hydra 26 hd base line

[NickandCrystal1127]

Hey anyone have any ideas as to a good base line for a 24" x 16" x 12" 20 gallon reef tank? I have search thru the web with no real luck. Any help will be great!!

 

[G8trBait16]

Baseline as in Settings/intensities for the different colors?

 

[Isaac Alves]

not sure what your asking but I did screen cap this thread from some other forum. The user contacted Aqua Illumination about their suggested settings to replicate 14k and 20k spectrums using the FiftyTwo HD.

 

[NickandCrystal1127]

awesome man thank you

 

[NickandCrystal1127]

Baseline as in Settings/intensities for the different colors?

yes. trying to make sure i dont burn any corals. i'm new to the hobby and every site seems to have different info.

 

[jsker]

Welcome to R2R, I am running my 26 hd's after 30 days acclamation cycle

 

[Waboss]

I have mine over a Red Sea Reefer 170 (24x20x20.........I think) at these settings:

17k from 12:30 to 3:30 @ 60% with a ramp up from 07:30 to 12:30 and a ramp down from 3:30PM to 7:30PM.

Personally I like the kelvin setting..........I don't have to mess with each channel that way.

 

[G8trBait16]

I have 2 Hydra 52 HD's over my 75g. My lights have a 2 1/2 hour ramp up and come on at 9am, go off at 9pm Peak is from 11:30am to 6:30pm. Settings are below.

UV: 90
Violet: 95
Royal Blue : 100
Blue: 100
Green: 25
Red: 20
White: 25

I am bringing the whites up slowly. I have mostly SPS in my tank. I know you have a 26, but wanted to help out with more settings.

 

[G8trBait16]

Welcome to R2R, I am running my 26 hd's after 30 days acclamation cycle

Jsker, I started using your night time setting on mine. Thank you I like it much better than just 1% of the RB.

 

[NickandCrystal1127]

Thanks for all the input. Its tuff trying to find information on the web since it seems like by the time you find an answer you go to the very next page and it tells you the complete opposite. So Frustrating! !

 

[jsker]

Jsker, I started using your night time setting on mine. Thank you I like it much better than just 1% of the RB.

When using the lunar affect the moon phases are really cool with the settings that you have in there now

 

[NickandCrystal1127]

Do you guys use the weather feature? If so how frequent should I set it?

 

[jsker]

Do you guys use the weather feature? If so how frequent should I set it?

It's cool if you have friends over. My fish seem to hide and that to me means stressing the kids in the tank, so I do not us it.

 

[G8trBait16]

Do you guys use the weather feature? If so how frequent should I set it?

I agree with Jsker, I use it to "show it off" to my friends when they come over. But other than that I never use it.

 

[NickandCrystal1127]

Awesome thanks again for the help. without you guys id still be rooming the endless web and getting no where. Tank looks great under your setting jsker!!

 

[Evan West]

I had sort of asked this question over on a thread i had posted that i think @jsker was in but this thread is specific to this light and setting so ill ask more specifically here i guess. Im thinking about using one of these to light a 30*12*12 tank for LPS and Softies, aiming for 50-100 par and i know this light can go way past that. Problem is the 30" length, if i mount this light up a bit higher nd run it at say 50% for example to get a better spread do you think i could get the 50-100 par coverage over the whole tank from a single light? I dont want to end up with 200par in the center and 30 on the edges.