gregrocks79
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AI Hydra Settings Thread
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ChadB31
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AI Hydra Settings
AI Hydra Settings
I purchased the AI Hydra about a week ago. After playing with the intensity settings for hours I designed a day cycle that I love. I contacted AI, and they said my settings were great. I have a 30 gallon tank and the fixture is about 8 inches from the waterline.
Here are my numbers:
Sunrise: 9:50 AM
Sunset: 7:30 PM
2 hour ramp time
White: 45%
Violet: 35%
Red: 30%
Greed: 20%
D-Blue: 40%
Royal: 40%
UV: 45%
All my corals seem to love this. I mostly have soft corals and some LPS. I cant wait to get SPS now that I have LED's instead of T-5's.
AI Hydra Settings
I purchased the AI Hydra about a week ago. After playing with the intensity settings for hours I designed a day cycle that I love. I contacted AI, and they said my settings were great. I have a 30 gallon tank and the fixture is about 8 inches from the waterline.
Here are my numbers:
Sunrise: 9:50 AM
Sunset: 7:30 PM
2 hour ramp time
White: 45%
Violet: 35%
Red: 30%
Greed: 20%
D-Blue: 40%
Royal: 40%
UV: 45%
All my corals seem to love this. I mostly have soft corals and some LPS. I cant wait to get SPS now that I have LED's instead of T-5's.
LazRodriguez
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Nice , good luck with lights.
I am really glad I upgraded from sol blues to the hydras
I am really glad I upgraded from sol blues to the hydras
Hi Sonicboom!
Tell me is 3 Hydra is enought for a 180g tank. 6x2x2 ?
Can you post some pictures of your light set up plz ?
Thanks
Sonicboom
Addicted to salt
Yes, 3 is absolutely enough, apparently I just received a V2 light and they are brighter than the ones shipped for preorder, here are some pics, the left light is new and the right is 2 months old.
Clearer shot
Twostepper4041
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I found the sweet spot I think... Cranked the blues to 76 whites at 15, violets at 30, reds and greens at 5 and uv at 30.... Tanks looks very nice... Still trying to figure out the whole sps losing color thing, but I also turned off my dosing pumps... So I'm lowering the alk back down to 8 where I have always kept it.
Sonicboom
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Lol, anyone getting the hydra now will get the smaller heatsink.
V2 is version 2, smaller heatsink, brighter less, round fan on top with ai engraved in fan.
Twostepper4041
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gregrocks79
Less talk, more rock!
Very nice!!
Sonicboom
Addicted to salt
SO i contacted AI and they state;
"Thanks for the information. The Hydra that you just received with the slimmer body is the one we will be producing from now on. It is cosmetically different in the body however has not effect on performance whatsoever. The light output from the LEDs will be the same from light to light as all internal components have not changed."
So i am going to let the rock darken up as what i might have been seeing was more light reflected off of the lighter colored rocks than from the ones covered in algae.
gregrocks79
Less talk, more rock!
AI Hydra Settings Thread
Is it just the vega heatsink and fan?? Hydra already is slim. Hmm
Is it just the vega heatsink and fan?? Hydra already is slim. Hmm
gregrocks79
Less talk, more rock!
^^ x1
Ya need more info too. What's in the tank water parameters and all that jazz?!
Ya need more info too. What's in the tank water parameters and all that jazz?!
LazRodriguez
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Also What lighting did you have prior?
And how long have you had the acro?
And how long have you had the acro?
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