Plz share your Hydra HD setting ^^
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clsanchez77
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LED settings are tricky to port from one tank to the next and you don't give much info on your setup. The settings I am sharing are on a 110 gallon tall (48"x18"x30"h) and the tank is primarily LPS. I have four Hydra 26 units on the tank and I supplement with 2 HO's (1 Actinic & 1 Aquablue Azure, both Giesemann).
Everything is controlled by Apex. My LED lighting ramps from 8 AM to 1 PM and then ramps down from 3 PM to 8 PM. I have six lighting profiles that vary color from blue to white and back to blue in parallel with intensities. Also, I run my violets and royal blues at 1% and then 2% for an hour before and reverse afterwards.
My Blue color settings are: 1%CW, 50%V, 87%DB, 90%RB & 25%UV and this runs from 2% to 27%
My Blended color settings are: 20%CW, 50%V, 76%DB, 72%RB, 25% UV and this runs from 47% to 61%
My White color settings are: 42% CW, 50%V, 65%DB, 51%RB & 25%UV and this runs from 72% to 82%
My Noon color setting are: 51%CW, 50%V, 59%DB, 42%RB, 25%UV and this runs at 86% peak
I did not post the intermediate profiles but you can fill in the gaps. I also fade my HO's from 10% to 100% over 3 hours, peak at 3 hours and then reverse.
On a final note, I don't personally run the greens or the reds for daylighting. I do run my greens at 1% for moon lights (I like it better than white) and I run my reds at 1% for nightlight on moonless nights. I am awaiting a PAR meter to check these and will likely dial them down. I was planning a mixed tank but have settled down as almost all LPS and I am getting some fading/bleaching. I suspect the light settings are still too high.
I will be equally curios to see what others post.
Everything is controlled by Apex. My LED lighting ramps from 8 AM to 1 PM and then ramps down from 3 PM to 8 PM. I have six lighting profiles that vary color from blue to white and back to blue in parallel with intensities. Also, I run my violets and royal blues at 1% and then 2% for an hour before and reverse afterwards.
My Blue color settings are: 1%CW, 50%V, 87%DB, 90%RB & 25%UV and this runs from 2% to 27%
My Blended color settings are: 20%CW, 50%V, 76%DB, 72%RB, 25% UV and this runs from 47% to 61%
My White color settings are: 42% CW, 50%V, 65%DB, 51%RB & 25%UV and this runs from 72% to 82%
My Noon color setting are: 51%CW, 50%V, 59%DB, 42%RB, 25%UV and this runs at 86% peak
I did not post the intermediate profiles but you can fill in the gaps. I also fade my HO's from 10% to 100% over 3 hours, peak at 3 hours and then reverse.
On a final note, I don't personally run the greens or the reds for daylighting. I do run my greens at 1% for moon lights (I like it better than white) and I run my reds at 1% for nightlight on moonless nights. I am awaiting a PAR meter to check these and will likely dial them down. I was planning a mixed tank but have settled down as almost all LPS and I am getting some fading/bleaching. I suspect the light settings are still too high.
I will be equally curios to see what others post.
