Ai prime 16hd w/ waterbox 25

[bvanfish]

I have a waterbox 25 and an ai prime 16 with my schedule attached. It is slightly lower than normal but I am trying to read more on BTA to make sure they will get enough par.

all my coral are growing really well from top to bottom so I would assume it would be fine. I am waiting for my LFS to get their par meter back but does anyone else have a set up similar and have any recommendations?

 

[mike550]

You purchased a great light and there are several sources for really helpful information. Your first stop should be the BRS videos. They have a video about your light that includes suggested settings and explanations. Two other places to see other light profiles would be the AquaIllumination website. Look at their signature series settings. Your light is there. Finally World Wide Corals also has a profile for your light. Enjoy!

 

[bvanfish]

I have seen their video and used their settings but I have been seeing kind of conflicting information on the ai not being powerful enough. Just want to make sure I’m not hurting any animals!

 

[mike550]

I use a 16D over my 20G QT. The light is about 8” above the water surface and it’s about 13” deep. At the bottom center using the BRS settings it’s around 130PAR and around 85PAR on the edges. One other thing. I don’t overdrive the LEDs because I’ve heard that the heat can melt the lenses. So I max settings at 100

 

[bvanfish]

Do you know what it is at the top? I just need to get that par meter to really verify. I mean my shrooms, acans, blue ridge etc on the bottom are doing well and the top has some sps that is doing well. But I want to verify