Acan Lovers - What Lights Are You Using?

revhtree · May 24, 2012

I like this thread.

feh · May 24, 2012

revhtree said:
I like this thread.

Me too...

turbo21 · May 24, 2012

revhtree said:
I like this thread.

thats why we need a "like" button hehe

thewackyreefer · May 24, 2012

I'm glad everyone's enjoying and participating. When I started this I never expected 78 replies and the amount of discussion we've seen so far! Keep it up guys!

I think there's a lot of good information here and hopefully the discussion continues. Next poll/thread will be regarding acan feeding! I'm really curious about that as well given the number of foods on the market these days.

Singlefin · May 25, 2012

Just hope my LEDs don't affect my new acans as much as they did my original ones. I have them dimmed down more for a longer acclimating.

Part of me is salty...,

specvjeff · May 25, 2012

Metal halides.

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3mm3 · May 25, 2012

mine sit under 250hqi plus actinics

All Delight · May 25, 2012

feh said:
ATI fixture?

Yes ATI Powermodule. It's really a 6x24, but at the moment I'm using only 4 of the bulbs.

feh · May 25, 2012

All Delight said:
Yes ATI Powermodule. It's really a 6x24, but at the moment I'm using only 4 of the bulbs.

The 4 inner slots or are you staggering the bulbs? I use a Tek fixture with same bulb combo over my 75 but I also use 2 ATI true actinics for 2hrs before and after daylights are on/off.

caudill187 · May 25, 2012

My acans seem to like LED's better than other light sources, when properly acclimated.

All Delight · May 25, 2012

feh said:
The 4 inner slots or are you staggering the bulbs? I use a Tek fixture with same bulb combo over my 75 but I also use 2 ATI true actinics for 2hrs before and after daylights are on/off.

It's actually the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th bulbs.

mnat · Jun 6, 2012

I have most of my acans under T5s and the colors hold up very well. The acans under my SOL blues just turned orange within days of being in there. The acans are growing and look awesome, just very orange. I will be setting up some mazzarras soon so I am hoping with those I can play around a bit and see what happens.

thewackyreefer · Jun 6, 2012

mnat said:
I have most of my acans under T5s and the colors hold up very well. The acans under my SOL blues just turned orange within days of being in there. The acans are growing and look awesome, just very orange. I will be setting up some mazzarras soon so I am hoping with those I can play around a bit and see what happens.

I had the same issues with the SOL Blues, no matter how low I had them turned down... What bulbs are you running in your T5's?

Singlefin · Jun 7, 2012

caudill187 said:
My acans seem to like LED's better than other light sources, when properly acclimated.

How would you properly acclimate acans to LEDs?

Part of me is salty...,

Reefnjunkie · Jun 7, 2012

Singlefin said:
How would you properly acclimate acans to LEDs?

Part of me is salty...,

If your LEDs are not dimmable get some of the material used when replacing a screen door/window from like Lowes/Home Depot etc and cut it so you have layers that you can place over your tank, after a week or two ( I suggest 2 weeks) remove a single layer and continue this pattern. I have had to use 3 layers before but that was when I jumped from 250 MH to 400 watt with new reflectors. it may not need to be the entire tank top. All my tanks with fish have the DIY clear nylon mesh top, I would cut pieces in diffrentsizes and layer them.

I run all LED know but the principle is the same-

You can also reduce the photo period then slowly increase that as well

HTH

mnat · Jun 7, 2012

luvmyacans said:
I had the same issues with the SOL Blues, no matter how low I had them turned down... What bulbs are you running in your T5's?

Blue plus
Coral plus
Kz purple
Coral plus
Blue plus

Reefnjunkie · Jun 25, 2012

mnat said:
Blue plus
Coral plus
Kz purple
Coral plus
Blue plus

Are those bulbs all in the 450nm range, I mean are there any that are rated like a 6500K-14K or higher?

It seems a lot of configs I see with T5 are mostly blue-

It may be worth doing an experiment of like a 5:1 ratio of Royal Blue to White LEDs (After the GO Justin-LOL)

thewackyreefer · Jun 25, 2012

Reefnjunkie said:
Are those bulbs all in the 450nm range, I mean are there any that are rated like a 6500K-14K or higher?

It seems a lot of configs I see with T5 are mostly blue-

It may be worth doing an experiment of like a 5:1 ratio of Royal Blue to White LEDs (After the GO Justin-LOL)

Ha! Once those pieces are big enough to cut I'm definitely going to do a little experimenting with LED vs T5.

thewackyreefer · Jul 13, 2012

Well, even though so many of you are running LED's after reading through this thread and many others, talking to hobbyists and retailers I've decided to switch to T5's over the display tank and ditch the Radion's. I will say I have loved the Radion's, they're just too powerful for what I need and with 30+ acans coming soon from a growout I don't want to take any chance of them losing their colors.

MattinIdaho · Jul 13, 2012

I am running an 8 bulb T5 setup. All ATI bulbs front to back

Blue Plus
Blue Plus
Purple Plus
Blue Plus
Coral Plus
Blue Plus
Aqua Blue
Blue Plus

People always comment on my colors and how full and fast my acans grow.