Kessil Club

[dh350twin]

Built my own Sunpower Kessil hybrid today! Loving it so far.

 

[mizzoumed02]

So I have a question. I have a 60 cube. I have one 360we over it. It's about 8" off the top of the water and pretty much centered in the middle of the tank. I'm running it at 70% power and 45% color. I have a few sps that are around 10" from the bottom of the tank and others that are 8" under the top of the water. I have noticed that one of them at the top is not putting out polyps on one side anymore. Is this from the light? Will this be enough light for this tank or should I add a second one?
Thanks

 

[dh350twin]

So I have a question. I have a 60 cube. I have one 360we over it. It's about 8" off the top of the water and pretty much centered in the middle of the tank. I'm running it at 70% power and 45% color. I have a few sps that are around 10" from the bottom of the tank and others that are 8" under the top of the water. I have noticed that one of them at the top is not putting out polyps on one side anymore. Is this from the light? Will this be enough light for this tank or should I add a second one?
Thanks

I would run two lights personally.

 

[zelie_dad]

I have found someone selling 4 A150W's in Deep Ocean Blue. I am setting up a 40 gallon breeder, would these lights work for my setup for softies and lsp's?

 

[dh350twin]

I have found someone selling 4 A150W's in Deep Ocean Blue. I am setting up a 40 gallon breeder, would these lights work for my setup for softies and lsp's?

Yes

 

[zelie_dad]

Yes

Would I need all 4 or would less work? I was planning on running T5's as well.

 

[dh350twin]

Would I need all 4 or would less work? I was planning on running T5's as well.

For softies you wouldn't need T5's unless you want to knock down the shimmer. I would personally run all 4 of you have them. However 3 would work fine.

 

[zelie_dad]

For softies you wouldn't need T5's unless you want to knock down the shimmer. I would personally run all 4 of you have them. However 3 would work fine.

I don't have them. I found them craigslist for $125 a piece, and they looked like a good deal.

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/for/5400497312.html

 

[dh350twin]

I don't have them. I found them craigslist for $125 a piece, and they looked like a good deal.



https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/for/5400497312.html

3 will be fine.

 

[srpntmage]

Hi everyone. Just put an AP700 over my Red Sea Reefer 250 (35.5x22x22). Besides some crappy software, I love the light. I am having some issues figuring out how high to run the intensity. Anyone want to share what they run their lights at and their schedule? I have been keeping mine at around 30% max (ramp up-down) until my coral (mixed) get used to the light. I usually stay in the bottom 25% of the color wheel, and havent been much up into the white range.

 

[MandM]

Someone asked about using Kessils with a canopy. I don't like the light spilling out all over the room, especially since my tank is in the living room, next to the TV.

I drilled holes in the top of the canopy, keeping the fixtures outside, dry, and well ventilated.
The canopy keeps the light in the tank.

The holes are just a bit smaller than the fixtures but don't block light. The rubber pads keep the fixtures from sliding out of place.

Plenty room inside the canopy, no fixtures or wires.

 

[dh350twin]

I want to take this to another level and add a 3rd lighting component. Some type of other Led. I tried (when putting this together) adding 3 more kessils so two pendants per 24inch and it didn't really seem to add to much so opted to run single Kessil pendant per 24in. Which I love. I want to add some other type of led to just run the POP colors (royal blue and Uv) and can't decide which LED's to go with. So this light fixture would be a unique hybrid.

 

[DJ Liquid]

I have a 50g cube that has been up for 7 months. Red Sea Coral Pro Salt Mix. Stable parameters at CA-425, Mg-1400, Alk-8.5, PO4-0.00 using Hannah, Nitrates- 5ppm using Salifert. Been slowly loosing corals Scoly's, Chalices, Favias, some Zoo's. Some still living are: Zoo's, Mushrooms, torch, three trial SPS, some acans.

The settings are set at max color 50 and max Intensity 60.

I'm going back to Tropic Marin Salt Mix to see if this helps. In fact I may be getting out of the hobby again as I just lost about a $1,000 worth of Cornbred Corals.

Any ideas?

Your intensity at peak should be higher after 7 months...at least 75%. I'm at 90% and have the same coral you mention, doing fine. I've been with the Kessil club for almost 2 years now.

 

[dalston]

Been away from the hobby for a few years now and really not familiar with LED and how far it's come. I'm looking for some input on a system I have access to - It's a DSA 34 gal cube (24x24x18) that has one Kessil 160WE tuna blue. Realistically, what are my limitations with this in terms of what I can care for comfortably?

Should I be looking to add another to be good enough for a Rose BTA or possibly haddoni?

 

[dh350twin]

Been away from the hobby for a few years now and really not familiar with LED and how far it's come. I'm looking for some input on a system I have access to - It's a DSA 34 gal cube (24x24x18) that has one Kessil 160WE tuna blue. Realistically, what are my limitations with this in terms of what I can care for comfortably?

Should I be looking to add another to be good enough for a Rose BTA or possibly haddoni?

I would say you would need another one.

 

[DJ Liquid]

Just had a PAR meter on my tank, and my fears were confirmed - poor PAR across the board from the Kessils.

And that's running them at 100%.

Will be ordering an ATI Hybrid shortly.

You cannot get a reliable/accurate PAR reading from these lights as mentioned time and time again. PAR meters do not pick up the spectrum that Kessil's put out. Try getting a PUR reading and get back to us.

 

[DJ Liquid]

Vampires and reefing

Vampires and reefing

I have two 360s on my lil 50g cube setup and since I have kids running around and a newborn that blinding light is an issue. It helped a lot when I just simply moved the light forward and tilted it to face more toward the rear of the tank. In my case, I'm sure the light spread wasn't affected so much. Hope that helps, otherwise you'd probably have to create a pseudo canopy where it just blocks the light from blinding you from the front and sides.

At first I thought you may be joking...apparently not. Sir, are you a vampire or ultra sensitive to light? Is this your first experience with reef lighting? I must agree with the other poster, it's hardly blinding. I would only consider it blinding if your staring directly into the light cluster. Are they pointed down into the tank? Lower them to 10 inches and keep the intensity down as well if your eyes are still bothered. :eek1: If you are indeed a vampire, I would look into another hobby. Good luck! :wave:

 

[DJ Liquid]

Here are some PAR readings that BRS took with the A360 and AP700. The lights are 8 inches above the surface and 18 deep in the tank

The A360WE is the lower numbers.

The comparison is only impressive if your comparing two A360W's same distance from each other as the cob lights are from each other in one AP700 fixture. Otherwise, the ratio is 2 to 1. It's like comparing a Radion xr15pro to a Radion xr30pro...:debi:

 

[DJ Liquid]

I run the 360 series. I meant 50% color. I've found that my coral like the blue spectrum more.

I run my color at 25% max and my intensity at 90% max. I noticed the same thing with the blue spectrum and my AI Hydra's. Corals don't care for the white light imo.

 

[DJ Liquid]

Daisy chain away

Daisy chain away

Has anyone daisy chained 2 types of kessils on the same program using kessil controller. I currently run 2 a360we and would like to daisy chain a kessil a160we to my existing a360we rather than put the a160we on a separate program. Any thoughts?

I have a total of three different Kessils daisy chained going to 4 different tanks. 3 360WE's, 2 160WE (two separate tanks) and 1 160WE Tuna Sun (freshwater). No problems all through the Kessil controller.