flipsideleo
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Absolutely fantastic, man! Great work!
Money well-spent, if you ask me.
Money well-spent, if you ask me.
My JBJ 28gal Nano Build Thread
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EcoTech Marine
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On the main screen of the software located immediately above the graph are two drop down menus labeled "Start Day" and "Start Night." To adjust the time of the day/night period, you click on these times and select whichever time you'd prefer. Let me know if this solves your issue.
ange062
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Wow, flattered to have EcoTech responding directly in my thread, thanks Tim! I tried this approach also when I was first programming it. Problem is that I prefer for "start night" to happen at midnight or later due to my viewing hours, and the tool can't comprehend this. The latest you can set "start night" is at 11pm and you can't select daytime light profiles (12k or others) once you are in the night region.
I am still playing with it and getting closer to a configuration that will do what I want. I have an email open for feedback to EcoTech which I will send once I have had more time to learn the software and tailor it to my tank.
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ange062
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Here is a little lighting profile I plan to upload today, I don't like the stock "artificial" profile because it goes deep blue then back to a sunset mode, so it's like it gets dark then bright again.
Custom1:
10am: off
1130am: 5% deep blue
12pm: 5% 20k
1230pm: 10% white royal
1pm: 20% white red
2pm: 50% 12k
10pm: 50% 12k
11pm: 20% white red
1130pm: 10% white royal
12am: 5% deep blue
3am: off
Keep in mind the colors and intensity blend and ramp between each step, so it creates a nice seamless transition that should be a good rendition of sunrise/sunset color from what I have played around with so far.
A better pic of the tank from a not-so-blue spectrum:
Custom1:
10am: off
1130am: 5% deep blue
12pm: 5% 20k
1230pm: 10% white royal
1pm: 20% white red
2pm: 50% 12k
10pm: 50% 12k
11pm: 20% white red
1130pm: 10% white royal
12am: 5% deep blue
3am: off
Keep in mind the colors and intensity blend and ramp between each step, so it creates a nice seamless transition that should be a good rendition of sunrise/sunset color from what I have played around with so far.
A better pic of the tank from a not-so-blue spectrum:
pnavarro170
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effin sweet, and to think this is their first attempt. wish i knew where we will be in 5-10 years.
ange062
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Apparently 50% is WAY too much when switching from the 105w PC, got home to 0 polyp extension, even on my softies like xenia and GSP. I cranked it down to 30% and hope that everything can cope there, debating whether to kill the lights until tomorrow morning or let it run at 30% through the rest of today's cycle...
reefsurfing
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I would try to decrease the light cycle to 5 hours until everything is responding well.
ange062
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I was thinking along those lines also, and started to raise the light up until I realized it would then be exposing the sump area to a lot of light and I don't want to deal with algae issues back there.
Read the whole thread, very nice tank and I'm excited to see your settings as I also have a nano and prefer the viewing hours to be from like 3 - 12.
Would you say learning to program it is easy? I tried doing it without having my light since im still waiting for it to get delivered and it seemed difficult.
Would you say learning to program it is easy? I tried doing it without having my light since im still waiting for it to get delivered and it seemed difficult.
ange062
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I was a software engineer for 5-yrs (and still in the industry just not at the terminal anymore) so I am probably biased, I have been programming and jacking with software in general for a long-long time!
If you tell me about your setup and what light you are coming from I can send you one of my config files or try to make one for you as a baseline. PM me if you are interested.
And thanks for reading through, hope you enjoyed the adventure! And mostly hope you took one or two lessons learned from it...
ange062
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Apparently I underestimated the sheer power of this Radion! I dropped my cycle to 5hr and 30% and only seeing a little PE out of the softies. My acros are totally bleached but can still see polyps so not dead yet. Stylos and birds aren't bleached but still 0 PE, and the rics are fairly closed.
I bumped intensity down to 20% and keeping cycle at 5hr, hope to see improvement soon and not kill anything!
I bumped intensity down to 20% and keeping cycle at 5hr, hope to see improvement soon and not kill anything!
mordibv
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Yep . I would say thumbs up for support from the ECO dudes . :beer:
I think u made a good impulse purchase . Evaporation shouldn't be too much since u switched to that LED unit .
ange062
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People seriously get outta hand with LED power. A 130w led is still the same evap/heat as a 130w MH. Only difference is that LED produces more lumens per watt, so its better efficiency. LED's will still heat your tank. I was in the LFS earlier and he was talking about how LED's add NO heat to the tank, and that is just not true.
Anyway, I have a chiller, so I don't care much about that, but the extra evap has been from going lidless. Working on cutting up a piece of plexi to fit in the stock rim.
Thanks!
Acros are still bleached but looking a tad better and showing PE. Stylos and birds still arent bleached and showing better PE. Softies look back to normal.
I made a stop by the LFS today and made a very not-me purchase. Got an ORA Deresa, ORA Neon Dottyback, linckia orange star, and a snail re-up on my CUC.
Really hoping now that the new adds work, but also that my bleached corals come back to full beauty in a few weeks!
john miller
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Why not just add an ATO?
A JBJ and MJ1200 and you're set, $100 and done.
A JBJ and MJ1200 and you're set, $100 and done.
ange062
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Still doesn't solve the jumper problem. Id prefer to have the lid which widens fish choice, reduces evap, and is extra insurance against a Radion accidentally falling in the tank
