AI Prime 16HD question

HereFishyFishy3 · Mar 27, 2022

I recently purchased a new AI Prime a month ago and paired it to my older AI Prime that is a little over a year old. When paired, I noticed that the older AI puts out a lighter blue hue that doesn’t match the other. It’s not very noticeable during daytime but when the lights turn down at night it’s extremely noticeable because there are two different shades of blue. The lens does not appear to be burnt out and I’ve tried resetting both to no avail. Is this something that can be fixed or do I need to purchase a new light? Thanks

uhgster1 · Mar 27, 2022

Unfortunately the new AI is way brighter and the best you can do is try to lower the spectrum of the newer one to match. That said, I added a T5 To my tank and it evened everything out perfectly. At one point I had all three generations of AI primes over my tank. I have two 32s over it now but it’s up to you. They will both do their job growing coral so don’t stress over that, but you’re going to have to adjust the stronger light down if it bothers you that much. You can get them to match closer but it will take some fiddling.

John.Thompson · Apr 20, 2022

HereFishyFishy3 said:
I recently purchased a new AI Prime a month ago and paired it to my older AI Prime that is a little over a year old. When paired, I noticed that the older AI puts out a lighter blue hue that doesn’t match the other. It’s not very noticeable during daytime but when the lights turn down at night it’s extremely noticeable because there are two different shades of blue. The lens does not appear to be burnt out and I’ve tried resetting both to no avail. Is this something that can be fixed or do I need to purchase a new light? Thanks

Nothing to change that as far as I’m aware. Is there a way to edit presets that you’ve found?

CryptoNautical · Apr 20, 2022

uhgster1 said:
Unfortunately the new AI is way brighter and the best you can do is try to lower the spectrum of the newer one to match. That said, I added a T5 To my tank and it evened everything out perfectly. At one point I had all three generations of AI primes over my tank. I have two 32s over it now but it’s up to you. They will both do their job growing coral so don’t stress over that, but you’re going to have to adjust the stronger light down if it bothers you that much. You can get them to match closer but it will take some fiddling.

I have to say that is a gorgeous tank