ATI Powermodule Hybrid Club

[TonyB13]

Can you give an update on the aurora? I'm about to purchase a 60" aurora this weekend.. How much less light is it really? Are you able to get good par for SPS from the auroras?

Long story short I had the atis packaged up for Return then the giessmans started acting up, this was on one unit only, wouldn't communicate with app and then it was strobing evrey time it went down a Notch in dimming

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[ReefCowboy]

Long story short I had the atis packaged up for Return then the giessmans started acting up, this was on one unit only, wouldn't communicate with app and then it was strobing evrey time it went down a Notch in dimming

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Man that sucks. I feel bad for your bad experience with hybrid fixtures so far!
So you are keeping the ATI's? Im sure the clock issue can be repaired.

 

[allrover75]

Hey ATI hybrid users.

I recently upgraded my tank, and moved my corals over from being under Radion LEDs to an ATI hybrid. Now i also changed a number of other things at the same time, so what follows isnt necessarily down to the change in lighting, but I am pursuing all avenues.

Many of my hard corals have been slowly bleaching since the move...some seem fine (my stylophoras in particular), some of my acropora have faded colour and minimal polyp extension, and some such as a hystrix colony have bleached completely to white.

As there are no recommended settings for the hybrid, Ive had to guess at how to set it up. Intensity wise its probably ok....I can measure PAR and adjust accordingly.

It the blend of led and t5, and the colour spectrums i need suggestions on.

1 - how does everyone balance the t5s and leds? Same intensity for both, more t5 and less led, or the opposite?
2 - what is a good safe colour spectrum to set my leds to through the day?
3 - I have the following bulbs in, could the mix be a problem, and can anyone suggest how i could change it for the better?
2 x aquablue special
1 x Blue plus
1 x Purple plus

Thanks for any advice and experience you can share.

Chris


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[rtparty]

Hey ATI hybrid users.

I recently upgraded my tank, and moved my corals over from being under Radion LEDs to an ATI hybrid. Now i also changed a number of other things at the same time, so what follows isnt necessarily down to the change in lighting, but I am pursuing all avenues.

Many of my hard corals have been slowly bleaching since the move...some seem fine (my stylophoras in particular), some of my acropora have faded colour and minimal polyp extension, and some such as a hystrix colony have bleached completely to white.

As there are no recommended settings for the hybrid, Ive had to guess at how to set it up. Intensity wise its probably ok....I can measure PAR and adjust accordingly.

It the blend of led and t5, and the colour spectrums i need suggestions on.

1 - how does everyone balance the t5s and leds? Same intensity for both, more t5 and less led, or the opposite?
2 - what is a good safe colour spectrum to set my leds to through the day?
3 - I have the following bulbs in, could the mix be a problem, and can anyone suggest how i could change it for the better?
2 x aquablue special
1 x Blue plus
1 x Purple plus

Thanks for any advice and experience you can share.

Chris


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I'm betting you shocked most things with a lot more light. How high is the fixture off the water? What percentage do you run the LEDs?

I'd ditch both Aquablue bulbs. Add another blue plus and an actinic bulb to round out the spectrum. Do not run the LEDs over 25% for a little bit. I'd run the T5s at 50% to begin with. Maybe for a week? Then start slowly adding 10% every week until you hit 100%. I doubt you'll ever need the LEDs over 50% but measure PAR and see where you're at.

What are your nitrates and phosphates at? If 0, bump them up and get your corals some food.

Also, what size tank is this and how old? Sorry if it's in your signature, I'm on Tapatalk and don't see it.

 

[FDAWG]

Looks like there's a NEW ATI Powermodule Hybrid or maybe just a new LED board coming out very soon. Here's a picture and more details will be released next week.


From ATI Aquaristik


Our proven LED T5 Hybrid Powermodule now features even more LED light colors.


The new LED assembly is as follows:
4x UV-LED 405 nm
4x violet 425 nm
4x royal blue 450 nm
8x blue 470 nm
8x white 6500 ° K
This extends the spectrum to the UV range, which leads to a more natural lighting.

https://postimage.org/

 

[allrover75]

I'm betting you shocked most things with a lot more light. How high is the fixture off the water? What percentage do you run the LEDs?

I'd ditch both Aquablue bulbs. Add another blue plus and an actinic bulb to round out the spectrum. Do not run the LEDs over 25% for a little bit. I'd run the T5s at 50% to begin with. Maybe for a week? Then start slowly adding 10% every week until you hit 100%. I doubt you'll ever need the LEDs over 50% but measure PAR and see where you're at.

What are your nitrates and phosphates at? If 0, bump them up and get your corals some food.

Also, what size tank is this and how old? Sorry if it's in your signature, I'm on Tapatalk and don't see it.

Hey, no worries. Tank is 6 foot long, 2 ft deep, ten weeks old....was cycling for 6 weeks, and corals transferred over from old tank about 3 to 4 weeks ago.

ati unit is a 4 x 80 watt tube, 4 led panel. I was careful not to blast them with too much initially, I started at 30% leds and t5s, with unit about 12 inches off the water. Par level just under surface was about 200, dropping to 50-100 near the bottom. Very conservative i thought.

I have since increased t5s to 60%, with leds at 40%. I heard the leds where pretty concentrated in their output, so was a bit scared with them. Par not much different at surface tbh, but more like 150 further down now.

