Finally, after what seemed like an eternity waiting on a rail and controller (only one week, LOL), I have my Hydras set up and running. It was painful looking at the two lights and not being able to use them because of back ordered parts. The LFS was patient with me while I called every day asking if they had come in. I am still waiting on the Director, so tired of waiting I bought the wireless controller to use while I wait.
I have read through this entire posting which was a lot of help, thanks to everyone, and decided to go with the following settings:
w - 35
db - 75
rb - 75
g - 15
r - 15
uv - 60
v - 65
Set to Fiji with a ramp time of 4.0, starting at 6am to 6pm.
Using cloud cover at 100% and max'd at 5x.
For lunar I went with 5% rb from 6pm to 6am.
Coral acclimation at 50% for one month. Old lighting was a 6 bulb T5 fixture with 2-12k, 2-actinic, 1-deep ocean blue and 1-Fiji Purple.
2 - Hydras on a 75g set parallel, 10" above the water level.
Since a dieing anemone nuked my tank 4 months ago and several 50%+ water changes later, I am left with only softies but will be replacing my lps and adding several sps in the coming months.
Any advice/comments on my settings?
