48" for a 55 gallon (48") the light is actually a bit smaller than 48, there are some spots that are dark but I think that's because if my lid plastic pieces at the back of the tank, I have it turned down also, a friend measured her 36" on a 55 gallon and it was 51 par at 18" mine should be 60-65+
I have it set up already, the ramp for sunrise starts at 10:30 am and finishes at 12, light stays on with pink @100%,blue @35%, cold white at 35%, pure white @ 50% and warm at 75% until 7pm and ramps down until 8:45 then night comes on with 14% blue, 1% pink looks great.Wouldn't it be nice if there were a reasonably priced (like 29.99- I might go 49.99) accurate PAR meter which could measure IN the water?
So now that you have light, you get to set up a program for running it right?
This seems good so far. Will stay tuned for the algae management, hahaha. Maybe by the time you get it all worked out I will want one of these
I was going to do 2.5 hour ramps as they said they are much smoother, do you find a 3 hour ramp is a smoother transition than say a 1:45 min one?
Yeah for sure, I have mine on for 7 full with 1hr 45 min ramps sunrise /sunset , I have mine on 100% pink/35% blue /35% cool light /50% pure white/75% warm, looks amazing.
Yeah I look closely at the tank multiple times a day, it's only been 2 days but nothing so far
tyvm Bout to order some bushier greens for the background(haven't decided which yet) , I have to wait to move plants around due to the transition they are going through from the new light, but I'm going to move the repens all together like a spread then the money wart together like a spread breaking them up with the bushier greens, going to line the background plants(Ludwigia, money wart, bushier foliage) with my Wendtii reds and plant buce around the base of the Texas holey rock as well as maybe some dwarf sag, also going to attach a Nana petite to the rock and lightly moss it as well as the branches of the drift wood.
