Mitras and SPS

[lemec]

Anyone having luck running SPS and keeping good strong color while using the Mitras!? I've been using mine for 8-9 months and I can't keep and of the good vivid colors...I started at 50%, and noticed that the sps slowly lost their color, so I ramped it up to 80% over a month progressively and then the couple that still held onto some color started to bleach out...getting a bit frustrated. I bought a PAR Meter and I'm not getting much punch at all...450 at surface and it drops to 100 at the bottom of my elos 70. I run a 6200HV and a 6100HV..just below water surface at 80% was only in the 300's...I'm running the lights in the 19k spectrum.

[fq600]

I gave up on mine also. It bleached my sps and took them off the tank. I have plans to use them but mainly for supplemental purposes. Running all the blues n HV only.

Sorry to hear man. I didn't have any luck with them. A good friend of mine ran his for a very long time. He was way more stubborn than me. Haha. And he will not run them over SPS...



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[lemec]

I know measuring PAR with them isn't as exact as it is with MH and T5 but there needs to be a better way to dial these things in...they are capable, I've seen tanks running them, but no one seems to know the right answers to them...

[dattong]

I'll send you my project file when I'm home tonight. It's not the fixture fault, it's the spectrum and intensity that you picked. I have good growth and great color with mitras.

[lemec]

Thank you. That's exactly what I was looking for. I know this fixture has to be able to grow Sps, I just needed to find someone that has been successful at it.

[dattong]

Here's a link to download my project file. My tank is filled with water 20" in height and My two GHL 6200HV's are 17" off the water surface. You can increase/decrease the overall intensity in High Efficiency mode depending on how your corals response. If your corals brown out or bleach then it's too much light. Light alone is not entirely responsible for your corals' color; your water quality counts as well.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/8c...h_V1084%29.lpc

[lemec]

Ya, water is fine...ill check out your program tomorrow when I get back to the office.

[StarF]

i have kept sps under mine for 2 years with out isues. The problem is people over do either the spectrum or intensety. If you want i can send you my settings file, its a little more blue and not so purple as dattong´s settings.

[lemec]

That would be great! I'm open to trying anything...I want to buy some new sps but I refuse until I get these lights dialed in lol

[StarF]

pm me your mail, and i will send it when i get home from work.

[GazzMan]

I'm running 3 6100HVs on a 5' tank, I have them on high output from 0900 until 2100 with 2 thunder storms per week.
Here are some before and after shots taken with my iPhone and I havnt doctored the pics at all, these pics were taken about 5-6 months apart

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/s...91#post7325891

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/s...00#post7325900

[lemec]

Looks like some good growth and coloration...I see you get the cyano too...low nutrient?

[lemec]

Originally Posted by dattong

Here's a link to download my project file. My tank is filled with water 20" in height and My two GHL 6200HV's are 17" off the water surface. You can increase/decrease the overall intensity in High Efficiency mode depending on how your corals response. If your corals brown out or bleach then it's too much light. Light alone is not entirely responsible for your corals' color; your water quality counts as well.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/8c...h_V1084%29.lpc

Interesting spectrum...I've always shut the greens and reds totally off because the few things I've read, they have no use, but I did like the way my Earlie wrasse's colors popped! Is that your complete cycle? Time wise seemed "weird" to me, lol...

[Halfmoon61]

Originally Posted by GazzMan

I'm running 3 6100HVs on a 5' tank, I have them on high output from 0900 until 2100 with 2 thunder storms per week.
Here are some before and after shots taken with my iPhone and I havnt doctored the pics at all, these pics were taken about 5-6 months apart

That's fantastic growth, I run 6100HV and have never found the right settings to get near that! Care to share the file? Most I find are for 6200's. Really nice tank you got there.

[GazzMan]

Originally Posted by Halfmoon61

That's fantastic growth, I run 6100HV and have never found the right settings to get near that! Care to share the file? Most I find are for 6200's. Really nice tank you got there.

Thanks Perry, yes mate, it's some fantastic growth mate, you will be very surprised at the simplicity of my program.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w8cc2plmy8...azMan.lpc?dl=0

I have all 3 lamps on high output.

[Halfmoon61]

Thanks, I like the dome look, I always ended up with a pyramid.

[GazzMan]

Originally Posted by Halfmoon61

Thanks, I like the dome look, I always ended up with a pyramid.

Lol, I like the smooth in and smooth out, it's not the original as it's morphed over time to please the tank.

Iv had no problems at all with this program as it is.

[dattong]

Originally Posted by lemec

Interesting spectrum...I've always shut the greens and reds totally off because the few things I've read, they have no use, but I did like the way my Earlie wrasse's colors popped! Is that your complete cycle? Time wise seemed "weird" to me, lol...

You can always change the time to fit your schedule so that you can enjoy your tank when you're home. I have another project that produces spectacular growth but it's more of MH look. I like blue/purple look. You need about 6hrs on the whiter spectrum to get good growth and color, then about 3hrs on whatever spectrum that pleases your eyes for viewing.

Here's my tank growing under the old project

[StarF]

Originally Posted by dattong

You can always change the time to fit your schedule so that you can enjoy your tank when you're home. I have another project that produces spectacular growth but it's more of MH look. I like blue/purple look. You need about 6hrs on the whiter spectrum to get good growth and color, then about 3hrs on whatever spectrum that pleases your eyes for viewing.

Do you have any pictures of your tank? i am interested in your results with the blue/purple spectrum.

[dattong]

Originally Posted by StarF

Do you have any pictures of your tank? i am interested in your results with the blue/purple spectrum.

I broke down that tank and just started my new tank a month ago. I just found my old project yesterday and decided to use it instead the bluer spectrum. I'll upload it if you're interested. Check out my old tank to see the result of this old project.

[StarF]

Originally Posted by dattong

I broke down that tank and just started my new tank a month ago. I just found my old project yesterday and decided to use it instead the bluer spectrum. I'll upload it if you're interested. Check out my old tank to see the result of this old project.

please do upload

[lemec]

I went with a whiter look now, but I may add an hour and a half at start and end of the 6 hours of white to give me a nicer ramp up...I've also set the acclimation to slowly ramp up to the 100% by the end of June...

[dattong]

Originally Posted by lemec

I went with a whiter look now, but I may add an hour and a half at start and end of the 6 hours of white to give me a nicer ramp up...I've also set the acclimation to slowly ramp up to the 100% by the end of June...

Be careful with the whiter spectrum, don't crank it up too high or your corals get bleached. Look at the the overall graph, if it's in between 60-70% then adjust the output in HE mode to about 50-55% and go from there by observing how your corals respond.

[lemec]

I'll take a screen shot of my curve and post my program tomorrow.

[dattong]

Originally Posted by StarF

please do upload

Here you go. This is an old project file that's very good for growth and color but on the whiter look.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/wh...er_project.lpc