Hydra 52 Light Settings
With high nitrate you may find that algae blooms are inevitable in a high light situation.
Hydra 52 light settings. Our collection of some of the best reef tanks around the world all using ai s led lighting. Good growth since i started the tank 7 months back. A lot of viewers been asking what my light settings are. Getting started guides faq manuals register product contact us.
You may want to allow your po4 to increase to between 0 024 0 04ppm as if the po4 is actually at 0ppm your denitrifying bacteria may be becoming limited by phosphate meaning that respiration will be impeded and nitrate. I ve been using the ai hydra series of lights in my previous 3ft in my current 5ft tank. I am going with these settings and will not change. I have tweaked my settings in the last few weeks.
Love the ease of customizing light settings how the colors pop under the blues of the hd lights. Anyone withai hydra 52 hd experience please chime in. It just so happens that 12 inches is about the maximum height of the single and multi light aqua illumination hms mount kits making this 12 height fairly easy to achieve. A selection of presets for the ai hd line line of lights including hydra 52 hd hydra 26 hd and prime hd david saxby tq1 preset for hd tq1 variant lower power hd base setting a good starting point based on the popular lord howe preset.
At 12 inches from the water s surface you will get the best balance of light spread with minimal light spill over a 24 x 24 area using the hydra 64 hd led light.