your nitrates and/or phosphates have always been present/high but the light is just feeding the algae even more. I think 70% for 12 hours is way too much for the corals you have. Did you start it out like that or slowly ramp up over a month or so.
First, I'd up my nutrient export. Grow some cheato in a fuge, run the skimmer a little wet, add a skimmer if you don't have one.
Oh, careful about dumping a boat load of GFO in an attempt to remove phosphate. It can be stripped too quickly with adverse effects. Get a good test kit, I've used Hanna and Red Sea.
Second, turn the light down and/or shorten your photo period until you have the nutrients under control. Watch your corals. If the react adversely to the loss of light, turn it back on/up. Reducing the light just helps remove a food source for the algae but it's not worth risking your corals.
The light isn't causing the algae in the absence of nutrients. So, it's not a light problem, it's a nutrient problem.
Can you post your nitrate and phosphate levels?
Well "3 hour peak" can be misleading... what is your whole schedule? I mean I could run the light at 70% for 8 hours but 75% for 15 minutes, but it'd be misleading to say I run a "15 minute peak"
Just curious what your overall schedule is?Mine runs for 10 hours which includes 5 hours of peak time at 70%, start of those hours is daylight and transitions to deep blue by the end. On the front and back of that peak I have a 30% point. In total, my lights are on for 10 hours from start to finish.
Well "3 hour peak" can be misleading... what is your whole schedule? I mean I could run the light at 70% for 8 hours but 75% for 15 minutes, but it'd be misleading to say I run a "15 minute peak"
Mine runs for 10 hours which includes 5 hours of peak time at 70%, start of those hours is daylight and transitions to deep blue by the end. On the front and back of that peak I have a 30% point. In total, my lights are on for 10 hours from start to finish.
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Nice, thanks for sharing. That's actually very similar to what I am running. I may go back to a 4 hour peak then (bumped it to 5 yesterday).
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It's funny you say that, I was actually debating bumping up to 4 hours [emoji23]. I'm also slowly gonna switch my peak over to 100% white. I started falling in love with the natural daylight look again.
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Thank you. Everything you've said or suggested makes since. I was running T5 lights two white two atinic before I purchased the AP700. I was running the AP700 using the standard program when first purchased then I added a custom program and its been down hill from there I do have a protein Skimmer but no refugium; nor do I have real estate to start one. I still have the old bio ball technology and suspect this is the source of my nitrates. I will however take the rest of your advise.
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