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  1. wallacefan

    wallacefan Plankton

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    I put two xr30w gen 2s on my 90 gal mixed reef

    all my corals are on the sand bed

    i set the radions on natural mode from 10am to 10 pm at 50%

    the corals are not looking good the light have been on for 24 hours

    what can i do?
     
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  2. Reef2Keep

    Reef2Keep Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Do you mean, the new light has been running for 24hrs....or your photo period has been 24hrs?

    What lighting were you using before? You may need to dial back the light even more and slowly increase it over a few weeks...say 10% increase per week. Also how high above the water is it suspended?
     
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  3. wallacefan

    wallacefan Plankton

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    i set the radions on natural mode from 10am to 10 pm at 50%

    its been 24 hrs the light have been over the tank

    not on for 24 hrs
     
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  4. Beechnut

    Beechnut Astrea Snail

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    Go down to 25% and come up from there.
     
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  5. wallacefan

    wallacefan Plankton

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    how long at 25% move up 10% everyother day?
     
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  6. wallacefan

    wallacefan Plankton

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    what would be the max? not sure where to stop?
     
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  7. Reef2Keep

    Reef2Keep Purple Spiny Lobster

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    If you're corals are hurting, then I'd probably increase slower than 10% a day...just so they have some time to recover and acclimate slowly.
     
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  8. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    12 hours is probably a bit too long btw. Do they run full intensity from 10 - 10?
     
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  9. wallacefan

    wallacefan Plankton

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    i set the radions on natural mode from 10am to 10 pm at 50%
     
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  10. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    I do not have LED so I have no clue what I am talking about, BUT further decreasing the intensity and also decreasing the photo periods seems like a common sense intervention at this time.

    What types of corals do you keep?
    Specifically how to they look worse, closed, shrunken, coloration...?
     
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