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!
Got this new light cover in the mail today , loving it so far , for the hyper reef Nicrew 100 light😍
Reef’s doing good. Still waiting on my orange lens kit to come in so it’s a little blue. Hammers are still annoyed since the mag dropped to around 1250 but the Ny Nicks torch is good.
A pic of my tank during feeding. I also just added this aipai a8se light, man is it powerful.
Polyplab v2 is great under full blues. Some cheap macro clip ons can get some nice shots also...but its time to step up the photos to match the reef.
I made this custom light to hold my AquaIllumination Hydra Edge 44HD.
Upgraded to a Wyze cam v4 with window mount directly to side of tank . I like it so far . Not using any reef lense atm . But my 12pm light schedule is basically only 30% blues on the kessil 360 tuna.
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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Got myself a lens to filter out the blue 🔥
Aquavida mount with wyze camera. Orange and yellow filters from polyplab.
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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!