ATI Powermodule Hybrid Club

[JPMagyar]

EDIT: My original post was in error. I skipped the video segment showing that it is necessary to feed the end cap into and thru the body.

Replaced the ballast today. A couple notes:

1) You must remove the metal cover that comes with the replacement ballast. It does not fit otherwise because the tolerance is so small. The original ballast had the cover removed as well.

2) The video calls for securing the lock nut inside the hood with a 7 mm wrench so you can free the torque screw holding the ballast in place. I found locking needle nose pliers to be infinitely easier and made breaking the screw free easier as well.

All in all including taking down the lights and rehanging them the project took me 3 hours. The job is time consuming but otherwise not difficult.

 

[biecacka]

Logzor, where are you in relation to Columbus Ohio?

Corey

 

[Logzor]

Logzor, where are you in relation to Columbus Ohio?

Corey

I'm about 1.5 hours away right off of I-71 in the Cincinnati area.

 

[Mikebuurskov]

My pc and the ballast from the lamp tells That the med Chanels is 72.3° so they dont start at all. And lamp is off the tank so its not hot at all.

Firmware is updated.

Its a powermodule 8x39w and 2x75

 

[hbrochs]

After six weeks with the 6 bulb t5 Sunpower I've come to the realization that my tank likes the t5 better than the hybrid. I've ordered a couple of royal blue t5 bars to attach to the Sunpower.
Gonna sell my Powermodule.


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[h3dgehog]

After six weeks with the 6 bulb t5 Sunpower I've come to the realization that my tank likes the t5 better than the hybrid. I've ordered a couple of royal blue t5 bars to attach to the Sunpower.
Gonna sell my Powermodule.


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Can you elaborate what you mean by you tank liking the t5 better than the hybrid?

 

[h3dgehog]

Would a 10 bulb 24" PM have bettwe or worse or comparable par penetration compared to a 250W radium bulb in a good reflector?

I figured the PM would have less penetration compared to 250 watts of light coming from a single source.

 

[hbrochs]

My rockwork is kinda centered down the four foot length of my tank. This brings my sps pretty high right under the leds (which are centered on the Powermodule). I feel like I was always walking the line with burning my corals with the Sunpower. I'm not great at programming the leds on the Powermodule so I'd just raise the fixture if it looked like the corals needed that.
With the Sunpower, I've been able to slowly lower the fixture to about 8 inches over the water and my corals seem to be growing faster.https://vimeo.com/193381640

I feel like the royal blue led bars in the front and back of the Sunpower will give nice dawn and dusk actinic pop.
Will give an update when I get those hooked up.


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[h3dgehog]

My rockwork is kinda centered down the four foot length of my tank. This brings my sps pretty high right under the leds (which are centered on the Powermodule). I feel like I was always walking the line with burning my corals with the Sunpower. I'm not great at programming the leds on the Powermodule so I'd just raise the fixture if it looked like the corals needed that.
With the Sunpower, I've been able to slowly lower the fixture to about 8 inches over the water and my corals seem to be growing faster.https://vimeo.com/193381640

I feel like the royal blue led bars in the front and back of the Sunpower will give nice dawn and dusk actinic pop.
Will give an update when I get those hooked up.


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So in other words, the LEDs in the PM were too powerful/concentrated that it caused issues?

 

[hbrochs]

Yes, I feel like the leds were too powerful in my shallow reef where my SPS was mounted high.


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[Logzor]

Yes, I feel like the leds were too powerful in my shallow reef where my SPS was mounted high.


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See my post above removing reflectors, no official response from ATI yet. I think it could help some users with this issue.

 

[biecacka]

H3dgehog, where are you finding a 10 bulb unit at?

Corey

 

[h3dgehog]

Correction. I menat 8 bulb unit.

I get some monster par with my 250W radium bulb and was looking to the ATI PM for better spread (hate how some of my SPS colonies are growing towards the center and not branching out evenly). However, I don't want to add even more par than what my Radium bulb puts out because I don't want to have my lights hanging any higher.

 

[biecacka]

What sort of numbers are you getting from your radium? Not to derail the thread. But I run a radium in my tank, 24 inches deep and 12 inches off the water. I was going to try to borrow a par meter to see.
Back to the topic, yes an 8 bulb fixture makes more sense than a 10 bulb. Maybe a different reflector could even out your spread though?

Corey

 

[h3dgehog]

What sort of numbers are you getting from your radium? Not to derail the thread. But I run a radium in my tank, 24 inches deep and 12 inches off the water. I was going to try to borrow a par meter to see.
Back to the topic, yes an 8 bulb fixture makes more sense than a 10 bulb. Maybe a different reflector could even out your spread though?

Corey

Last I had my radium ~7" from the water surface with a ~19" tank height, I think I got ~400 par on the sandbed.

Between the 4 bulb vs 8 bulb ATI PM, is 8 bulb the way to go? Only thing is that the fixture would go over the tank since the tank dimensions are a bit smaller.

 

[h3dgehog]

Decided to go 4 bulb option. Any users here want to share their lighting schedule?

 

[BeanMachine]

Now that I feel my corals have acclimated to the new unit, I've lowered it and added a Kessil 360 on each end. I went with a 48" unit over my 62" tank and was starting to regret my decision to not buy the 60". With th kessils now in place, I'm happy again. I'm temporarily using the Kessil goose necks, but plan on adding swivel mounts to the sides of the ATI unit for a cleaner look.

Oh, and there is simply no comparison the shimmer put out by the kessils and what ATI unit does.

Would you mind posting a pic of your setup with the Kessils? I'm interested in doing the same thing. I have a 72" x 36" tank and got the 8 lamp PM.

 

[Callum96]

ive been looking into getting myself an ATI powermodule T5 hybrid and remember speaking to someone a few months ago that really knows his stuff on these lights and he said my four foot unit over five foot tank (1500mm x 50mm x 55mm) wasn't ideal but I could probably get away with it. Well, Ive been thinking about trying to get a unit to cover the whole tank which the 8x80w + 4x75w would fit perfectly being 1473mm x 517mm. This unit however just seems to me like it would be massive overkill for a Red Sea reefer 450 I think I'd be better off with the 54w unit but then that's only 4 foot (ish) where the tank is 5 so I'm a little confused at which one to go for.

There is then also the 4 x 80w unit but then that limits me with the t5 tubes and I know that a 8 tube unit would probably be better than 4, better to have too much and can be dimmed than not enough I guess?

I wish they did a 6 x 54w unit with the leds that's five foot as for my tank that would be perfect in my opinion.

Just looking for for a bit of advice really as I don't want to mess this up with the right unit being an absolutely crucial part of the tank which will be purely SPS with a couple of clams and a gigantea anemone all which require strong lighting.

 

[Ourlittlereef]

My new tank build is the marineland deep dimension 300 gallon, which sounds like the same tank dimensions you have. i'm looking at a t5/led combo, and have been debating between the ATI PM and Giesemann Aurora 60". How is the ATI 8 bulb working for you? My biggest concern with the Giesemann is that the depth front to back might not get enough coverage.

 

[Ourlittlereef]

Would you mind posting a pic of your setup with the Kessils? I'm interested in doing the same thing. I have a 72" x 36" tank and got the 8 lamp PM.

My new tank build is the marineland deep dimension 300 gallon, which sounds like the same tank dimensions you have. i'm looking at a t5/led combo, and have been debating between the ATI PM and Giesemann Aurora 60". How is the ATI 8 bulb working for you? My biggest concern with the Giesemann is that the depth front to back might not get enough coverage.