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Coral growth - Halide VS Led


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Everyone asks, so let's see what the next three months will bring!

Single Gatorade Birdsnest frag placed on two plugs in the same tank, one under halide and the other under led. Each frag is about the same height in these tank.

Water parameters :

Salinity - 1.026

pH- 7.9

temp- 78.5

Ammonia - 0

Nitates - 10

Alk - 8.1

Cal - 425

Mag - 1400

Phosphate -.04

 

Start date pics:

Halide Hamilton 20k 250w with Luxcor ballast

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Ocean Revive LED - Blues 60 / Whites 20

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3 hours ago, castlet67 said:

I do not have halides,but do have led. My frag tanks are set up with t5. Anyone know how far above the tank i should have the t5's? Tanks are 8 inches deep. 

If you wish to become a supporting member you could borrow the clubs par meter.  The waiting list is only 1 deep right now so it could be to you in a little over a week.  That would be the best way to tell, but I would guess you will be somewhere about a foot above the water.

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Found this on Reef2Reef and found it informative on wavelength and intensity of the Hamilton 20k bulb (which I am using) vs the Radium 20k bulb (which I have thought about using). Guess I will stick with the Hamilton. Slightly cheaper, and almost exact wavelength as the more expensive and coveted Radium bulbs.  

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***credit to Kevinsquint on R2R for all effort used to put into creating this***

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27 minutes ago, Lazylivin said:

Can you use a PAR meter to adjust the intensity and placement so the PAR is identical for both LED and MH? Also adjust color on LED so the light is indistinguishable between the MH and LED?

Good idea, I will jump in line for the PAR meter and make the needed adjustments. I think I have matched the color as best as I can tell between the MH and LED... at least to my eye, I will double check with the wife though. She always tells me i'm blind, so I might have to correct it a little. lol

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  • 3 weeks later...

Crimsonvise, what is the timeframe on the above pics? Is this since November 10th? Im getting curious of your par readings myself. On sps i get no change in growth under led, softies are exploding, t5 i get great coloration on all coral but very slow growth across the board. Cant wait to see the settings and par readings.

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9 hours ago, castlet67 said:

Crimsonvise, what is the timeframe on the above pics? Is this since November 10th? Im getting curious of your par readings myself. On sps i get no change in growth under led, softies are exploding, t5 i get great coloration on all coral but very slow growth across the board. Cant wait to see the settings and par readings.

Correct, this is the growth since November 10th. So about 3 weeks.

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  • 1 month later...

@Muttley000

So far it appears that the frag under the led has really taken off. I just received the par meter today, so when I get a sec I will compare par readings. 

This algae stuff is hard to shake. I will be placing an order with reef cleaners here soon for more clean up crew. I have reduced amount fed, and reduced to every other day as well. Hopefully this will help. 

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