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You'll be fine with what you have. Eventually the SPS will probably shadow itself by its own growth, then add another 360. No sense spending 8-900 on the AP if you already have one 360.
 
I've got 4 coming. Bought only 150s because I didn't want to spend a fortune without making sure it's my long term goal. If I fall in love with these, I will sell the 150s and upgrade.
 
Kassil a160 and Bluefish Controller

Kassil a160 and Bluefish Controller

Hi
have 2 Kassil a160s on a 40g breader
have the kessil spectral controller
would like to try the Bluefish controller
anybody tried the bluefish
looking for feedback
thanks
 
I run this exact setup. 2 a160we lights and a bluefish controller on a tank with the same footprint as a 40B. It works quite well, however due to the increased depth of my tank I might upgrade to a 3 light setup if I get going on sps using a 360we in the middle of the 2 160s. The bluefish is nice as it allows for dynamic lighting based on a selected point on the globe with real time weather conditions. It also allows for the use of 3 kessil lights as mentioned above on independent channels allowing for time shift lighting where you stagger the ramp start of each pendant by a preset amount. There are plans in the works to turn it into a full fledged aquarium controller. Not sure when that is going to happen but its something to look forward to.

Darryl Hey said:
Hi
have 2 Kassil a160s on a 40g breader
have the kessil spectral controller
would like to try the Bluefish controller
anybody tried the bluefish
looking for feedback
thanks
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mnkykng77 said:
I'm running 3 A160we's over a 120gal (60"x18"x24"). Using the Kessil Spectral Controller with color at 100% and intensity at 80%. Tank is set up as a FOWLR tank. If I decide to get into coral I'll probably upgrade to some 360we's.
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Do you think two A160we would be sufficient for a 55 gallon? 48"W x 19"Tall
 
mxett said:
I've got a single kessil A360WE over my shallow 2foot nano. Corals are SPS mainly with a few softies. Tank runs with no sump or skimmer, just a reactor running activated carbon, and occasionally rowaphos, and regular water changes. Tank has been running for about 3-4 months. Coral colors are ok but improving as I'm finally beginning to register a little nitrate. I think my nutrients were too low to start with as my sps lost colour at first but are now improving and growing. Love the kessil to pieces





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Love it!
 
You guys have some amazing tanks in this thread! I have a question for you... I'm considering picking up two Kessil A160's for my 55 gallon. the tank is 48" long, 13" to the back, and 19" tall. I want to grow LPS. Would two A160's be sufficient enough?
I email Kessil and they said "two A160WE-TB for easy LPS/Softies tank, and some sps that is placed higher in the tank as well."
I just cant afford the 360's right now or in the near future, but I want to have a little fun in the meantime. I appreciate your thoughts on this.
 
mfaso24 said:
I own a Kessil ap700 and am wondering if anyone out there with this light is having any success with sps thus far.
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mine are doing fine and growing. The only challenge with the ap700 and sps is the fact that the pucks are only about 12" apart. shadowing is an issue if you have sps on either end of the tank. My tank is 36" and that's the only 'problem' so far. I just have to take the time to reposition sps near the center of the tank more.
 
sixpackgarage said:
mine are doing fine and growing. The only challenge with the ap700 and sps is the fact that the pucks are only about 12" apart. shadowing is an issue if you have sps on either end of the tank. My tank is 36" and that's the only 'problem' so far. I just have to take the time to reposition sps near the center of the tank more.
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Curious if you could post a picture of your setup!
 
Need some help. I got my a150s with goosenecks boy tank is a rimmed tank when I install them the weight of the lifts and the neck pull on the rim. It's not a tight fit. Any suggestions ?
 
Ok people, I would like to introduce myself to this thread. I am jody form the netherlands. I just bought a acrylic reeftank of 86x24x 19.6 inch. I Already own 2 kessil 360 we and 1 160we. What do you guys think i need to add to get good good light for mij corals?
 
Searched some of this thread, but there are a lot of pages. So apologies if this has been asked/answered many times before.

Building a 90g 36x24x24 tank with corner overflow.

Thoughts on running two (2) A360N vs. two (2) A360WE with this build?
 
Reef_Chris said:
Searched some of this thread, but there are a lot of pages. So apologies if this has been asked/answered many times before.

Building a 90g 36x24x24 tank with corner overflow.

Thoughts on running two (2) A360N vs. two (2) A360WE with this build?
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I would run 360WE. The 360N are really nice, but they mean business when they say 'narrow'. The narrow beam does look pretty cool though as long as you can work around it. You could raise the 360N really high to avoid that effect if you wanted to. For such a short tank, it probably won't matter that much anyways.
 
sixpackgarage said:
I would run 360WE. The 360N are really nice, but they mean business when they say 'narrow'. The narrow beam does look pretty cool though as long as you can work around it. You could raise the 360N really high to avoid that effect if you wanted to. For such a short tank, it probably won't matter that much anyways.
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OK. Guess the A360WE are the safest way to go.

Thanks for the quick feedback!
 
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