AI Hydra Settings Thread

[Reeftub]

Has anyone used all colors equal for long period to see if they got better colors or growth instead of adjusting colors to what they like up front? Just curios if people are adjusting the lights thinking it's better without trying the colors equal across the board. Has anyone tried the settings both ways and what was the results?

[chercm]

any one please ?

Originally Posted by chercm

any comments on my lighting. i am looking for high growth

[gregrocks79]

Looks good. Just watch your corals to see the affects and adjust from there.

[Wazzel]

Originally Posted by Reeftub

Has anyone used all colors equal for long period to see if they got better colors or growth instead of adjusting colors to what they like up front? Just curios if people are adjusting the lights thinking it's better without trying the colors equal across the board. Has anyone tried the settings both ways and what was the results?

I have not seen anyone post that mix yet. If you like that look I do not see where it would be bad.

[Wazzel]

Originally Posted by chercm

any comments on my lighting. i am looking for high growth

I is not bad, but you are loosing a lot of power by turning the whites way down. They are the strongest (20 watt) and most in number (16) over all the diodes.

[Sonicboom]

Originally Posted by chercm

any one please ?

White is kind if high at 60%, let us know how that works for you. None of this is set in stone.

[Wazzel]

Originally Posted by Sonicboom

White is kind if high at 60%, let us know how that works for you. None of this is set in stone.

I would have to disagree that 60% is high. I have the same tank and run my whites at 87%. With out my spread sheet I can not say for sure, but by eyeball approximation those settings are probably giving about half power.

[Cyberdude]

I get coral burn I i run higher and I have 30% acclimatization on.7"'awl ImageUploadedByTapatalk1419808241.785643.jpg

[Cyberdude]

On a 55g. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1419808288.624000.jpg

[Sonicboom]

Originally Posted by Wazzel

I would have to disagree that 60% is high. I have the same tank and run my whites at 87%. With out my spread sheet I can not say for sure, but by eyeball approximation those settings are probably giving about half power.

Everyone's setup is different even if you have the same tank. I rather suggest lower settings and have coral growth then max settings and risk burning or bleaching. There's 104 pages of variations in settings and only a few I can think of run higher settings.

[Cyberdude]

2 months and I'm still looking for a sweet spot.

[Wazzel]

Originally Posted by Cyberdude

I get coral burn I i run higher and I have 30% acclimatization on.7"'awl Attachment 301853

How long are you acclimating? It took me about 6 months to get from 50% to the levels I run now.

[Cyberdude]

Really?! Hum. What level did you set your acclimatization setting at?

[chercm]

Originally Posted by Sonicboom

White is kind if high at 60%, let us know how that works for you. None of this is set in stone.

at this setting , with the dosing of zeovit too, my pink pointed bird nest is getting pink color at the tips and the coral from Aust is getting color too.

I will wait for 1 month or 2 before raising it .

[Wazzel]

Originally Posted by Cyberdude

Really?! Hum. What level did you set your acclimatization setting at?

I started with 50% and a three month time. Every time I added a coral I would restart the acclimation a little higher with three months again.

I think to get the most out if these fixtures they need to be run hot and long. Acclimation really needs to be drawn out to not burn corals. Based on my experience I would suggest 3-4 weeks per 10%. When I added my last coral I did a 30% reduction and a 6 week acclimation and that was for a coral on my tank bottom. Long acclimations will not hurt anything.

[Cyberdude]

Hum will take that advice.

[Wazzel]

Originally Posted by Cyberdude

Hum will take that advice.

Make sure you proceed very slowly when increasing the power. Think months.

[Cyberdude]

Ya i need to get zen on this.

[Wazzel]

The power vs par relationship appears to be linear. I forget where I posed it, but I made a spread sheet to approximate output based on the levels of each channel. I posted the results of a study I did in this forum in another thread.

[Cyberdude]

Ah man would love to see that. Does it correlate awl values?

[Wazzel]

Originally Posted by Cyberdude

Ah man would love to see that. Does it correlate awl values?

No. It is a percent estimator related back to if they were all at 100%. I did not try to include height over water or tank depth.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...postcount=2547

[Wazzel]

Originally Posted by Sonicboom

Everyone's setup is different even if you have the same tank. I rather suggest lower settings and have coral growth then max settings and risk burning or bleaching. There's 104 pages of variations in settings and only a few I can think of run higher settings.

Sure, but apparently it can be done, without burning or bleaching corals. Starting off low is really good advice. IMO to get the best performance out of these fixtures the power needs to be raised very, very slowly.

[Wazzel]

Is anyone other than me running a long duration? I run 14 hours total. Just curious.

[gregrocks79]

Originally Posted by Wazzel

Is anyone other than me running a long duration? I run 14 hours total. Just curious.

I run mine to Los Angeles time but not weather. Summer time there's definitely more hours of light. I try to emulate Mother Nature as much as possible and my tank seems to like it

[major stare]

9 hours with 2 hour ramp either side.