AI Hydra Settings Thread - Page 153

crankbait09 · 01/12/2016, 08:41 AM

reeftub - that's infrickin sane........$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Reeftub · 01/12/2016, 09:11 AM

Yea it is, I had 2 hydra and upgraded them and then bought the last 4. Wife was pretty good about it all lol

ReefTankHunter · 01/14/2016, 04:08 PM

A little help.On one of my hydras.The fan is not running.I checked on the temp.it's hot.The other one is cooler and it's on.Is there a manual way to turn on.

crankbait09 · 01/14/2016, 04:20 PM

For those of you new to Hydra HD's (such as myself)

Since the lights are lacking any type of instruction, I have found myself calling customer support for a little help. They have been very helpful BTW!!

When you access the auto mode, that is intended more for the users that do not require a more detailed control of the light output, meaning a higher, more precise light level out of certain colors.

If users want the more precise control, that is when you'd switch over to the manual mode.

Now, let's say you have the light output right where you want it in the auto mode. Once you click on the manual mode, the light setting get wiped out of the auto mode. whichever mode you select, is the CURRENT mode the lights will be in. A lot of people use the auto mode and do not switch back and forth for this reason.

When I went back and forth, I could never figure out why my setting were being reset. That is why, you need to stick to one setting. There are no preset settings that you can use. At least not with the Hydra 26's.

Customer Support said they were working on the cell phone app to fix this problem. A lot of the settings were also being erased and reset from one night to the next morning. That is also being worked on by the software developers. He did not give me a time frame, but said there will be an update to the phone app.

In my mind, any settings you set using the cell phone, would automatically save and be shown on the desktop/laptop computer. so no matter which device you use, it would read the same. This is not the case. I don't understand that one. How does the light know which device to read from then?

I'm going to reset the light tonight and start over, knowing what I know now. And see what happens. If anyone has some insight on the usage of the app, let me know. please

crash103kv2 · 01/14/2016, 07:02 PM

Thank you reeftub so its not an intensity thing its a coverage thing? not about how much light but about how well it covers the whole area.

Thank you ill see what i can scroung up

Reeftub · 01/14/2016, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crash103kv2

Thank you reeftub so its not an intensity thing its a coverage thing? not about how much light but about how well it covers the whole area.

Thank you ill see what i can scroung up

You got it Crash! start low and work your way up and when you start to lose color then back it down a bit. Takes a while for corals to gain their color back so be patient.

WangoTANGo · 01/17/2016, 04:32 PM

Need some settings help.

I have two Hydra 26 over a standard 40 breeder ~12" AWL. Current settings are:
UV: 30%
V: 65%
DB: 70%
RB: 85%
G: 20%
R: 40%
CW: 30%

Happy with the color, just concerned if I'm where i need to be in the intensity department. Max intensity is about 5 hours and its a mixed reef.

Thanks!

brad65ford · 01/17/2016, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WangoTANGo

Need some settings help.

I have two Hydra 26 over a standard 40 breeder ~12" AWL. Current settings are:
UV: 30%
V: 65%
DB: 70%
RB: 85%
G: 20%
R: 40%
CW: 30%

Happy with the color, just concerned if I'm where i need to be in the intensity department. Max intensity is about 5 hours and its a mixed reef.

Thanks!

That is the hard part, everyone i know that has hydras with flourishing corals have some pretty high par readings but most people will fry their corals. Tricky to achieve for most suggestion would be to purchase a par meter especially since your running to you will have over lap focusing, at least you will not be guessing on par.

Reeftub · 01/17/2016, 04:49 PM

The guys or gals with par meters and hydra 52s over your tanks what's your par levels?

lionfish300 · 01/17/2016, 09:57 PM

I have 96" X 36" x 24"h tank. I am thinking of run 4 x Hydra down the center of the tank and the rest cover with T5 54 watts. Since it such a wide tank and don't know the spread of Hydra? ( new to this) to figure out how many T5 I would need?

chercm · 01/20/2016, 06:57 AM

any more hydra 52 apex map?

chercm · 01/20/2016, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reeftub

Try these settings

can you show the map you are using on Apex?

