AI SOl Blue success stories... - Page 8

Zoanut · 06/19/2012, 02:11 AM

Do all the AI Sol's have royal blue, blue and white? I've just been looking on a few sites and they only say they have 16 x xpe and 8 x xpg crees.

Steveb · 06/19/2012, 01:14 PM

All info from AI web site.

The Sol Blue puck has 1 blue, 1 royal blue, and 1 cool white LED.
The Sol White puck has 2 cool white, and 1 royal blue LED.
The AI Sol exclusively uses white Cree XP-G and blue/royal blue XP-E series LED

Thatgrimguy · 06/19/2012, 01:29 PM

A lot of retailers have the Sol White specs listed under the Sol Blue.

Zoanut · 06/20/2012, 03:39 PM

I have another question as well. You can't buy these in my country and where I live we use 220-240V, if I change out the power supply for a 220-240V one will it still be ok to use here?

Tokyoyankee · 06/25/2012, 04:14 AM

Hi all
Running 3 AI sol blues on a 120cm x 45cm x 60 cm tank

I'm using the railing which came with the lights, therefore their sitting right on top roughly 3 inches from the water line. I started off really low at 25 % but after reading this thread, I cranked them up to 45%. I've been ramping them up by5% each week and am running them at 100% and my corals are loving it.

1045. 95 95 95 1hr
1400. 100 100 100 30 mins
2200 85 85 85. 30 mins
2300. 7 7 7. 30 mins
0200. 0. 0. 0.

Steveb · 06/25/2012, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoanut

I have another question as well. You can't buy these in my country and where I live we use 220-240V, if I change out the power supply for a 220-240V one will it still be ok to use here?

The AI site says
Universal Input Range: 100 to 240VAC / 50 to 60Hz

I would email their tech support support@aquaillumination.com and ask if they have country specific adapters or what you can use.

Zoanut · 06/25/2012, 02:45 PM

Thanks, they haven't replied to me yet and its been about 1 week. I'm going to order one in the next couple of weeks.

Steveb · 06/25/2012, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoanut

Thanks, they haven't replied to me yet and its been about 1 week. I'm going to order one in the next couple of weeks.

Weird... they got back to me same day when I asked them a couple of questions a while back..

Zoanut · 06/25/2012, 03:14 PM

Yeah thats what I thought. I also ask a few suppliers as well and none have replied yet. On that subject who would you recommend to buy one from? They will have to be able to ship international as well.

vdubfiend · 06/28/2012, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoanut

Yeah thats what I thought. I also ask a few suppliers as well and none have replied yet. On that subject who would you recommend to buy one from? They will have to be able to ship international as well.

any of these vendors will have in stock and are great to deal with

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Skuba · 06/28/2012, 03:47 AM

+1 on premium aquatics

juggy · 06/30/2012, 09:44 PM

not useing the timers running mine 60w/70b/70rb my sps love it growing nice i just turn on when i wake up and shut off when i go to bed

juggy · 06/30/2012, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoanut

Do all the AI Sol's have royal blue, blue and white? I've just been looking on a few sites and they only say they have 16 x xpe and 8 x xpg crees.

yes they have all 3 i have 2 units

Thatgrimguy · 06/30/2012, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juggy

yes they have all 3 i have 2 units

No, this is incorrect. There are 2 different kinds of AI sol, the Sol White and the Sol Blue. The Sol White has the light blue and 2 whites. The sol blue has rb/white/blue.

Zoanut · 06/30/2012, 10:44 PM

Thanks. Greg from reefgeek is the only person that replied to me so I will buy from him in a couple of weeks.

rfilley · 07/01/2012, 06:58 PM

I am just starting out with my AI SOL Blues. I am running a 90G - 48x18x24
Lights are on the mount legs and are only 3" AWL. Current settings are:

10:00am 20WH/20BL/20RY 30min Ramp
12:00pm 40WH/40BL/40RY 30min
2:00pm 60WH/60BL/60RY 30min
6:00pm 50WH/50BL/50RY 30min
8:00pm 20WH/40BL/40RY 30min
9:00pm 0WH/30BL/30RY 30min
10:30pm 0WH/4BL/0RY 30min

I plan on going up by 5% per week until I get to 80%
Right now I just have a few LPS, a clam and zoos.
This tank is an upsize from a 29G nano

Any thoughts on settings?

juggy · 07/01/2012, 08:05 PM

i talked to ai support he said they were in the works for make taller leg mounts would be nice

tylersarah · 07/02/2012, 04:24 PM

Seems that this thread has been very useful. I am glad.

It certainly helped me get my AI's dialed in properly.

