Here it is: Evergrow LED lighting schedule

kratos1028

kratos1028

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I have been getting a few messages asking about my lighting schedule for the evergrow fixture so I thought I'd just post it here. I have 2 It2080 fixtures and going to be swapping some of the colors out soon to make it "better" to my liking.

My schedule is as follows with the lighting hanging at 7-8" above water surface with 120 optics:

Light is on total from 7am to 2am. Most of the time, its just blues and I find that it helps the corals, especially zoas, get their colors. Main lights are on from 1pm-6pm. 1pm-3pm they are at 100% blues and 70% whites. 3pm-6pm they are at 100% blues and 60% whites. From 10am to 9pm, the blues are on 100%. Before 10am and after 9pm the blues are ramping up and down, respectively. My whites start to come on at 11am and completely turn off by 8pm. Before 1pm and after 6pm, my whites are ramping up and down, respectively. Moon lights go on from 10pm-2am. I start the moonlights at 5% and ramp down over the 4 hrs they are on.

I have had this schedule since I have had the lights with a little tweaking done as I tried to figure out the best growth/colors for my corals. Hope this helps! :)
 
Thanks for this! Here's the schedule Kratos outlined above (though I added a small percentage of white in the morning and night instead of just 100% blue), and I run 7% blue overnight as moonlight.

Time--Blue--White
2am--7%--0%
3am--7%--0%
4am--7%--0%
5am--7%--0%
6am--10%--0%
7am--50%--1%
8am--70%--2%
9am--70%--4%
10am--100%--12%
11am--100%--40%
12pm--100%--60%
1pm--100%--70%
2pm--100%--70%
3pm--100%--70%
4pm--100%--60%
5pm--100%--60%
6pm--100%--60%
7pm--100%--40%
8pm--100%--40%
9pm--100%--20%
10pm--80%--15%
11pm--70%--5%
12am--30%--0%
1am--10%--0%


This correct Kratos? Curious why you never have the white channel at 100%... too intense of light?

My lights an IT2080, hanging about 8 inches above the water, on a 36 inch tall 65 gallon tank. I just set these light settings tonight, so we'll see how things respond.
 
tjhammer said:
Thanks for this! Here's the schedule Kratos outlined above (though I added a small percentage of white in the morning and night instead of just 100% blue), and I run 7% blue overnight as moonlight.

Time--Blue--White
2am--7%--0%
3am--7%--0%
4am--7%--0%
5am--7%--0%
6am--10%--0%
7am--50%--1%
8am--70%--2%
9am--70%--4%
10am--100%--12%
11am--100%--40%
12pm--100%--60%
1pm--100%--70%
2pm--100%--70%
3pm--100%--70%
4pm--100%--60%
5pm--100%--60%
6pm--100%--60%
7pm--100%--40%
8pm--100%--40%
9pm--100%--20%
10pm--80%--15%
11pm--70%--5%
12am--30%--0%
1am--10%--0%


This correct Kratos? Curious why you never have the white channel at 100%... too intense of light?

My lights an IT2080, hanging about 8 inches above the water, on a 36 inch tall 65 gallon tank. I just set these light settings tonight, so we'll see how things respond.
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I have the same set up on my 65, however have a lot less light currently set on the 2080. I am getting some pretty good coral growth too. It seems as if I have some more room to increase the light schedule for max growth. Below is my current schedule.
Time--blues--whites/ colors
2am--1%--0%
3am--0%-0%
4am--0%--0%
5am--0%-0%
6am--5%--0%
7am--15--0%
8am--25%--0%
9am--40%--0%
10am--50%--10%
11am--60%--30%
12pm--70%--50%
1pm--80%--60%
2pm--80%--60%
3pm--80%--60%
4pm--80%--60%
5pm--80--60%
6pm--70%--50%
7pm--50%--10%
8pm--25%--0%
9pm--10%-- 0%
10pm--7%--0%
11pm--5%--0%
12am--3%--0%
1am--1%--0%
 
@ tjhammer - I would cut the blues completely instead of keeping them at 7% all night to give the tank complete darkness to rest from all the light its been getting throughout the day.
 
Anyone running the evergrow it50 LEDs, would be interested to see what intensity people are running at.


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If anybody is in any doubt about buying one of these lights you cant go wrong i love mine and wouldnt have any other now

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