Hydra 32HD lighting schedule. Too high?

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Have 2 32hd’s on a 55g mixed reef.
On one side I have my acros, montis, birds nests. Other side and along the bottom are my zoas, pollys, torches and leathers. my old lights were 65w and during the day I had everything almost at max output so my tank is used to somewhat used to high par. I just want to know how I’m looking on spectrum and intensity and what to change.

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How high off the water? I just started using the older 26HDs on my 120G and found that they were quite powerful. Even with an acclimation period configured my corals were not happy. Those settings don't look terribly powerful but you have a much smaller tank - you should certainly use the acclimation feature at least.
 
How high off the water? I just started using the older 26HDs on my 120G and found that they were quite powerful. Even with an acclimation period configured my corals were not happy. Those settings don't look terribly powerful but you have a much smaller tank - you should certainly use the acclimation feature at least.

8in off the water. I agree that they are very powerful, acclimation mode is on and at 67%. It’s been a week and so far my acros PE is noticeably better. Most of my acros are still on a frag rack and I’ve always jammed them close to the surface with good results, but I’m not so sure how they will handle this. Mainly concerned about them. All my softies are loving it.
 

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