evan127 Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Hey Mark. Sorry, I'm having a hard time getting your light schedule in my head. Can you screenshot your graph and upload it here? Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 This is what my program currently looks like Screen Shot 2015-06-23 at 1.21.23 PM by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I went back on it today when I got home from Work, I accually messed up that's why it doesn't make sense lol, sunrise 830am, just blue 50 percent, by 1130am 45 percent 14k,,,1130am till 330pm 12k 50 percent 330pm to 730pm 16k at 50 percent,,,730pm -830pm sunset, I'm using my girlfriends laptop and we don't get good WiFi in the back bed room so what I was seeing was a lag from what I changed to what it was and I messed up the schedule along the way haha, I'm kinda following your path as well , I've been running 12k trying to get growth and I definetly seemail it in my acans my frog spawn split hammer is branching new branches forming on this I believe to be green tipped birds nest but I think I could get better color and still get decent growth kinda doing the schedule how it's set up, sound plausible? Or still not make sense? If so I can fire up the old mm laptop and take a picture to show you maybe I am still not doing it right, I do press save when I change each set point learned that quick ah hah, thanks for the reply evan Oh I seeee Mines like a big frown lol Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Pictures are always welcome! Take a shot of your graph as well as a FTS. Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Can you post a screenshot? Its a bit difficult to see. Are you running your lights on 24 hours a day? Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 By the algae it looks like it is, but no its on a 12 he cycle, if I could remember my eco password I could screen shot it, Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 By the picture of your screen, it seems that your start time and end time isn't at zero. Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 correct that is a mistake it has been turning on at 830 am with the blues at 35 percent prior to me Changing it these past couple of days Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 So you're mainly concerned with changing the spectrum too quickly? Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 No I'm not concerned to be honest when I saw your graph I was like hey that's a different way of setting up a schedule so you have multiple spots it ramps up to then stays at a set point for a few hrs then ramps up again to your peak stays for a few hrs then starts to ramp back down , as my schedule ramps up to the afternoon peaks then ramps down kind of like he sun, I assume both would work because I hit all the same spectrum just in a different manner, I did make my peak plateau for two or three hrs before rampin down I thought that was a good point to have like your peak Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 My graph is kind of unusual looking, but if you drew a straight line to each point while missing the points in between each repetitive point, it would slightly resemble a natural solar graph. Slow ramp up, peaks between 11am and 1pm and slowly ramps back down as the earth rotates. I am trying out this program just to see what 12k does. Previously, and the gold standard for my system, the program has been 7 hours of 14k as the peak at 90%. I'm just trying out the 12k peak to see if it affects growth at all. A good PAR blast in the middle of the program. If I don't notice changes in 3-4 weeks, back to my original program. When it comes to the Radions, my biggest advice is go slow. Don't make big changes overnight. Think about why you're going to change it before you do. Its very easy to mess with the Radion and change it to any color combination you'd like, immediately. Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Still using the same Radion program as above, just adjusted the times a bit. But I brought the overall intensity down to 75% just to prevent shock or bleaching. Just precautionary. I am still dosing Reef Chili every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Fuel on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Tank is looking amazing, very nice work . Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Hey thanks! I really appreciate that! I need to get some new pictures up soon. Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Everything is still going good. I am thinking about rearranging some corals, but I am not sold on any of the placement ideas yet. I will sleep on it for a few days. Oh, and I made some small adjustments to my Radion program. I extended the 14k, took the All Blues off in favor of 20k, and lengthened the points to make them more gradual. Screen Shot 2015-06-28 at 5.40.21 PM by Evan Cronshaw, on Flickr Link to comment
evan127 Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Just put in my order for a upgrade for my Gen 2 Radion to the Gen 3 Pro module. Very excited! Link to comment
evan127 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 I absolutely love being able to upgrade my lights to the "latest and greatest" without having to get an entirely new fixture. Being able to grab the light clusters and swapping them out is amazing. My Gen 2 (now Gen 3 Pro) might live forever at this rate Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 How much did it cost for the two clusters? And do you use the wide angle lenses you have, I'm assuming you do Link to comment
evan127 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 I do use the wide lenses. Its worth it to me. Give me all the light!! Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 And of course gotta see a shot of the tank! Yeah 250 is not bad I bought mine used for 450 on here Gen 2 pro and I think Ithe would be worth upgrading, I do want, for my next build to try Dave's hybrid, Link to comment
evan127 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 I will bust out the DSLR tomorrow for some shots, if I have some time. I will also photograph the Radion upgrade process. Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Oh I got a question while your on, I have the wide angle lenses over a standard 10, I don't think I particularly need them if in remove them what can I except? Link to comment
evan127 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 If you have the wide angle lenses, I would honestly think that it could be overkill on the 10g, but theoretically you could run the intensity of the Radion lower while also physically lowering the Radion closer to the water line. You get lower PAR output with the 120 lenses, but better spread, so to compensate your bump up the overall intensity. To get even more energy efficient, you could lower the Radions closers to the waterline as well as lowering the intensity. Approximately equivalently PAR, lower power consumption. Just my thoughts. Link to comment
Markburns43 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 It's 10 inches from water line at the end of the hanging kit, I do get a lot of over spill , I might see how it looks with out the wide angles on other than spillage I think that's the only thing I'll get because I can't lower it any more:/ Link to comment
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