Righttirefire Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I love my nanoboxes. I did burn down my 20L with it though. They can be intense. I run a quad over a 20long. About 30% max output 2x blues vs. White. And a tide plus m over a nuvo 8 46% blues vs 23% whites. I'd only up a couple percent every couple weeks. My quad had everything looking awesome 5% weekly... until 1 week it burned everything down....now I'm back at 30% and ramping extremely slowly. So corals came backs... others are gone. Be careful 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) I love my nanoboxes. I did burn down my 20L with it though. They can be intense. I run a quad over a 20long. About 30% max output 2x blues vs. White. And a tide plus m over a nuvo 8 46% blues vs 23% whites. I'd only up a couple percent every couple weeks. My quad had everything looking awesome 5% weekly... until 1 week it burned everything down....now I'm back at 30% and ramping extremely slowly. So corals came backs... others are gone. Be careful So they have been ramped up for about 1 week now. I don't see any burning. I am really confused by the par meter readings, and what I expected. Currently have a low light morning, 6 hours of high light then just blue for night viewing. Full cycle is 12 hours. At max my par meter reads 180 at the top tip of my highest coral. about 120 at the bottom now. Even with adding 30% that some people have suggested I'm not getting as high as I hoped. Any advice is welcome Edit: Morning: blues 50% whites %20 Mid-Day: blues 90% whites 45% Night : blues 30% whites 5% Thanks, JR Edited April 1, 2016 by junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righttirefire Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I don't really have an advise besides what i gave you. One day everything looked awesome and growning. The next day nothing. I spent weeks watching parameters. Increased watch changes. Replaced all media. And light was all I had left... so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) I don't really have an advise besides what i gave you. One day everything looked awesome and growning. The next day nothing. I spent weeks watching parameters. Increased watch changes. Replaced all media. And light was all I had left... so This is what scares me with LED's. I just want my halides back, but not the electrical bill lol. If you are around Portland, I'd be interested to see what par readings you have. Edited April 1, 2016 by junior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righttirefire Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I'm in keizer. And don't have a par meter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righttirefire Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I believe brs did a great job on light testing and I believe we assume we need more than necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 I believe brs did a great job on light testing and I believe we assume we need more than necessary. Are you running natural daylight? If not could you send me your settings? Do you run at that setting for all 12 hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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