Reeftub · 01/20/2016, 10:04 PM

I upped the uv to 20% but the rest is the same and I also have 4 t5 running for 4 hrs and had to turn the less down or I would fry my corals lol. I used my par meter to get the leds as close or just under the par of the t5/leds running together which was about 230 to 250 par with both running and 200 to 220 with just the leds. I was frying my corals with the light I had running at 55% with all colors at 100 but now I have turned them down and used a par meter I can do a better job of knowing how much im giving these guys.

Reeftub · 01/20/2016, 10:07 PM

chercm · 01/20/2016, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reeftub

Can u share the detailed setting please ???

chercm · 01/20/2016, 10:24 PM

i am running just 1 unit of hydra 52 at 12 inch above water and i tried to run the 12k , 14k on apex at 80% but does not seems to get any colours from the corals. any advice please ?

Reeftub · 01/20/2016, 10:32 PM

How deep is your tank and what corals do you have? Also how deep from the surface is you most light demanding coral? Or how deep from the surface is your highest coral?

Reeftub · 01/20/2016, 10:34 PM

Most times people like myself turn the lights up too high and have faded colors and come to find out the corals were getting too much light or didn't have a chance to adapt to the light setting because it was set too high too fast.

chercm · 01/20/2016, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reeftub

How deep is your tank and what corals do you have? Also how deep from the surface is you most light demanding coral? Or how deep from the surface is your highest coral?

mine is 24x24x24 inch m, 2ft cube.

the corals on the top is some mills , valida and some stag horns. the strawberry shortcake and blue stag horn have faded in colours

Reeftub · 01/20/2016, 10:43 PM

Turn the lights down 10% and leave it for a couple weeks and see if color improves with the same growth rates. Tank looks awesome by the way and colors look just a little faded.

Riad · 01/21/2016, 12:22 PM

I have 3 Hydra 52HD's (sadly they don't work with my Neptune)... the interface allows you to save your settings to a file.

Wouldn't it be nice for AI to have a forum where they have custom settings you can download, and have a place where members could upload and share their own?

For the life of me I can't understand how they could have a great function like this and have no mechanism for users to share.

Cyberdude · 01/21/2016, 01:16 PM

We can share the api files right here

signal_4 · 01/21/2016, 04:19 PM

Hey so has anybody heard of when AI is going to come out with the upgrade kit for 52 to 52 HD ????

Reeftub · 01/21/2016, 04:20 PM

Next light is called hydra 104 turbo!!!

juzz.raath · 01/22/2016, 07:11 AM

I've just got my hydra 52 how do I have complete darkness for 10 hours or so then turn them back on in the morning automatically?

01/14/2016, 04:08 PM	#3803
ReefTankHunter Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 392	A little help.On one of my hydras.The fan is not running.I checked on the temp.it's hot.The other one is cooler and it's on.Is there a manual way to turn on. Last edited by ReefTankHunter; 01/14/2016 at 04:18 PM.

01/17/2016, 04:32 PM	#3807
WangoTANGo Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 177	Need some settings help. I have two Hydra 26 over a standard 40 breeder ~12" AWL. Current settings are: UV: 30% V: 65% DB: 70% RB: 85% G: 20% R: 40% CW: 30% Happy with the color, just concerned if I'm where i need to be in the intensity department. Max intensity is about 5 hours and its a mixed reef. Thanks! __________________ In the seemingly never-ending struggle of balancing an expensive hobby with having to pay back for an expensive education... Current Tank Info: 40 breeder in the works

01/12/2016, 08:41 AM	#3801
crankbait09 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 932	reeftub - that's infrickin sane........$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

01/12/2016, 09:11 AM	#3802
Reeftub Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 389	Yea it is, I had 2 hydra and upgraded them and then bought the last 4. Wife was pretty good about it all lol