I do have some more blue plus bulbs, just waiting for a spare basic fitting plate to arrive so i can burn it in at max for 48 hrs, then swap it in.

As i mentioned, there are lots of other potential causes for unhappy corals too...its a very new tank. So still struggling to get alk stable for example. Nitrates are at 6, phosphate 0.06, so i think they are fine though.

This hybrid thing is witchcraft to me though, after the simplicity of the radions!

What t5 light spectrum do you set the leds to copy, using the ati program? I just picked blue plus, which has no red in it at all. Do you use a preset, or have a custom blend?

What par do you personally aim for at top middle and bottom in your tank?

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[ReefCowboy]

Looks like there's a NEW ATI Powermodule Hybrid or maybe just a new LED board coming out very soon. Here's a picture and more details will be released next week.


From ATI Aquaristik


Our proven LED T5 Hybrid Powermodule now features even more LED light colors.


The new LED assembly is as follows:
4x UV-LED 405 nm
4x violet 425 nm
4x royal blue 450 nm
8x blue 470 nm
8x white 6500 ° K
This extends the spectrum to the UV range, which leads to a more natural lighting.

https://postimage.org/

If ATI unveiled a new and improved Powermodule this year, man I would be all over it.

 

[rtparty]

If ATI unveiled a new and improved Powermodule this year, man I would be all over it.

I'd take a Nanobox hybrid before spending what ATI wants.

That's just me though

 

[ReefCowboy]

I'd take a Nanobox hybrid before spending what ATI wants.

That's just me though

I looked into it after your advice, and although it seems like a great job, I would prefer the look of the powermodule. Ive noticed Ive become a bad OCD patient with my tank and the new build will have to satisfy all of my craziness!

I added temporarily some reefbrites to my sunpower and I think the look isnt for me either. I will need a hybrid Unit that is clean looking and that performs. Im loving the look of T5's having used leds, ive noticed there is a difference between T5's and ATI T5's also. This sunpower looks and performs WAY better than my last Tek Light.

I would only need leds for dusk/dawn, really. The pop and overall color of the tank is plenty to my taste with the blue+'s and actinic bulbs. Im ok with the Powermodule runing hot, I would probably be running the leds at night only at lower %'s for viewing asthetics vs for coral lighting, so heat would be lowered.

As long as the thing works I would be happy I think.

 

[rtparty]

I looked into it after your advice, and although it seems like a great job, I would prefer the look of the powermodule. Ive noticed Ive become a bad OCD patient with my tank and the new build will have to satisfy all of my craziness!

I added temporarily some reefbrites to my sunpower and I think the look isnt for me either. I will need a hybrid Unit that is clean looking and that performs. Im loving the look of T5's having used leds, ive noticed there is a difference between T5's and ATI T5's also. This sunpower looks and performs WAY better than my last Tek Light.

I would only need leds for dusk/dawn, really. The pop and overall color of the tank is plenty to my taste with the blue+'s and actinic bulbs. Im ok with the Powermodule runing hot, I would probably be running the leds at night only at lower %'s for viewing asthetics vs for coral lighting, so heat would be lowered.

As long as the thing works I would be happy I think.

I'm the same way with LEDs. I love them for dusk/dawn and some nice pop. For daylight, they do nothing for me. I want to add a RB to my Gmann fixture when the time comes.

 

[ReefCowboy]

I'm the same way with LEDs. I love them for dusk/dawn and some nice pop. For daylight, they do nothing for me. I want to add a RB to my Gmann fixture when the time comes.

You run the Matrixx now?

 

[rtparty]

You run the Matrixx now?

It's a 250w halide and 2 T5 fixture. Not sure which model it is.

 

[TonyB13]

Man that sucks. I feel bad for your bad experience with hybrid fixtures so far!
So you are keeping the ATI's? Im sure the clock issue can be repaired.

Yeap going to keep the atis, the light is a lot more pleasant to the eyes than the giessmans.

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[DylansGolden]

Looking for lighting over my 20" cube, Solana 34G. Do you guys think a 4 bulb 24" ATI Hybrid would be enough for the tank? It will be an SPS only.

 

[rtparty]

It will be more than enough

 

[slammin]

I'm having issues connecting my light to the ati studio software. I've tried 2 different laptops. the usb button on the top right turns blue, but the lamp button stays gray.

both laptops are windows 10. I installed 1.330 version of the software. my light I believe is the older version with the 20leds.

any ideas?

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[Reefer525XL]

So I have a question for the more experience users. This morning one of my LED Clusters is not turning on. I check the programing and it supposed to be turning on but its not. I tried the color demo to see if it would turn on but it doesn't. Also the fan right over that cluster is spinning out of control, I can hear it from 20 feet away. Any ideas on how to turn the fan off till I can get a hold of ATI on Monday? I went ahead and turned off the other 2 LED clusters just to see if the fan would turn off but it stays on.

 

[Jay Ellul]

I currently run 4 KZ newgen 3 super our and 1 purple in my hybrid. I really like the colour.

I can't buy KZ tubes easily anymore and will probably change to ati. What would be an equivalent combo in ati tubes????


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[theshaman]

hi. Can somebody using a 36 inch 4bulb led/t5 powermodule share your light schedule with me? I am currently running the default schedule and would like to see what others are set to.

Thank reefcentral!

 

[Jay Ellul]

Guys

How would this look

Back
B+
C+
B+
ABS
LED
actinic
C+
B+
C+
Front


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