Red Sea 50 lighting questions

[CMuentener]

Hello all.....

 

May I please have some help/advice/input with regards to transitioning my tank from PC's to the Red Sea 50 LED.  My current vision is reef dominated with predominantly soft corals and LPS. I may add in a couple hardy SPS down the road. 

 

Background:

-15 gallon high tank (20" x 10" x 18"), 10 gallon sump

-Currently powered by 60 watts 50/50 PC's

-tank is a year old

 

Currently stocked with:

-leather corals

-clove polyps

-Zoanthid

-Pipe organ coral

-Acan

-Leptastrea

-trumpet coral

-tubinaria coral

-cespitularia 

 

Questions:

1) How do you decided between 20K and 23K settings 

2) What would be my max( percentages ) of blue and white lights at the end of the acclimation period?

3) what percentages of blue and white lights should I start the acclimation period with?

4) How long should my acclimation period be?

5) How long should my ramp up and ramp down time be?

6) How long should I have my lights on? Currently my lights are on for 8 hours

 

Many thanks

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[seabass]

Sorry that I can't answer your specific questions.  However, in general:

• Spectrum is often considered personal preference.
• When increasing LED light, limit changes to 5% a week.
• Ramp up and down might lessen the chance of startling fish.  However, I consider it more esthetics than necessity.
• 8 hours of daylight lighting is fairly common.  You might lessen it just a little to compensate for the additional ramp up and down cycles.

[CMuentener]

No need to be sorry, thanks for the input. Personally doing research about the hobby is enjoyable.  Do you have an websites or youtube channels you would recommend ? 

 

Thank you, Take Care

[seabass]

43 minutes ago, CMuentener said:

Do you have an websites or youtube channels you would recommend ?

BRStv has some good content.

 

Wet Web Media

 

Live Aquaria has a lot of info in fish species.

 

There are a number of good sources depending on the topic.  Plus, there are other forums, but this is a great one with lots of information to dig through.