Kessil A360's?

[Grayout]

The Kessil rep indicated that the par meters available do not accurately read the intensity of these lights. I haven't seen any spectral analysis of these anywhere. It seems like they are pretty experimental and no one really knows how they will grow corals. I tried to pin down the Kessil rep on what their results were in the lab regarding coral growth but he didn't seem to have that much info. More and more coral farmers are starting to switch over to LED's such as www.uniquecorals.com but I suspect they will supplement with T5's. I've seen solid growth with motipora already but the acropora have only begun to show better coloration. This could be from many factors such as cleaner water, however.

[Skimmer Juice]

currently running a single a360we on a 36x20x20 run at %100 intensity and full blue about 6 inches from water surface . my Nems seem to love the light compared to when I had t5's running . My lps are doing great with decent growth much deeper colors and I have 4 sps under it , a birds of paradise , a green confussa , a potato chip coral and a red digitata and they are all doing fine . Have not bleached anything with the light running at %100 intensity .

[mikellini]

Originally Posted by Skimmer Juice

currently running a single a360we on a 36x20x20 run at %100 intensity and full blue about 6 inches from water surface . my Nems seem to love the light compared to when I had t5's running . My lps are doing great with decent growth much deeper colors and I have 4 sps under it , a birds of paradise , a green confussa , a potato chip coral and a red digitata and they are all doing fine . Have not bleached anything with the light running at %100 intensity .

That's crazy... did you have to taper up the intensity?

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by Skimmer Juice

currently running a single a360we on a 36x20x20 run at %100 intensity and full blue.

Say Whaaaaat? 100% blue and 0% white? Ludicrous! Lol.

[Grayout]

So far I'm up to three hours at 100% and 10k with no issues from the acro's but the chalices are going to need to be pushed further away from the center of the light. Think they may like the lower par since they are showing a little lightening. The cyphastrea may also need to be pushed further away on the frag rack too. The monti's are also enjoying the full power/spectrum. I think these lights are a lot more powerful than most people think. There are lots of forums chastising their ability to grow acro's/monti's. Yes, they may not be the best with super deep tanks but for shallow (frag tanks) I'm already seeing pretty good growth.