01/14/2016, 04:20 PM	#3804
crankbait09 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 932	For those of you new to Hydra HD's (such as myself) Since the lights are lacking any type of instruction, I have found myself calling customer support for a little help. They have been very helpful BTW!! When you access the auto mode, that is intended more for the users that do not require a more detailed control of the light output, meaning a higher, more precise light level out of certain colors. If users want the more precise control, that is when you'd switch over to the manual mode. Now, let's say you have the light output right where you want it in the auto mode. Once you click on the manual mode, the light setting get wiped out of the auto mode. whichever mode you select, is the CURRENT mode the lights will be in. A lot of people use the auto mode and do not switch back and forth for this reason. When I went back and forth, I could never figure out why my setting were being reset. That is why, you need to stick to one setting. There are no preset settings that you can use. At least not with the Hydra 26's. Customer Support said they were working on the cell phone app to fix this problem. A lot of the settings were also being erased and reset from one night to the next morning. That is also being worked on by the software developers. He did not give me a time frame, but said there will be an update to the phone app. In my mind, any settings you set using the cell phone, would automatically save and be shown on the desktop/laptop computer. so no matter which device you use, it would read the same. This is not the case. I don't understand that one. How does the light know which device to read from then? I'm going to reset the light tonight and start over, knowing what I know now. And see what happens. If anyone has some insight on the usage of the app, let me know. please

01/14/2016, 07:02 PM	#3805
crash103kv2 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 4	Thank you reeftub so its not an intensity thing its a coverage thing? not about how much light but about how well it covers the whole area. Thank you ill see what i can scroung up

01/17/2016, 04:49 PM	#3809
Reeftub Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 389	The guys or gals with par meters and hydra 52s over your tanks what's your par levels?

01/17/2016, 09:57 PM	#3810
lionfish300 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico Posts: 795	I have 96" X 36" x 24"h tank. I am thinking of run 4 x Hydra down the center of the tank and the rest cover with T5 54 watts. Since it such a wide tank and don't know the spread of Hydra? ( new to this) to figure out how many T5 I would need?

01/20/2016, 06:57 AM	#3811
chercm Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,971	any more hydra 52 apex map?

01/20/2016, 10:04 PM	#3813
Reeftub Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 389	I upped the uv to 20% but the rest is the same and I also have 4 t5 running for 4 hrs and had to turn the less down or I would fry my corals lol. I used my par meter to get the leds as close or just under the par of the t5/leds running together which was about 230 to 250 par with both running and 200 to 220 with just the leds. I was frying my corals with the light I had running at 55% with all colors at 100 but now I have turned them down and used a par meter I can do a better job of knowing how much im giving these guys.

01/20/2016, 10:07 PM	#3814
Reeftub Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 389

01/20/2016, 10:24 PM	#3816
chercm Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,971	i am running just 1 unit of hydra 52 at 12 inch above water and i tried to run the 12k , 14k on apex at 80% but does not seems to get any colours from the corals. any advice please ?

01/20/2016, 10:32 PM	#3817
Reeftub Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 389	How deep is your tank and what corals do you have? Also how deep from the surface is you most light demanding coral? Or how deep from the surface is your highest coral?

01/20/2016, 10:34 PM	#3818
Reeftub Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 389	Most times people like myself turn the lights up too high and have faded colors and come to find out the corals were getting too much light or didn't have a chance to adapt to the light setting because it was set too high too fast.

01/20/2016, 10:43 PM	#3820
Reeftub Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 389	Turn the lights down 10% and leave it for a couple weeks and see if color improves with the same growth rates. Tank looks awesome by the way and colors look just a little faded.

01/21/2016, 12:22 PM	#3821
Riad Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Monroe, NY Posts: 16	I have 3 Hydra 52HD's (sadly they don't work with my Neptune)... the interface allows you to save your settings to a file. Wouldn't it be nice for AI to have a forum where they have custom settings you can download, and have a place where members could upload and share their own? For the life of me I can't understand how they could have a great function like this and have no mechanism for users to share.

01/21/2016, 01:16 PM	#3822
Cyberdude In Memoriam Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 353	We can share the api files right here

01/21/2016, 04:19 PM	#3823
signal_4 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: corpus christi Posts: 205	Hey so has anybody heard of when AI is going to come out with the upgrade kit for 52 to 52 HD ????

01/21/2016, 04:20 PM	#3824
Reeftub Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 389	Next light is called hydra 104 turbo!!!

01/22/2016, 07:11 AM	#3825
juzz.raath Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 99	I've just got my hydra 52 how do I have complete darkness for 10 hours or so then turn them back on in the morning automatically?