AI Hydra mount

[Andyf30]

Anyone had this issue? It still feels solid, but a Hydra mount has failed on me before and cracked my tank once. So this little gap kinda wigs me out. Any advice?

 

[lancesmith1]

that looks like the old tank mount which i never liked. I wonder if you can order the new plastic mount as an individual part?

 

[Andyf30]

Oddly enough its the new one. I tried the flex mount and the adhesive failed. It cracked my first attempt at a Red sea reefer 170. This is one significantly more sturdy it just still seems...I don’t know. Too cheap for the light? If that makes sense?

 

[lancesmith1]

I see that it is the new one. i just took mine out of the box to double check. I hope its sturdy. I am planning on mounting a 64 plus the Reefbrite XHO setup with it this weekend. Maybe its the glass thickness on the 170?

 

[Andyf30]

I was looking at those reefbrite strips but honestly I’m not sure I’d trust this fixture with the extra weight unless I dropped it down.

I guess logic tells me that the BRS recommended height of 12 inches off the surface is to maximize spread. If you added the RB’s and dropped it to maybe 10 or 9 inches you could turn the AI down and have better spread.

 

[lancesmith1]

That was my plan... mount at about 10 inches and run at 70-80%

 

[Andyf30]

Yeah Im probably gonna lower it and may pursue a diffuser too to help reduce the spotlighting

 

[lancesmith1]

yep. got a diffuser from 3d reefing myself. There is one for sale here on r2r but i wasnt 100% confident it would fit a 64.