Kessil schedule

[Skinner_m]

Hi all,
I’m running a Aquascaper 1500 with discus and numerous hardy plants. I’ve got a Kessil A360WE Tuna Sun lighting setup (with controller) but have never been certain of what schedule to run the lights on. Can anyone share their schedule for a similar setup or offer any tips please?
Thanks

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

but have never been certain of what schedule to run the lights on. Can anyone share their schedule for a similar setup or offer any tips please?

Welcome, do you have a picture of the tank? We have a few keepers of Discus in planted tanks. I'll cc. in @REDSTEVEO, and we also have a few <"Kessil Tuna Sun users">. I'll add @Geoffrey Rea and @alto .

cheers Darrel

 

[Skinner_m]

Thanks Darrel, much appreciated. I’ve attached a few pics

 

[Zeus.]

I have kessils 160 tuna suns x4, one of the main reasons I went for the 160 over the 360's (except the price) was the ability to have the intensity much lower, the 160's will come on when the intensity is 10% but the with the 360's a higher intensity is require its 30 to 50%.
So I have my 160's coming on at 10% intensity and slowly ramp up over 30 -45mins to the max intensity ( which I currently have them at 50% max), I start with the spectrum at 0.0% and ramp that also to 100% in same time period. I also have them ramping down also and any extended viewing is done at 10% intensity. Some of the best viewing of the tank is done when the lights are on the lowest intensity as the shimmer tends to be best then IMO
The kessil controller is a decent piece of kit for its money, I do have one but I do use a PLC to control my kessils

 

[REDSTEVEO]

Thanks Darrel, much appreciated. I’ve attached a few picsView attachment 159530View attachment 159531View attachment 159532

Looks brilliant. I am only using the Fluval Plant 3.0 and the Fluval Aquasky on a very low tech setting, with just Crypts and nothing else. But you seem to have got yours all sorted.

Sorry about the late reply.