Care to share lighting schedule for Hydra 26??

[Mele__Reef]

hey gang, just received my Hydra 26hd . Anyone mind sharing their lighting schedule? Thanks

 

[Havoks]

This is how am running my lights. Two prime hd.

 

[fredjr]

This is how am running my lights. Two prime hd.

How long have you been running these lights at that setting?

 

[Havoks]

I started with one approx 1 month ago and added a second one 2 weeks ago. Went from a black box to these.

 

[Havoks]

Its a 14k setting

 

[fredjr]

Its a 14k setting

I called the company about 4 months ago and had them to set my lights up. My light settings are no where near that high. What corals do you have in your tank?

 

[Mele__Reef]

Thanks for the input guys. Are these good intensity settings for introducing the new light to my coral? I am also running the acclimation setting.if you look at the graph I also slowly reduced the whites starting at 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

 

[Mele__Reef]

I will gladly take constructive criticism. These lights are a bit tricky. I really don't want to cook my coral. Also I will be starting a build thread for my SCA 50 gallon. So I am practicing with this light on my nuvo 10 for the time being. Do you guys think it's to strong of a light for my nuvo10? Thanks!

 

[fredjr]

Thanks for the input guys. Are these good intensity settings for introducing the new light to my coral? I am also running the acclimation setting.if you look at the graph I also slowly reduced the whites starting at 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

 

[fredjr]

This is my settings at the highest

 

[Mele__Reef]

What size tank do you have? How high is the light from the water line?do you think my settings are too high for acclimation?

 

[Williamthegr88]

This is what my lights are set to for about 2 months now had them higher and they were burning my corals this seems to be going well so far

 

[fredjr]

What size tank do you have? How high is the light from the water line?do you think my settings are too high for acclimation?

I have a red sea reefer deluxe 350 91 gallon with the sump. it comes with two Hydra 26 HD

 

[Havoks]

All my corals are doing fine. I have zoas, mushrooms, blastos, acans, frogspawn, nems and a couple of sps frags. Lights are 8" off the water

 

[Carlos09]

I use this settings in my 90 G

 

[SDboatguy]

Can't take a picture just now ,but.... I run 5 hour ramp up and 5 hour ramp down with a peak of 4hours . At peak all channels are at 100% except white , which peaks at 65%. At the start of each day , one channel starts every 10 minutes starting with RB,then B,V,UV,G,R,W . Then after the peak , same process in reverse. Having read 100's of pages about these lights and schedules others run, THE MAIN THING is to use the acclimation mode (for at least a month) and most importantly, is to stick with the schedule you choose. A lot of people have had poor results due to tinkering / adjusting to much, stable light conditions are as important as stable water parameters. If you want to add light do it SLOWLY ! There is a variant(copycat)of the Radion AB+ sps schedule out there that works well also.

 

[Havoks]

Found this schedule, going to try it
AI SPS AB+ 12" AWL
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Akco_cmvvLNrgZhvyvRF4Kf5orQL7w

 

[Whisnantrider]

thanks for posting this, I was running gen 1 radions on my last tank and those coral lab programs were really nice. I'm hoping I can find a file for the LPS/Softie Program. If not I'll have to site down and try to make one some day.

 

[Havoks]

Check this out
http://ecotechmarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Ecotech_CoralLab_WP1.pdf

 

[RichyRich50]

Hey I also have a reefer 350. I don’t know what settings to use. Are you still running the same settings? I’m currently running as per the manual.