AI Hydra Settings Thread

[ReefTankHunter]

Alright guys,lets change it up for a sec.Been doing some research on the hydras. It seems some who are running all there colors high,are having good success.Seen some nice acro tanks with reds and greens, like 75%.Tell me why i shouldn't do it.It Even looking at the TOTM on here,i believe his numbers are high.I think we need to have a real hard discussion on this.My reds and greens are at 20%.I want to slowly get them 50 to 60.:eek2:

 

[Wazzel]

Alright guys,lets change it up for a sec.Been doing some research on the hydras. It seems some who are running all there colors high,are having good success.Seen some nice acro tanks with reds and greens, like 75%.Tell me why i shouldn't do it.It Even looking at the TOTM on here,i believe his numbers are high.I think we need to have a real hard discussion on this.My reds and greens are at 20%.I want to slowly get them 50 to 60.:eek2:

The reds and greens make up a very small part of the total power. There is no good reason to run them extremely low. I did a study on it and posted my results here. I am out so digging it up on my phone is kind of a pain. I do not run anything on mine less than in the mid 70's.

Ok found it. If you run all the channels at the same level red makes up about 3% and green about 6% of the total output.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2467729&highlight=study

 

[chercm]

The reds and greens make up a very small part of the total power. There is no good reason to run them extremely low. I did a study on it and posted my results here. I am out so digging it up on my phone is kind of a pain. I do not run anything on mine less than in the mid 70's.

can you share your current map ?

 

[Wazzel]

can you share your current map ?

Sure but yet will have to be much later tonight or tomorrow. I am not home right now.

 

[chercm]

Try this. Please let me know if you could get the file. It is the first time I shared my setting.

i found it thanks

 

[Wazzel]

i found it thanks

Unless you have access to my director you did not find my current setting. I bumped up all the channels a percent or two a few days ago. The ones you found are probably close.

 

[ReefTankHunter]

The reds and greens make up a very small part of the total power. There is no good reason to run them extremely low. I did a study on it and posted my results here. I am out so digging it up on my phone is kind of a pain. I do not run anything on mine less than in the mid 70's.

Ok found it. If you run all the channels at the same level red makes up about 3% and green about 6% of the total output.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2467729&highlight=study

Thanks, very helpful. Im slowly getting them up.That is amazing how much the whites put out.And most do not use them to the full.Like i said before,those who are brave enough to use the power of all the colors.,seem to do well..

 

[Wazzel]

Thanks, very helpful. Im slowly getting them up.That is amazing how much the whites put out.And most do not use them to the full.Like i said before,those who are brave enough to use the power of all the colors.,seem to do well..

I agree. My whites are at 87 or 88%. I am utilizing around 92% of the available power of the fixture. I also put together a power estimator spread sheet. I posted it here somewhere. All the relationships are linear and proportional so you can put one together yourself if you can not find it.

 

[Wazzel]

To continue my last thought I think people burnt corals and assumned it was a power issue. IMO it is and acclimation issue. Bring up the power slowly and the corals react well.

 

[ReefTankHunter]

I put that chart or my favorite s

 

[Chrisq0904]

AI Hydra Settings Thread

Which lights would you guys recommend on the deep blue 80g? It's 48L x 24D x 18H

I plan on keeping LPS softies and sps

 

[gregrocks79]

AI Hydra Settings Thread

I'm running everything at 70% minus whites which are at 60%! Loving it and so are my corals. They've all been under LEDs for a while so they're used to it.

I'm starting to add more SPS again and will see how it all goes.

Added this yesterday and so far it's loving life haha
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Also,, I fragged my Garf Bonsai when I swapped tanks and it's even started to spread a little. Even just after a week in the new tank! Pics later

 

[ReefTankHunter]

Man,when i first saw the pic,i thought it was a Heaven and Hell acro. Sill looks good.My acros are doing well .but they will be doing better when i get my percentage up on the rest of my colors.

 

[major stare]

I'm at;

UV 25
Violet 60
Blues 80
Green 35
Red 15
White 45.

Everything is doing well but even acclimatisation on green and especially red, above these current settings causes the tank to algae bloom, the water full of diatoms and the glass needing cleaning daily.

 

[Tuffloud1]

FWIW, I spoke to Justin at AI explaining to him the situation with my horribly faded sps. I gave him my settings, which I copied from Sonicboom's.

He said whites at 25 is very low and that he recommended cranking them up slowly, about 5 percent a week until I reach 50-55.

He said that white is the powerhouse in the color spectrum that corals need and having them this low is the reason for my very low par readings.

I realize the reason could very well be lack of nutrients in my tank, so I have upped my feeding based on everything everyone is telling me in my SPS thread.

For the time being, I have actually kept each color level the same as Sonicboom's, but have just lowered the overall intensity to 60 percent. So basically it makes 60 percent of what each color is set at, white at 25 is now 15 and so on for the rest of the colors.

My plan is to establish more nutrients, then slowly work the entire color spectrum back up.

Sonic, what are your thoughts on this?

 

[Wazzel]

I'm at;

UV 25
Violet 60
Blues 80
Green 35
Red 15
White 45.

Everything is doing well but even acclimatisation on green and especially red, above these current settings causes the tank to algae bloom, the water full of diatoms and the glass needing cleaning daily.

Doubt it is the lights. Nutrients are the culprit. Need to balance input with export and grazers.

 

[chercm]

Wazzel, please upload your map .

 

[Wazzel]

Sorry I did not get to it today. I got up and left home again. Here it is.

 

[chercm]

Sorry I did not get to it today. I got up and left home again. Here it is.

not much diff of what i have, i used yours and set 50% acclimate for 6 months . just to make sure that i will not bleach my corals

 

[Wazzel]

FWIW, I spoke to Justin at AI explaining to him the situation with my horribly faded sps. I gave him my settings, which I copied from Sonicboom's.

He said whites at 25 is very low and that he recommended cranking them up slowly, about 5 percent a week until I reach 50-55.

He said that white is the powerhouse in the color spectrum that corals need and having them this low is the reason for my very low par readings.

I realize the reason could very well be lack of nutrients in my tank, so I have upped my feeding based on everything everyone is telling me in my SPS thread.

For the time being, I have actually kept each color level the same as Sonicboom's, but have just lowered the overall intensity to 60 percent. So basically it makes 60 percent of what each color is set at, white at 25 is now 15 and so on for the rest of the colors.

My plan is to establish more nutrients, then slowly work the entire color spectrum back up.

Sonic, what are your thoughts on this?

IMO 50-55 is still low. Still going to take a major hit to your power there. This fixture is approximately equal to a 250 way MH when all channels are 100%.