AI Hydra
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lowscooby76
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milsaltnewbie07 your Tank look awesome.:thumbsup:
milsaltnewbie07
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Ty so much. Its been a slow build, but its been paying off lately.
WBS Reefer
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My RBTA
My RBTA
I may have just learned that my Rose BTA that I was confused about my be a Rainbow BTA, LFS sold it to me as RoseBTA, After 2 weeks under the AI Hydra is was weird, now its noticeably a Rainbow BTA, It had some green at the store but I didn't really think much about it.
As for my light settings I also use CaribSea Indo Pacific sub, I like the black adn white, vs the pink, white and beige I see everywhere, and I mean everywhere...Maybe I am taking it too serious but I like to keep each tank, region specific.
If I turn down the white, I feel its too blue, I dont have alot of coral that I need to highlight.
I made a Post/Thread abot my tank so people can share about those kinda things,
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2325460
My RBTA
I may have just learned that my Rose BTA that I was confused about my be a Rainbow BTA, LFS sold it to me as RoseBTA, After 2 weeks under the AI Hydra is was weird, now its noticeably a Rainbow BTA, It had some green at the store but I didn't really think much about it.
As for my light settings I also use CaribSea Indo Pacific sub, I like the black adn white, vs the pink, white and beige I see everywhere, and I mean everywhere...Maybe I am taking it too serious but I like to keep each tank, region specific.
If I turn down the white, I feel its too blue, I dont have alot of coral that I need to highlight.
I made a Post/Thread abot my tank so people can share about those kinda things,
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2325460
Sonicboom
Addicted to salt
Here is a great read to help with setting colors,
with a little summary
. In particular, corals grown under blue or white light showed
increased growth and had higher algal densities than corals grown
in green or red light.
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/213/23/4084.full.pdf
with a little summary
. In particular, corals grown under blue or white light showed
increased growth and had higher algal densities than corals grown
in green or red light.
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/213/23/4084.full.pdf
WBS Reefer
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LED Settings
LED Settings
As much as any reefer like to read, its all biased towards some agenda or another. The reason I mentioned my substrate color, is. It has alot of effect on the aesthetic of the reef. Coral specific wavelenghts aside, 99% of people tune LED's to what they like to look at, not what's good for the reef. The AI hydra gives use the option of having the best of both worlds IMO, you can increase wavelengths to suit corals, then adjust with green/red to suit our viewing pleasure. Try looking at coral through Cobalt lenses, its all about the filters or wavelenghts. Water is a filter as the nutrients within it. This site is friendly and has informative people, Good to know.
LED Settings
As much as any reefer like to read, its all biased towards some agenda or another. The reason I mentioned my substrate color, is. It has alot of effect on the aesthetic of the reef. Coral specific wavelenghts aside, 99% of people tune LED's to what they like to look at, not what's good for the reef. The AI hydra gives use the option of having the best of both worlds IMO, you can increase wavelengths to suit corals, then adjust with green/red to suit our viewing pleasure. Try looking at coral through Cobalt lenses, its all about the filters or wavelenghts. Water is a filter as the nutrients within it. This site is friendly and has informative people, Good to know.
that Fish Guy
Frag Swap Crusader!
Just curious but why did your LFS talk you out of a Razor?
I want one really really bad.
Maybe they just don't carry them so they want to sell you something they have.
Did they give you good reason not to get the Razor?
They look oh so sweet.
WBS Reefer
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Light choices
Light choices
I had the choice of a Radion G2 or Pro, AI Products, Vertex Aquastik or something, Kessil's which I use for my FW setup, 2 150 Amazon Sun's, Also there is Marineland and Aquaray. I would have gotten the Radion Pro except for my 25g cube it would be overkill, I have plans to upgrade to a 90g or 120g and 2-3 AI Hydra are cheaper then 2 Ecotech Radion Pro and will do the same thing. We can get 4 AI Hydra for 2 Radion Pro and still buy something else. Plus I dont trust LED's yet so cheaper replacement costs is really my thing right now. After all my looking around, I decided all I really wanted was decent on/off control and lunar cycle with excellent customer support, being tied to proprietatry devices is utter BS from all LED manufacturers, lame onbaord controls, when I saw AI director It really help make my choice more mobile device interoperability. We all either have Andriod or iOS devices, and rare Windows.The market is changing so fast. Also I didnt like that parts for Radion are so damn expensive, a P/S is close to 400 Dollars, AI Hydra is 50. Sorry I should have told you exactly what he said, "Do I need the Mercedes Factor". When I see someone or myself keep a light fixture until it dies then maybe we can make better choices. For now I like all the rest I am watching to see how things go.
I also have changed my settings to a more uniform output all hovering around 80% +/- 5% The Red mangrove likes the light too. It reaches for it. After I changed my settings my clown fish fed a peppermnint shrimp to it's friend.
Light choices
I had the choice of a Radion G2 or Pro, AI Products, Vertex Aquastik or something, Kessil's which I use for my FW setup, 2 150 Amazon Sun's, Also there is Marineland and Aquaray. I would have gotten the Radion Pro except for my 25g cube it would be overkill, I have plans to upgrade to a 90g or 120g and 2-3 AI Hydra are cheaper then 2 Ecotech Radion Pro and will do the same thing. We can get 4 AI Hydra for 2 Radion Pro and still buy something else. Plus I dont trust LED's yet so cheaper replacement costs is really my thing right now. After all my looking around, I decided all I really wanted was decent on/off control and lunar cycle with excellent customer support, being tied to proprietatry devices is utter BS from all LED manufacturers, lame onbaord controls, when I saw AI director It really help make my choice more mobile device interoperability. We all either have Andriod or iOS devices, and rare Windows.The market is changing so fast. Also I didnt like that parts for Radion are so damn expensive, a P/S is close to 400 Dollars, AI Hydra is 50. Sorry I should have told you exactly what he said, "Do I need the Mercedes Factor". When I see someone or myself keep a light fixture until it dies then maybe we can make better choices. For now I like all the rest I am watching to see how things go.
I also have changed my settings to a more uniform output all hovering around 80% +/- 5% The Red mangrove likes the light too. It reaches for it. After I changed my settings my clown fish fed a peppermnint shrimp to it's friend.
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milsaltnewbie07
New member
some pics of the tank and hydras. sorry but they are gs4 pics and cant seem to get it to take decent pics. They all come out purple idk why. Corals are looking great btw, well at least in person. colors poppp. That acro in one of the pics that is all rtn out, i got from a buddy and its looking great in my tank. Im running coral aclimation at 60%, going to 50 tomorrow.
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Twostepper4041
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Twostepper4041
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Twostepper4041
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milsaltnewbie07
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I keep the red and greens low. I dont like the color they give off. Corals are growing very nicely in my 62g with my 2 hydras. I'm even running at 60 |% acclimation mode
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lowscooby76
Member
what size tanks do you guys run your hydras on. after seeing milsaltnewbie07 tank i have been thinking about trying some on my 75 gallon mixed reef tank but did not know if they would be a good light for me on that tank.
lowscooby76
Member
sound good Thanks Sonicboom
How many hydras do you have over your tank?
Sonicboom
Addicted to salt
Bah, it won't let me insert the link, but it's on reef builders.com
