AI hydra users
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GoTakeANap
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I've been running mine for a week now on a 54 gallon corner at 15% intensity. Just trying to get the corals acclimated to my new light. Gonna move them up to 25%in a week or 2.
pooliap
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i definetly make mistake to put my hydra on 30 - 80 pretty much on everything , i lost 3 coral between this week , and my brain coral is bleached out ! i will lower it down inder 30 ! i guess start low and increase slowly !
Igarc009
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I ran then for five days
Glad I found this thread it has been very useful and informative. I have been debating whether to go with radions or Hydras for my 90g and from the looks of things Hyrdas will probably be what I go with based on price and it seems like they will be more than powerful enough. I saw someone said the controller isn't wireless- does it hook up to one of the fixtures and then that wireless sends light schedule to other fixtures? Any one else out there have these above a standard 90g- 48L X 18D X 24H?
Rimlessreefer
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I run 2 over exactly that size tank. I also use the wireless controller, it controls both lights perfect.
BENT STIX
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I am running 2 on my tank. Tank has had water in it for 2 weeks. Tank size is 72x36x27. The tank will be fish only for quite some time. After a year or so I will start sps. My question is.... how many more hydra's should I add?
Right on for some reason I thought your tank was slightly different. Any reason you run your lights perpendicular to the front of tank? So is there any cables that have to be ran to one light for the controller? Someone posted earlier only true wireless way to run them was through director I thought.
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m88a2
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So I finally have some time and I figured out how to take better picture with my bro's camera. I think its about time to start showing how everyone's tank have been doing. I'll start. Just for some background, I've finally got my lights to about where i want them. They been running at this setting for three months now. I did start my lights off so low and ramped up at such a snails pace that i lost like 3 frags. Anyway here are my current settings and some pics
W:20
V:30
R:20
G:20
RB:75
DB:75
UV:30
hangs about 13" from the waterline and slightly more to the back w/ a slight tilt forward
Pic1: FTS with night time lights (not the setting above)
Pic2: Watermelon chalice, Christmas favia, Baby's breath favia, OG mummy eye chalice
Pic3: Jared's tricolor prostrata (still coloring up, but there is a little more blue in real life)
Pic4: Rommel's watermelon acro (again still coloring up but more and more red is coming out)
Pic5: Jared's rainbow milie (...also coloring up, light blue polyps and new growth is green or pink)
W:20
V:30
R:20
G:20
RB:75
DB:75
UV:30
hangs about 13" from the waterline and slightly more to the back w/ a slight tilt forward
Pic1: FTS with night time lights (not the setting above)
Pic2: Watermelon chalice, Christmas favia, Baby's breath favia, OG mummy eye chalice
Pic3: Jared's tricolor prostrata (still coloring up, but there is a little more blue in real life)
Pic4: Rommel's watermelon acro (again still coloring up but more and more red is coming out)
Pic5: Jared's rainbow milie (...also coloring up, light blue polyps and new growth is green or pink)
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m88a2
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more pics
Pic1: RMF Acid trip milie (new coralites are a vibrant pink, but not entirely sure what this is even supposed to look like)
Also has palmer's blue milie in the back that needs some coloring
Pic2: 3 unknow sps with a closed up CAR frag
Pic3: Ponape birdnes, rescued ORA tricolor, purple formosa, pink orchid thats coloring up, and what was supposedly sunny d's but i dont think so
Pic4: Bird of paradise, ORA Hawkins (time are more blue than pictured), bonsai acro (doubt is garf), red/green blasto
Pic5: Red/orange setosa, better pic of bonsai, toxic green tort, SC orange stick (very tip is turning oj and has green polyps), and upper left hand is some tricolor thats seems to grow like a stag?
Pic1: RMF Acid trip milie (new coralites are a vibrant pink, but not entirely sure what this is even supposed to look like)
Also has palmer's blue milie in the back that needs some coloring
Pic2: 3 unknow sps with a closed up CAR frag
Pic3: Ponape birdnes, rescued ORA tricolor, purple formosa, pink orchid thats coloring up, and what was supposedly sunny d's but i dont think so
Pic4: Bird of paradise, ORA Hawkins (time are more blue than pictured), bonsai acro (doubt is garf), red/green blasto
Pic5: Red/orange setosa, better pic of bonsai, toxic green tort, SC orange stick (very tip is turning oj and has green polyps), and upper left hand is some tricolor thats seems to grow like a stag?
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m88a2
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even more pics
Pic1: ORA orange digi, 2 unknown sps
Pic2: Pink lemonade (actually has more yellow than it looks), ORA red planet (seems to be pink colored but came in a nice deep red)
Pic3: ORA pearlberry
Pic4/5: top downs of previous sps
Pic1: ORA orange digi, 2 unknown sps
Pic2: Pink lemonade (actually has more yellow than it looks), ORA red planet (seems to be pink colored but came in a nice deep red)
Pic3: ORA pearlberry
Pic4/5: top downs of previous sps
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m88a2
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The only wire to the controler is the one that run to a wall socket ( i believe there is a usb option as well)
Rimlessreefer
Community Member
No cables, just a power cord for each light and one for the controller. I wanted to use the ext mounts, I didn't want anything hanging. They cover perfectly in that position.
Rimlessreefer
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I have mine setup exactly the same, only difference is I have my white channel at 30.
I was curious how powerful the optics were up close so I put a piece of paper up to them. Haha, burned a hole instantly, I couldn't imagine running these at 100.
I really do love these lights.
