New light .. Need help

[Coral Chris]

Hey guys !! Advice please. I finally coughed up the cash for an ai sol blue with controller and I don't wanna bleach my reef. Currently running the 6 gallon fluval edge with sps, Lps, and some chalice frags .. How high should I hang the light and how much should I power down the light intensity ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated !!


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[350gt]

1 ai?

Whats the dimensions on the tank?

[jrsatx20]

WHAT KIND OF LIGHT DID THEY HAVE BEFORE

AN AI NANO PROB WOULD OF DONE BETTER UNLESS YOU ARE UPGRADING THE TANK LATER

[350gt]

Haha just saw the 6 gallon fluval tank..... Duh! Moms bday, i finished cooking earlier, been a long day....

Keep whites 30% lower than the blues imo

As far as settings... Shoot, start real low with a small tank like that..

[ramsey]

AI SOLs are powerful. I'd start with 20% white 40% blue at most and slowly ramp up over many weeks. The best thing to do would be to use a PAR meter to see how much PAR you're getting. MAAST has one available for charter members.

If stuff starts looking ticked off, lower the intensity. With such a small tank, it would be easy to overdo it.

[350gt]

I would honesly say 10 or less with whites, i ran the sols at 30% white/60% blues for a while on my tank..

[ramsey]

I would honesly say 10 or less with whites, i ran the sols at 30% white/60% blues for a while on my tank..

I wouldn't argue with that. Better safe than sorry.

[Coral Chris]

Currently have a fluval sea and marine 24k.. I didn't put the ai sol up yet.. Scared lol. Want to make sure I do it the right way. I'll look into the par meter. Hopefully the waiting list isn't toooooo long


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[Coral Chris]

Yes I'm going to upgrade .. Soon. Not sure what size I wanna go.. Too many options


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