I have notable SPS growth that can be seen every couple of days. It is awesome to finally have things going the right direction.

I'd also like to note that we added a third unit to our tank. We started with two SOL Blues on a 48x24x24 120 gallon running lengthwise with all 70 degree optics 8" AWL. I have since added a third unit, now running front to back. The center fixture is 40 degree in center 70 degree on the outer and both outside units have all 70 degree optics.

Our tank was an upgrade from a previous setup but it did run through a mini cycle. Diatom blooms / hair algae / cyano / bubble algae - not in that order. Finally the crap is dying off or going dormant and my corals are growing well.

Here is my lighting:

11:45AM - 85/90/90 - 90min
7:45PM - 35/40/40 - 15 min
9:00PM - 5/15/15 - 30min
10:45PM - 0/0/3 - 15 min

I'll post some updated photos of our new growth, additions and a FTS or two later.

JMFC · 07/03/2012, 08:58 PM

I have a ? I want to throw some money into my tank to keep sps but i dont want to spend 800 on 2 lights can i get away with 1 sol over my 29gal 29x12x18?

Hagisan · 07/04/2012, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMFC

I have a ? I want to throw some money into my tank to keep sps but i dont want to spend 800 on 2 lights can i get away with 1 sol over my 29gal 29x12x18?

Coral placement would be important. Here's a pic of 1 light over my frag tank. hth

goreef170 · 08/27/2012, 02:50 PM

Does anybody just run your blues only? No white or very little white ? Example
10w 70b 70rb

windyridge · 08/27/2012, 05:31 PM

Hagisan I am doing very well with just one over my 92G corner. I did replace the 45 degree lenses with 70s though.

1life4dataking · 08/29/2012, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goreef170

Does anybody just run your blues only? No white or very little white ? Example
10w 70b 70rb

I would like to know this as well so if any one does can you explain coral behavior/ heath etc. I would really appreciate

that

codeblue48 · 11/02/2012, 01:17 PM

I just added my first SPS corals to my mixed reef. I currently run two AI SOL Blue's 12" AWL on a 65 gallon tank, but I do use the glass covers that came with the tank (not sure how much this effects lighting). What do you guys think about my initial settings? Thanks

8:00 am (5, 20, 10) 30 min ramp
9:00 am (45, 48, 48) 180 min ramp
5:00 pm (0, 0, 5) 180 min ramp
3:30 am (0, 0, 0) 2 min ramp

shinninja · 11/02/2012, 06:14 PM

My Sunny Ds looooove my sols!!!! I fragged my mini sunny colony on 9/2/12. It had two polyps. Now I have 8! Is that normal? My other frag was one polyp. Now its 4

06/19/2012, 01:14 PM	#177
Steveb Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TX Posts: 1,090	All info from AI web site. The Sol Blue puck has 1 blue, 1 royal blue, and 1 cool white LED. The Sol White puck has 2 cool white, and 1 royal blue LED. The AI Sol exclusively uses white Cree XP-G and blue/royal blue XP-E series LED __________________ Steve My Tanks 50x30 ABS Tub & a 48x24 frag tank at the moment Steve's Reef 265 Build In Progress Last edited by Steveb; 06/19/2012 at 01:21 PM.

08/27/2012, 02:50 PM	#196
goreef170 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Rancho Belago, Calif. Posts: 735	Does anybody just run your blues only? No white or very little white ? Example 10w 70b 70rb __________________ 250 gallon Advanced Acrylic, 103 gal sump, MTC - MVX 34" Skimmer, with Jebao DCT 12,000, 4-Kessil 360 we, 2-MP40 QD. 57W. Aqua UV, 1/4 Arctica chiller, 3 dosing pumps,phos, charcoal reactors

08/27/2012, 05:31 PM	#197
windyridge Fish Mother Join Date: May 2011 Location: South Otselic, NY Posts: 1,403	Hagisan I am doing very well with just one over my 92G corner. I did replace the 45 degree lenses with 70s though. __________________ 92G Mixed reef, SCA-302 skimmer, 15g sump w/fuge & Eheim Compact Plus @650 gph, AI Sol Blue, Koralia 750 &Tunze Nanostream 6025, Apex Jr,Tomini, 6-Line, Brittle star, damsels, Gramma, RBTA/clown, PJ c Current Tank Info: 92G Corner Bowfront Mixed Reef

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06/19/2012, 02:11 AM	#176
Zoanut Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 317	Do all the AI Sol's have royal blue, blue and white? I've just been looking on a few sites and they only say they have 16 x xpe and 8 x xpg crees.

