AI Hydra Settings Thread

[gregrocks79]

2 hydras

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[LazRodriguez]

Looks real good!
Like how you aquascaped.
Can't believe you have those intensities with no issues with bleaching .

 

[gregrocks79]

Thank you!! It's an ongoing process lol

Ya no issues at all. Don't know why people run into to many issues. My corals are all growing very fast :thumbsup:

 

[Twostepper4041]

Gtegrocks, so I'm in panic mode... I have a 65 tall... 2 hydras.... I get so many reactions to my intensities, that I don't know what to do...
Hydras have to be a good light..l better than my ecoxotics right? I'm losing sps like crazy... Lfs says that I'm burning everything, but yet I'm not bleaching anything.... Everything is browning....

Should I go ahead and crank things up? Right now my reds and greens are 10, blues 65, whites 19, violet 19 and uv 2...

They say the uv is killing things... But I'm wondering if I just don't have enough light

 

[Twostepper4041]

Dead

 

[gregrocks79]

AI Hydra Settings Thread

Hmm kinda hard to say. Can be so many things than just lights. Browning can be a sign of many things. Regarding lights, it could be putting on sunblock so to speak. They have to get used to the UV. What lights did you have before?

Bleaching can definitely be signs of dying

I've has my lights to many settings best results is what I have em on now. My tanks 17" tall and the lights are 11" from the water. My tank is thriving and my water parameters are spot on too

 

[Sonicboom]

You could try one of our higher settings we posted and turn on acclimation of about 20% and clouds to also give coals a break through out the day

 

[Twostepper4041]

Yeah, at this point I'm willing to try anything. Just turned whites to 60 red and greens to 10, blues to 95 and uv to 30 with a 2 week 20% mode on

Old lights were panorama pros 36. 2 actinics and 1 marine

 

[gregrocks79]

Nice. Ya def turn them up higher and ramp em up. Let us know

 

[Twostepper4041]

Ok... Will do.... It's crazy you are running the uv so high... Also... Does the violet have a negative effect?

 

[gregrocks79]

So weird cuz I haven't had any issues at all. Yet so many have. Maybe cuz I started this tank w LEDs who knows lol

Nope! No negative effects whatsoever

 

[Sonicboom]

I started my tank with leds as well, but I started with everything at 45%.

 

[DJ Liquid]

Chiming in as well...no negative effects

 

[Twostepper4041]

My green staghorn is browning and it's at the tops of the tank... So either I'm burning it or it needs more light... Burning and bleaching are 2 very seperate items

 

[gregrocks79]

If it's browning it's not bleaching. It's probably just greeting ready for a "growth spirt" it's adjusting to the UV and is putting on sun block so to speak. Give it time.

 

[DJ Liquid]

I agree with greg. Any growth with that browning?

 

[gregrocks79]

The 2 SPS in my tank that have browned are; efflo and an acro colony. The efflo is very healthy and starting to color up. It constantly has it's feelers out and good PE. The acro has really really thicken up a lot and encrusting all around the base. The color is really coming back strong too. Not as much PE yet though

I had an acan that died long long ago and it recently started come back a month ago er so. Now it's got two heads and is growing like a weed!

Love these lights

 

[Sonicboom]

lovin mine as well, i ordered my second Friday and it will be here tonight. one more to go after that...

 

[gregrocks79]

lovin mine as well, i ordered my second Friday and it will be here tonight. one more to go after that...

Smooth!!! I kinda want a third lol

How are ya mounting them?

 

[Sonicboom]

mounted from the ceiling, left to right using the rails