2 New Hydra 26 LEDs

[Mickie]

Just got my lights in! I have a 60 gallon (48 inch length). No corals yet...just added in a few fish and cuc.

Eventually I'd like to add corals, just not now.

I have 50/50 live rock dry rock set up.

Right now I'm running on "easy set up" with "acclimation." It put all my settings on 60% with a three hour ramp up. 8am to 8pm. 14 w

Totally lost. I have no idea what is best, when, how long...if this works?

Please help!

 

[Lenny_S]

Welcome to R2R!

I have a very good profile you can use. Please excuse me if I don't have this setup correctly for you to download, my first time trying this with Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byl1iTuW5PcIMkJQME1LaVMydWM

I've been using that profile for a while and I have excellent color and growth with it. My lights are set 12" above the water. The profile will give you a 20K color temp (good for color) during the 3 hour AM ramp, then 5 hours of mid-day intensity at a 14K color temp (good for growth), then it goes back to a 20K color temp for the 2 hour PM ramp down.

Let me know if you have any problems getting the file. And if you have any questions about the profile, questions on lighting in general, or need any other advice, just let me know.

 

[jsker]

Woo Hoo them are some good lights. Here are my setting if is helps. Run the lunar mode, it give the tank a real cool effect at night and you can also see the DT at night with out the intensity of the light. You can download the settings then upload them to your lights.

AI 26 HD settings

 

[Mickie]

Welcome to R2R!

I have a very good profile you can use. Please excuse me if I don't have this setup correctly for you to download, my first time trying this with Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byl1iTuW5PcIMkJQME1LaVMydWM

I've been using that profile for a while and I have excellent color and growth with it. My lights are set 12" above the water. The profile will give you a 20K color temp (good for color) during the 3 hour AM ramp, then 5 hours of mid-day intensity at a 14K color temp (good for growth), then it goes back to a 20K color temp for the 2 hour PM ramp down.

Let me know if you have any problems getting the file. And if you have any questions about the profile, questions on lighting in general, or need any other advice, just let me know.

For whatever reason, it's coming through as XML format, so it's a bunch of jumbo. Lol. I'm assuming it's my settings, I'll try to figure it out. Thank you! I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions, lol.

 

[Mickie]

Woo Hoo them are some good lights. Here are my setting if is helps. Run the lunar mode, it give the tank a real cool effect at night and you can also see the DT at night with out the intensity of the light. You can download the settings then upload them to your lights.

AI 26 HD settings

Yours is coming through as XML format too...is it a setting on my end?

 

[Lenny_S]

Try to download and save the file, I think it is just opening as a page in your browser. Once you save the file you can import it. The file should have a .aip file extension.

 

[jsker]

Yours is coming through as XML format too...is it a setting on my end?

Thank you @Lenny_S please try the above post and see if that works

 

[Mickie]

Yes, thank you! For whatever reason though, neither on my phone or my Windows 10, allows me to import it. I'll keep fussing with it.

 

[Frop]

Hydra 26!! I just got one too. imo you should get a lux or par meter and then you can get some light estimates. I run mine at 50par going to walk it to 200. I know near max power I can get little over 300 towards the sand bed. which I think will be too much for a couple of my corals that are more low light. (After all the LFS has been keeping them alive with a single kessil like 4 feet away from the thing...).

Here is a thread also to check out. Helped me some,

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ai-hydra-users.125990/

 

[Mickie]

Hydra 26!! I just got one too. imo you should get a lux or par meter and then you can get some light estimates. I run mine at 50par going to walk it to 200. I know near max power I can get little over 300 towards the sand bed. which I think will be too much for a couple of my corals that are more low light. (After all the LFS has been keeping them alive with a single kessil like 4 feet away from the thing...).

Here is a thread also to check out. Helped me some,

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ai-hydra-users.125990/

Good Idea!

 

[Mickie]

according to what I'm reading, I cannot open aip files unless I have the correct program...which I'd have to buy. Is there anyway I can convert them? I'm not finding much...

 

[Lenny_S]

according to what I'm reading, I cannot open aip files unless I have the correct program...which I'd have to buy. Is there anyway I can convert them? I'm not finding much...

Hmmmm... All I do is from my browser, I log into my.aquaillumination.com, you need to link your director to it, then I just use the toolbar in the Control screen and select "Upload"... That brings up a file picker and you just select the file to import.
If you haven't setup your my.aquaillumination.com account the site has instructions.

 

[Mickie]

I'm dumb. Lol. Jeebus, I get it now. It's been one of those days. thank you

 

[Mickie]

I swear I'm not this slow. I'll just blame it on my toddler and the fact I'm pregnant and growing my kids eyeballs.

 

[LouieP]

I have a 60 cube 24x24x24. I use to run a hydra, then I upgraded to the Hydra 52 then I decided that I want to spread out the light more so I have 2 Hydra 26HDs.

Running your lights for 12hrs a day might be too much light. If you start to have algae problems reduce your photo period between 6-8 hrs a day with your ramp up. Whenever you choose to have as our max itensity you shouldnt run it that long. If you max intesity is 60% you can run it 20-30mins max, then ramp down your lights.

Think of it this way the sun isnt at max intensity all day long but only for a hr or so. Thats the way I run my lights, nothing too intense I ramp up to my max over 3-4 hrs, max for 30 mins then I ramp down.

 

[Lenny_S]

I swear I'm not this slow. I'll just blame it on my toddler and the fact I'm pregnant and growing my kids eyeballs.

Lol... Maybe a little TMI [emoji12]

Let me know if those settings work for you.

 

[jsker]

Yes, thank you! For whatever reason though, neither on my phone or my Windows 10, allows me to import it. I'll keep fussing with it.

I have to use the AI app? and upload

 

[Mickie]

Hmmmm... All I do is from my browser, I log into my.aquaillumination.com, you need to link your director to it, then I just use the toolbar in the Control screen and select "Upload"... That brings up a file picker and you just select the file to import.
If you haven't setup your my.aquaillumination.com account the site has instructions.

I don't have a director? And I don't see anywhere on the control screen to upload?

 

[Lenny_S]

I don't have a director? And I don't see anywhere on the control screen to upload?

Do you have the previous generation Hydra 26's or do you have the newer HD's?

 

[Mickie]

Do you have the previous generation Hydra 26's or do you have the newer HD's?

I have the HDs