Hydra 52- 60 Gallon Cube

[PoppinPolyps]

Just got a Hydra 52 above my 60 gallon cube and looking for a good lighting schedule. I've been thinking of going with the AB+.

It's 11 1/2 inches above my water.
Tank dimenensions- 30Lx24Wx22H

Tank will be mostly LPS (very zoa heavy) in the lower/middle section with SPS ontop.

Would love to hear some suggestions if anyone has.

 

[Crabs McJones]

If you do decide to go with the AB+ schedule, check out this video by BRS. They messed with the settings and found that the hydra 26 and the 52 take different settings to equate to the AB+
For the hydra 52 they came up with these settings
UV=%156
Violet=%154
Royal Blue=%160
Blue=%77
Green=%11
Deep Red=%40
Cool White=%27
I'm currently running two Hydra 26's with the settings based off this video and everything is responding great to it

 

[jsker]

Here you go link

I have found that having the lights at 12" or higher one gets a better spread and the arco tips do not burn up

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I have 2-52 HD’s over my 50 gallon cube running the ab+ spectrum for my sps. My acros love it