Yes!!!!!!!!! SPS Success with Leds! Come in and Share your Story!
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ritter6788
Say no to clove polyps
Can't find the before pic but it was a 1"+ frag or so from Copps.
This was also a single branch frag... and red bugs to boot!!!
Also was a single branch frag from Copps,
These were grown from "less than frags".
This was also a single branch frag... and red bugs to boot!!!
Also was a single branch frag from Copps,
These were grown from "less than frags".
ritter6788
Say no to clove polyps
Thank you. My mandarin has kept me from treating the tank or adding any fish to help with the bugs. I have to say the growth and color is good so I'm in no rush. This tank is pushing the 5 year mark and I'll likely be upgrading within the next year or two. I'll likely deal with the RBs when the upgrade comes.
Panta rhei
New member
Hi ritter6788, beautiful!! Can you share some details about your lights, like commercial or diy, types of leds and colors, intensity, height from surface etc? Thanks! ;-)
Hey tdb320reef,...just read the whole thing!, great reading on a suckie day!!
I'm in the process of a complete redo of my whole system. 650 DT that is 42" deep, top of water to top of sand bed. I'm building a diy led fixtures for lighting for many of the reasons covered in the thread, for me mainly...the depth. I'm going to be using 100w 5channel leds.
I've been reading and researching leds for well over a year. I'm the kind of guy that likes diy, because when something goes wrong...you know where to look :thumbsup:
The thing I like about the leds is with the current available controllers, you can control which leds you want on, how long you want them on, and their intensity...which ars some of the main issues corals have with lighting (notice I didn't say led lighting)
One point that has been made several times, is owning a par-meter. Kind of like building a house without a tape measure.:lmao: I think its a real good idea to map and know your tanks par areas. I'm also big on logs,... I'm old and can't remember anything anymore lol. Sorry for my long winded first post to the thread, but the last point I want to make is the accumulation process which I think most will agree is very important. I plan to quarantine my new corals prior to putting them in my DT., not so much for bugs ect. but for the lighting accumulation and logging their growth with pictures and in writing also hopefully to have a understanding of the same coral growth and what might to expect next time around. Anyhow thanks all for sharing your experiences.---Rick
I'm in the process of a complete redo of my whole system. 650 DT that is 42" deep, top of water to top of sand bed. I'm building a diy led fixtures for lighting for many of the reasons covered in the thread, for me mainly...the depth. I'm going to be using 100w 5channel leds.
I've been reading and researching leds for well over a year. I'm the kind of guy that likes diy, because when something goes wrong...you know where to look :thumbsup:
The thing I like about the leds is with the current available controllers, you can control which leds you want on, how long you want them on, and their intensity...which ars some of the main issues corals have with lighting (notice I didn't say led lighting)
One point that has been made several times, is owning a par-meter. Kind of like building a house without a tape measure.:lmao: I think its a real good idea to map and know your tanks par areas. I'm also big on logs,... I'm old and can't remember anything anymore lol. Sorry for my long winded first post to the thread, but the last point I want to make is the accumulation process which I think most will agree is very important. I plan to quarantine my new corals prior to putting them in my DT., not so much for bugs ect. but for the lighting accumulation and logging their growth with pictures and in writing also hopefully to have a understanding of the same coral growth and what might to expect next time around. Anyhow thanks all for sharing your experiences.---Rick
I find that with any lighting source, (but especially with LEDs)...it is always a good thing to accilmate the corals by slowly building up the light intensity and the light duration. After a dip, (coral rx), I place newly purchased corals in my frag tank. I have found that by keeping them there for approximately 2 wks I can adjust the intensity and duration of light prior to moving them to the DT. So far I have had better success using this methodology. {I used to just dip and place them in the DT}.
ritter6788
Say no to clove polyps
Thank you for the compliment.
I'm using 2 of the old style Evolution LEDs. 120 1 watt leds in each fixture. Just blue and whites, non-dimmable. I run the blues for 12 hours per day and the whites for 10. They are mounted in a canopy about 6 inches above the water.
bebereef
New member
At what % do you run each channel?
ritter6788
Say no to clove polyps
The leds are non-dimmable so they are on 100% all the time. These are only 1 watt leds each. People have been saying on forums for years that 1w leds won't grow sps.
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
The leds are non-dimmable so they are on 100% all the time. These are only 1 watt leds each. People have been saying on forums for years that 1w leds won't grow sps.
What is the ratio of Royal Blue to White LED's on these units?
Your tank proves the following:
1. LED's can colour up SPS
2. Simple Blue:White LED's (so called lacking in spectrum) can colour up SPS
3. Lower power (ie 1watt) LED's can also grow and colour up SPS
:thumbsup:
ritter6788
Say no to clove polyps
I had to look it up again but it's 119 leds total, 60 blue and 59 white for the model I use which is the 14,000k model.
Any problems with coloration I've had are from water parameter issues and not lighting. You can see the sunset montipora in the photo above with a bit of color loss from alkalinity burn a while back. The new, healthy growth looks great and the old growth is coloring back up nicely now that my tank parameters are good again. I've had several tank issues along the way in my learning curve but these leds have never been the cause of any of it. I know this is the sps forum but LPS do great under leds also.
and this Tort that didn't get posted above.
Too many tank issues are blamed on lighting these days. So many new tanks dosing any additive they can get their hands on, running GFO and biopellets and complaining that leds are the problem.
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
Thanks for checking that.
And you are so right about people using too many additives, running biopellets and the such and striping their water...
Thanks for your post. Your Blue Tort looks perfect.
The leds are non-dimmable so they are on 100% all the time. These are only 1 watt leds each. People have been saying on forums for years that 1w leds won't grow sps.
they don't, you should know that!
:spin3:
zenom
New member
I am in the middle of building my new tank and these are the RapidLED's. Just figured I would post them here as well since this is the LED thread. It only has 2 of 3 lights mounted, the center is not mounted yet.
This is my second tank, my current 90 gallon grows SPS under ACAN 600 series LED's. Granted I don't have much in the way of SPS.
This new tank is going to be SPS dominant.
This is my second tank, my current 90 gallon grows SPS under ACAN 600 series LED's. Granted I don't have much in the way of SPS.
This new tank is going to be SPS dominant.
trueblackpercula
New member
I had to look it up again but it's 119 leds total, 60 blue and 59 white for the model I use which is the 14,000k model.
Any problems with coloration I've had are from water parameter issues and not lighting. You can see the sunset montipora in the photo above with a bit of color loss from alkalinity burn a while back. The new, healthy growth looks great and the old growth is coloring back up nicely now that my tank parameters are good again. I've had several tank issues along the way in my learning curve but these leds have never been the cause of any of it. I know this is the sps forum but LPS do great under leds also.
and this Tort that didn't get posted above.
Too many tank issues are blamed on lighting these days. So many new tanks dosing any additive they can get their hands on, running GFO and biopellets and complaining that leds are the problem.
+1
By the way your sps are amazing and I absolutely love the tort.
