AI Hydra Settings Thread

[dahos]

I did have to re-setup all my control settings also. yay me.

[saltyair]

Originally Posted by Sonicboom

Sweeping clouds is pretty nice. Maybe reboot your director and see if it pulls the update.

Very cool I have mine set up to Townsville Australia its been a cloudy day

[Sonicboom]

Yea mine is set to here in Florida but clouds are too intense. It looks more like a thunder cloud over head than a regular cloud.

[milsaltnewbie07]

Me to sonic, clouds are making leds go down to like 5%. Crazy. I dont think my sps are liking it to much either. I might just go to manual progm , instead of region weather. Unless there is a better way

[Sonicboom]

Yea I bumped up my whites 5% to make up for it, I did have a very cloudy day though. But I think there should be a maximum cloud setting.

[ReefTankHunter]

Originally Posted by dahos

Ver. 2.0.7-r0 is what mine shows now.


Finally got both lights to update. What a mess. Had to try several different channels and turn everything in the house that uses wifi off. Still took several tries but I hopefully am done!!!

Wow,Am i that far behind.My ver.1.026 r20.Do i need to reboot.

[saltyair]

I disagree that a cloudy day would upset sps there is a study that cloudy formations help in growth.
If a week or two of heavy clouds keep showing up I can see using manual.
Probably good for algae control

[gregrocks79]

Originally Posted by dahos

Ver. 2.0.7-r0 is what mine shows now.





Finally got both lights to update. What a mess. Had to try several different channels and turn everything in the house that uses wifi off. Still took several tries but I hopefully am done!!!

I just went through this same exact thing. Was so annoying!!

Funny my Hawaii settings are super cloudy too. Sometimes a really dark one. Seems like were all on the same page lol

[das75]

is there release notes for the fw upgrade?

[Agathos]

I started with regional weather today myself (Indonesia, since most of my livestock comes from there), and, like you, I notice that the clouds make a substantial reduction in my overall light output throughout a day. I checked the real weather forecast for Indonesia and quite right, there will be overcast weather for most of this week.

Will this be a problem for my corals? It is well known that modern LEDs are suited for growing light-demanding corals. Will these lights work at growing SPS with only ~ 50 % output caused live weather simulation?

[Sonicboom]

Originally Posted by das75

is there release notes for the fw upgrade?

I tried searching for them last night to no avail. .

[Sonicboom]

Originally Posted by saltyair

I disagree that a cloudy day would upset sps there is a study that cloudy formations help in growth.
If a week or two of heavy clouds keep showing up I can see using manual.
Probably good for algae control

Understood but the study I read which I will try to find and post stated that even the slightest reduction in light can slow coral growth by 50%.. or was it 50% reduction in light can slow coral growth slightly...lol I need to find the paper.

[Sonicboom]

Here is the guts of it..
In addition to affecting the shape of a colony’s growth, environmental factors influence the rates at which various species of corals grow. One of the most significant factors is sunlight. On sunny days, the calcification rates of corals can be twice as fast as on cloudy days (Barnes, R.S.K. and Hughes, 1999). This is likely a function of the symbiotic zooxanthellae algae, which play a unique role in enhancing the corals’ ability to synthesize calcium carbonate. Experiments have shown that rates of calcification slow significantly when zooxanthellae are removed from corals, or when corals are kept in shade or darkness (Lalli and Parsons 1995).

Found here
http://www.coris.noaa.gov/about/what_are/

[Sonicboom]

OK had to turn off weather feature because half a dark tank was driving me crazy. Set it to manual and 30% 20% and it is much nicer and still sweeps

[gregrocks79]

Agreed, the last update seems like it was released too early and the clouds are too much.

Seems like a lot of people had problems updating both lights and director wouldn't connect.

Pretty stupid to release an update that doesn't seem like it was written well and sent out too early without proper testing.

Now I went from regional settings back to manual cuz the clouds were too dark and didn't seem to stop. Stoops

[Agathos]

When we simulate real weather of the tropics we should expect quite a lot of clouds. My question is whether the resulting reduction in light output is still viable with SPS growth?

[Sonicboom]

See post #1263.

[gregrocks79]

Ya what he said ^^ lol

[Agathos]

Originally Posted by Sonicboom

See post #1263.

But that relates to the light from the sun. SPS on real reefs can absolutely live with the occasional clouds, after all, they are evolved to fit that environment (although the study indicates calcification is slowed down when there are clouds). But LEDs don't give the same light output as the sun shining in the tropics. With LEDs we might already by on the limit of sustaining SPS growth and a reduction of 50 % in light intensity as caused by clouds simulation might result in conditions that won't support growth at all. Because of this I am a bit anxious about adding clouds and especially simulating real reef conditions where there might be overcast 50 % of the time.

[Sonicboom]

Agreed that corals can live with clouds, I just want to have the most light on them for maximum growth with no bleaching. I am sure I can lower my leds down to 30% and have growth but it will take twice as long for growth opposed to tweaking until I am on the edge of max growth and bleaching

[milsaltnewbie07]

Sonic same boat as you. I just dropped regional setting and went to manual . 8am to 5 pm 4hr ramp. Clouds 40/30. Same as i had on controller and was working great for me

[saltyair]

today I had sun almost all day - not worried about clouds :-) I love watching them sweep lol. Might help me control my alk and cal consumption with slower growth. Townsville Australia averages 8.4hrs of sunlight a day.

my update went smooth each light flashed as the firmware updated. I would suggest if your having issues pick a new wireless channel

[Sonicboom]

Originally Posted by milsaltnewbie07

Sonic same boat as you. I just dropped regional setting and went to manual . 8am to 5 pm 4hr ramp. Clouds 40/30. Same as i had on controller and was working great for me

good to hear, by the way if you select regional and let it pull the sunrise sunset times, then you can switch back to manual. you can do it about once a week to keep the lights synched with sunrise sunset.

[AdamC00]

Originally Posted by AdamC00

I have had great success with these lights for a little over a month now. Starting last Friday, I came home from work and my glass was covered with algae so bad you could barely see into the tank. Since then I have lowered my light settings and I cannot seem to get it under control. I am cleaning a great deal of algae off my glass 2 times a day. Any advice? I have also added PhosGuard to my filter, per a recommendation of service company.

I am still having an algae problem on my glass only. My sand is not bad, it is just my glass. I am having to clean it twice a day. All of my levels are in range and I have lowered my phosphates to .3ppm. I have also turned my acclimation on at a 30% reduction in light power. I have added 25 snails to the tank and performed water changes more frequently. Any other suggestions to help fix this problem?

[milsaltnewbie07]

Are your Po4 at .3 or .03. Because the second number is were you want to be.