AI HD Light Settings

[nickenayat]

I want to start this post so we can all share the settings we have for our AI lights. Aquaillumination doesn't really specify beyond the basics what setting will work best. Everyone post a picture of their tank, a screenshot of their AI settings, and their experience so far.

I have 2 Prime HDs on my tank. After much fussing around to find some settings that I like here's what I came up with. I'm more than open to a better configuration tho.

Tank is an IM Nuvo Fusion 24 (12" deep) and is almost 1 year old with the AI primes running for about 9 months.

 

[jvb89]

i would use the settings that BRS posted on their latest video that mimics the ecotech coral lab. Leave it there and be set

 

[RyanCSGO]

running two Hydra 26HD's over a 73G 36x24x20
all SPS are showing great signs of growth and PE.
lps are full and happy.

 

[jaegers_reef]

This is what I'm running currently. Based it off my LFS that runs hydra 52s for their aquaculture and personal tanks.

 

[nickenayat]

This is what I'm running currently. Based it off my LFS that runs hydra 52s for their aquaculture and personal tanks.

Any reason in particular for such a long ramp up and ramp down time, almost 4 hours

 

[nickenayat]

10 hour total photo period (10am-8pm)
1 and half hours ramp up and ramp down time

I changed the settings right after I made this post pretty much.

I saw the new BRStv post. These are the settings they are running. They were testing the AI lights to run similar to the ecolab lights.

The new setting strengths seemed like a lot at first but the corals have actually had more growth it seems with these settings and no signs of it being too much light.

 

[jaegers_reef]

Any reason in particular for such a long ramp up and ramp down time, almost 4 hours

I believe just to mimic the gradual increase and decrease of the sun's intensity in nature.

 

[jaegers_reef]

I changed mine to this AB+ with respiration light schedule.

 

[EriksOasis]

I really don’t understand the whole up down up down thing with these lights I’ve always ran my leds ramp up ramp down with a moonlight and have and awesome growth. Only running now aqua illumination prime hd over my jbj 45.

 

[RyanCSGO]

I decided to switch back to the David Saxby schedule.
I adjusted the UV down to my liking. Its the only spectrum I changed.

 

[7hogwarts]

i would use the settings that BRS posted on their latest video that mimics the ecotech coral lab. Leave it there and be set

I looked on BRStv to try to find this. The closest was there Ecotech review (29 plus minutes long). Is this the video you are referring to? Link?

 

[jaegers_reef]

Here you go.

 

[jaegers_reef]

I really don’t understand the whole up down up down thing with these lights I’ve always ran my leds ramp up ramp down with a moonlight and have and awesome growth. Only running now aqua illumination prime hd over my jbj 45.

The up and down is called respiration and it's meant to give the corals some reprieve between the most intense peaks and mimic cloud cover.

 

[7hogwarts]

Here you go.

Thank You!

 

[Tuffyyyyy]

i would use the settings that BRS posted on their latest video that mimics the ecotech coral lab. Leave it there and be set

Same, just toned it back a bit for my IM10

 

[NakiFantaki]

I run what BRS suggests, but I tweaked it a bit and added an hour of moonlights at the end.

 

[Jamie7907]

Here’s mine.

 

[Jamie7907]

Oh and there’s 5 of the 26 HD’s over a standard 180

 

[RyanCSGO]

should move the orange lines over the peak part of the lighting so it shows the percentages ;)

 

[Jamie7907]

Here you go.