Lighting Setup for My Reef Tank!
Running an AI Hydra 26, Hydra 52, and a Kessil AP9X on an AquaticLife Hybrid fixture with 4 T5 bulbs (2 Actinic & 2 Blue Plus).
Might be an odd combo, but it’s been working wonders for my tank! I’ve thought about trying other lights, but then I ask myself why change what’s already working? The mix of LED shimmer, T5 spread, and coral growth has been perfect so far.
Do you ever get the itch to try something new, or do you stick with what works? Me…I always get the itch!
🚀 Introducing Reef ID 🚀
Reef ID can identify 200+ species of saltwater fish and 130+ species of coral, and it will continue getting better every single week through reinforcement learning.
This is not a generic AI image tool like ChatGPT or Gemini. I tested those and they honestly did not work well enough for reef tanks. That is why I built a custom machine learning model from scratch, trained specifically on reef aquarium images.
Reef ID is included with the #DeepDive subscription, and I have also given everyone a handful of free credits so you can try it out.
Here’s a video of me using Reef ID live on my own tank 🤓
Including a wide variety of LEDs in the 380 - 500 nm range will ensure you get the best “pop” out of all your corals. I stumbled upon this great example while playing around with these flashlights after dark in the frag tank. Some popular LED bars used for supplement (and even some main fixtures!) only contain one or two different wavelengths of blue LEDs, but with this setup you’re likely missing out on some corals which fluoresce at different wavelengths. When I’m looking for an LED bar to supplement “pop” I look for something that includes as many different wavelength diodes as possible.
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After going through ups and downs and losing over 2k+ in corals I got a Reefbot for $100 dollars with a broken solenoid l. I bought an equivalent one on Amazon and it work and my tank is now awesome and stable.
Did a WC yesterday, was using coral pro salt transitioned to NYOs Pure, love how it mixes fast and ready, don’t even have to wait and let it mature!! Hopefully corals will love the pharmaceutical elements they put! Got a good batch too let’s see how things progresses!
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See our reef lights in action at a real coral grow-out facility.
Powerful spectrum. Strong PAR. Proven growth for SPS, LPS, and soft corals.
Lighting Setup for My Reef Tank!
Running an AI Hydra 26, Hydra 52, and a Kessil AP9X on an AquaticLife Hybrid fixture with 4 T5 bulbs (2 Actinic & 2 Blue Plus).
Might be an odd combo, but it’s been working wonders for my tank! I’ve thought about trying other lights, but then I ask myself why change what’s already working? The mix of LED shimmer, T5 spread, and coral growth has been perfect so far.
Do you ever get the itch to try something new, or do you stick with what works? Me…I always get the itch!
Loving this new clip on filter thing for my corals!! Highly recommend if you don’t have one!
Recently got the 30w Hygger LED for my 5 gallon. My corals are loving it!