I am sure that you will go with another Hydra 52 soon:mixed: The hydra 52s are a great light. I am still extremely pleased with three of those Hydra 52s over my Cadlights 100g dt.
Has anyone running Hydra with Kessil combo?
AI Hydra 26 settings
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I am sure that you will go with another Hydra 52 soon:mixed: The hydra 52s are a great light. I am still extremely pleased with three of those Hydra 52s over my Cadlights 100g dt.
Has anyone running Hydra with Kessil combo?
Sonicboom
Addicted to salt
I use director so colors are set for sunrise sunset, with 3 hour ramp time, moon phase ends at 6:30am. Hth
Sonicboom
Addicted to salt
Welcome Papachu, if those measurements are in inches, then yes a single 26 would be fine since it covers a 24 inch spread.
Thanxz for the super quick response! Yes they are in inches, I asked because I wanted to be extra sure that I would be fine with just 1. Also how high AWL would you recommend setting it at?
I keep mixed corals mostly softies and LPS, what would be a a good setting for the different color lights?
Sonicboom
Addicted to salt
that is hard to say, depends on your rock work and where you are placing your corals, I would say anything between 8-12" should work. If you get the hanging kit you will be able to adjust them up or down. as far as settings, that is usually the million dollar question. It's difficult to give settings since each tank, aquascape, water clarity, height of lights, and finally species of corals kept is different. I would start low and adjust until you like the look, then move your corals where they do best, have good PE and coloration is correct, if one coral starts to darken but another's colors are spot on, relocate the coral.
AI 26 settings
AI 26 settings
I have a 110 reef tank 48 x 18 x 30 mostly zoas and pallys.
2 AI 26's 8" AWL
Current setting are
Cool White 50% 4 hours
Blue 70% 8-10 hours
Royal Blue 70% 8-10 hours
Red and Green 5% 2 hours
Ultra Violet 10% 4 hours
Violet 10% 4 hours
What would you recommend as light settings for maximum growth and color
Thank you
Bill
AI 26 settings
I have a 110 reef tank 48 x 18 x 30 mostly zoas and pallys.
2 AI 26's 8" AWL
Current setting are
Cool White 50% 4 hours
Blue 70% 8-10 hours
Royal Blue 70% 8-10 hours
Red and Green 5% 2 hours
Ultra Violet 10% 4 hours
Violet 10% 4 hours
What would you recommend as light settings for maximum growth and color
Thank you
Bill
PortlandReefer
New member
Hello just got 2 Hydra 26 for my 300 cube 48x48x30 mostly sps 30 deep cube. I have two ocean revive in the back and supplemented with t5's the two hydra26 in front. I will be going to all hydra in the future. Looking for some help on the on the color I have the apex AMX for a controller and looking to play with color settings.
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advanwoerden
New member
I have a 40 gal cube - 23x23x18h, just got a hydra 26 to replace my DIY LED build which I think is too bright (24 blue XPE 3w and 12 whites, 108 watts total with no dimmers).
I have LPS, zoas and a RBTA. how high AWL should I hang the hydra? Also what % should I start at? Thanks for any input!
I have LPS, zoas and a RBTA. how high AWL should I hang the hydra? Also what % should I start at? Thanks for any input!
Gagonzalez
Reef Fanatic
I have an 18x18x18 cube Mixed Reef with LPS, SPS, Clams and a Maxi Mini Nem. I run the following from approx. 8am-8pm with a 2hr ramp up and 2hr ramp down:
Violet=50
UV=10
RB=70
DB=70
GR=20
RD=15
CW=30
I started out at a 60% reduction in acclimation mode for about 8 weeks before adding my Nem and SPS. Although, you may need to start out a little stronger since you already had LED's.
Just a suggestion. Good Luck.
Totally new to saltwater don't have any corals yet but I have 3 hydra 26 on my 135gal 72x18x24 and the director. I thought it was cool you can do location based weather on the right it has min max what do you think is a good range i'm planning on doing softies and lps easy stuff. thx!
min-max
white 0 -45
violet 3 - 60
red 4-40
green 0 - 40
blue 4 - 60
royal 4 - 60
uv 2 - 45
<- is this okay for now?
min-max
white 0 -45
violet 3 - 60
red 4-40
green 0 - 40
blue 4 - 60
royal 4 - 60
uv 2 - 45
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I updated this stole someones .ai file on this forum and modified it - can someone tell me if this will work for softies/lps? Here is my .ai file!
http://www.filedropper.com/jpe160
http://www.filedropper.com/jpe160
steventaylor702
New member
This is my light cycle on my 80 gal tank with 4bulb t5 supplement lighting
thx done!
GypsyReefer
New member
I have been using a Hydra 26 for Since I set my tank up in since April. I have noticed that most of my LPS have been generally happy. Lately my plate coral has started to deteriorate. Any suggestions on changing some of the lighting parameters? I reduced my setting recently. My tank is a 24" x 24" corner tank and is about 20" deep. The light is 10-11 AWL. I also noticed that my Xenia has moved but it has also shrunk up some.
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