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Thatgrimguy Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Gulfport, MS Posts: 371	A lot of retailers have the Sol White specs listed under the Sol Blue.

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Zoanut Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 317	I have another question as well. You can't buy these in my country and where I live we use 220-240V, if I change out the power supply for a 220-240V one will it still be ok to use here?

06/25/2012, 04:14 AM	#180
Tokyoyankee Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 241	Hi all Running 3 AI sol blues on a 120cm x 45cm x 60 cm tank I'm using the railing which came with the lights, therefore their sitting right on top roughly 3 inches from the water line. I started off really low at 25 % but after reading this thread, I cranked them up to 45%. I've been ramping them up by5% each week and am running them at 100% and my corals are loving it. 1045. 95 95 95 1hr 1400. 100 100 100 30 mins 2200 85 85 85. 30 mins 2300. 7 7 7. 30 mins 0200. 0. 0. 0.

06/25/2012, 02:45 PM	#182
Zoanut Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 317	Thanks, they haven't replied to me yet and its been about 1 week. I'm going to order one in the next couple of weeks.

06/25/2012, 03:14 PM	#184
Zoanut Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 317	Yeah thats what I thought. I also ask a few suppliers as well and none have replied yet. On that subject who would you recommend to buy one from? They will have to be able to ship international as well.

06/28/2012, 03:47 AM	#186
Skuba Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 320	+1 on premium aquatics

06/30/2012, 09:44 PM	#187
juggy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 68	not useing the timers running mine 60w/70b/70rb my sps love it growing nice i just turn on when i wake up and shut off when i go to bed

06/30/2012, 10:44 PM	#190
Zoanut Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 317	Thanks. Greg from reefgeek is the only person that replied to me so I will buy from him in a couple of weeks.

07/01/2012, 06:58 PM	#191
rfilley Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 23	I am just starting out with my AI SOL Blues. I am running a 90G - 48x18x24 Lights are on the mount legs and are only 3" AWL. Current settings are: 10:00am 20WH/20BL/20RY 30min Ramp 12:00pm 40WH/40BL/40RY 30min 2:00pm 60WH/60BL/60RY 30min 6:00pm 50WH/50BL/50RY 30min 8:00pm 20WH/40BL/40RY 30min 9:00pm 0WH/30BL/30RY 30min 10:30pm 0WH/4BL/0RY 30min I plan on going up by 5% per week until I get to 80% Right now I just have a few LPS, a clam and zoos. This tank is an upsize from a 29G nano Any thoughts on settings?

07/01/2012, 08:05 PM	#192
juggy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 68	i talked to ai support he said they were in the works for make taller leg mounts would be nice

07/02/2012, 04:24 PM	#193
tylersarah Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 900	Seems that this thread has been very useful. I am glad. It certainly helped me get my AI's dialed in properly. I have notable SPS growth that can be seen every couple of days. It is awesome to finally have things going the right direction. I'd also like to note that we added a third unit to our tank. We started with two SOL Blues on a 48x24x24 120 gallon running lengthwise with all 70 degree optics 8" AWL. I have since added a third unit, now running front to back. The center fixture is 40 degree in center 70 degree on the outer and both outside units have all 70 degree optics. Our tank was an upgrade from a previous setup but it did run through a mini cycle. Diatom blooms / hair algae / cyano / bubble algae - not in that order. Finally the crap is dying off or going dormant and my corals are growing well. Here is my lighting: 11:45AM - 85/90/90 - 90min 7:45PM - 35/40/40 - 15 min 9:00PM - 5/15/15 - 30min 10:45PM - 0/0/3 - 15 min I'll post some updated photos of our new growth, additions and a FTS or two later.

07/03/2012, 08:58 PM	#194
JMFC Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 119	I have a ? I want to throw some money into my tank to keep sps but i dont want to spend 800 on 2 lights can i get away with 1 sol over my 29gal 29x12x18?

11/02/2012, 01:17 PM	#199
codeblue48 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 126	I just added my first SPS corals to my mixed reef. I currently run two AI SOL Blue's 12" AWL on a 65 gallon tank, but I do use the glass covers that came with the tank (not sure how much this effects lighting). What do you guys think about my initial settings? Thanks 8:00 am (5, 20, 10) 30 min ramp 9:00 am (45, 48, 48) 180 min ramp 5:00 pm (0, 0, 5) 180 min ramp 3:30 am (0, 0, 0) 2 min ramp

11/02/2012, 06:14 PM	#200
shinninja Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 284	My Sunny Ds looooove my sols!!!! I fragged my mini sunny colony on 9/2/12. It had two polyps. Now I have 8! Is that normal? My other frag was one polyp. Now its 4