AI hydras paired with t5 hybrid

[EuphylliaAddict]

So I'm running:
2 ati coral plus
2 ati blue plus
4 ai hydra 26 hds
On the 6' aquatic life hybrid fixture
The fixture is 8" off water over 180g disp.

My question is, I been using the hydras for
Over 7 months at this point, do I need to acclimate to the t5? I've been running t5s at 2 hrs a day for 2 weeks, I added coral 2 weeks ago and put everything into acclimation mode and shut off the t5 for the first day.

From everything I'm reading I did it backwards as in the t5 aren't putting off extreme par or hot spots like the LEDs, but I did put the LEDs into acclimation mode for 1 month.

I have more coral coming this weekend, will I have to reset my LEDs again? And also if I decide to add another hydra, will I need to reset and acclimate again?

Lighting is very confusing and I just keep throwing more lights on to see if the sps in my tank like it. I went with this schedule, any input on what I'm doing plz let me know, I plan on doing t5 for 8hr a day. Should I just go right to 8hrs a day of t5 since all my corals are already used to the hydras?

Oh yeah and I also have a tuna blue in mail I plan on adding at far end of tank.

 

[EuphylliaAddict]

 

[Barnabie Mejia]

From what I have read and the advice from others on here, you shouldn’t have to acclimate the coral to the T5’s because the lights give better coverage, and par isnt overwhelming..... BUT not knowing how high they are off the water, it’s hard to give you a straight forward answer... I’m not a T5 expert, but when my coral make the move over to the new tank with the hybrid set up (2 primes ) I won’t acclimate, just going to run the same lighting schedule they’re on right now....

Hope this helps

 

[EuphylliaAddict]

Yeah, I kinda just was after a straight answer about acclimation on t5s, that's basically the same I'm reading. So we only really acclimate with LED?

 

[Barnabie Mejia]

Yeah, I kinda just was after a straight answer about acclimation on t5s, that's basically the same I'm reading. So we only really acclimate with LED?

I Believe so because LEDs have more penetrating power and it’s more focused... diode spread has a lot to do with it too, the new radio a are spread out a lot further, but T5’s are a lot more forgiving and lighting schedules are simplistic....