Programing AquaIllumination on 180

[gandolf8]

Does anyone have these lights on a 180 if so can you give me your program please. thx

 

[Capt_Cully]

Terry, you can ramp them up however you want, but I'd recommend dialing down their intensity and gradually increasing it over time so your corals can acclimate.

I started mine with the following program:

On at 930am with a ramp up of 120 minutes. Initial intensity with white at 20, blue at 30 and royal blue at 25. Then off at 11pm with a ramp down of 120 minutes starting at 9 pm.
Moon lights with royal blue at 1% over night.

Over time I've increased the intensity. Now I have white at 30%, blue at 40%, and royal blue 35%.

That's the cool thing about them, you can fine tune them for whatever you think looks good. Like I said though, I recommend starting low and going slow. I should also say I run mine primarily for supplemental lighting to my halides. If they are your only lighting, you might not want them as blue as I run mine.

Did you get them? Or are you just thinking about it?
How many did you get?

 

[Capt_Cully]

Xxxx

 

[gandolf8]

Say Capt Cully how many Leds fictures do you have on your tank ?














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[Capt_Cully]

2 of them.

 

[gandolf8]

so 3 would be ok for my 180

 

[gandolf8]

yes I did buy them got 3

 

[Capt_Cully]

Honestly, think you'll be ok. You keep mostly soft corals right?

 

[gandolf8]

yes but I was thinking doing some hard coral

 

[gandolf8]

On at 8:00am with a ramp up of 120 minutes. Initial intensity with white at 20, blue at 30 and royal blue at 25. Then off at 7pm with a ramp down of 120 minutes starting at 9 pm.
Moon lights with royal blue at 1% over night. But the lights are still on what did I do wrong ?

 

[mr86mister]

Are the lights super dim or are all the lights on still?

 

[reefjunkie42]

i have a 60x30x24 and have 3 fixutes and love em that said i want more just cuz i love the light lol

 

[gandolf8]

all the lights are bright

 

[Capt_Cully]

Did you click out of the controller properly? If you didn't, it won't activate the timer settings. I'm away right now so I don't have mine right in front of me.

I'm confused about your "off" setting. Did you mean it starts to ramp down at 7 and they are off at 9?

 

[briangsxr1000]

I use 2 on my 36x18 tank. Use then on the same settings as cully. Seem to work well for right now. I think I may try and stretch it and use one and mount it parallel to the tank with all 70 degree optics.
I only keep lps and a couple easy sps right now. I can't comment on growth as they have only been running a couple weeks.

 

[gandolf8]

at 7pm it should start ramping down 120m, off at 9 so at 7pm it should start ramping down. Now I exit out of the timer setting and now the display reads time and what timer is on like 3 is display

 

[Capt_Cully]

Sounds like you should be good to go. I don't have mine in front of me at th moment. But I do remember the controller being a bit of a pain in the neck.

 

[gandolf8]

Ths guys I found the problem the data cables weren't in tight

 

[Capt_Cully]

Cool, glad it was something easy. I think you're going to love them!

 

[gandolf8]

Hey Capt love the lights so far. Say what kind of salt do you use ?