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Anyone out there having success running an ai prime with acros that wouldn’t mind sharing some photos and possibly there settings?

I’ve tried a few different frags and haven’t had any luck. But my other sps are doing great.
 

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What size tank are you using it on?? I have the prime 16 hd over a 6 gallon frag tank that is plumbed to my display that has been working well.

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This delivers about 250-275 par to the frag rack
 
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I have the IM nuvo 20. Light is 8in off the top of the water. Also my current lighting schedule. I don’t have a par meter. Not sure what it’s setting at.

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Looks like with that lighting schedule you are running the lights at half intensity.. but if you up it to much other LPS and soft corals in your tank may suffer.
 

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I have 3 over a reefer 250 and while the tank is a mixed reef I am growing some sweet SPS up top and I dont have any color over 85% so they work very well.
 
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I have 3 over a reefer 250 and while the tank is a mixed reef I am growing some sweet SPS up top and I dont have any color over 85% so they work very well.

You possibly have any photos you can share?

I’ve messed with the seconds a lot came there the conclusion of a waterbox mixed reef setting and AB+ settings.
 

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You possibly have any photos you can share?

I’ve messed with the seconds a lot came there the conclusion of a waterbox mixed reef setting and AB+ settings.
AB + is very good and popular I started with that and just made tweaks to my liking. I have dropped my intensity down quite a bit too and have noticed better colors I think I had them cranked up too high for a little bit and stuff got slightly pale. It’s very hard to have light demanding corals and lower light corals in the same tank. These lights are pretty powerful if used correctly BRS had the suggested height to hang at 14 inches I keep mine around 12. Go as close to that number if you can and you will get great spread. Here is a screen shot of my settings From a month ago I would send you the current one but you can’t log into the lights at work because of BT only. The only changes I have made to this setting is that I dropped the intensity down 20 so my blues max at 80% now. Keep in mind I have 3 over a 65 gallon tank so I don’t need them up too high with the coverage I am getting. I hope that helps feel free to ask anything. I believe with the new lights I can send you my setting right from the app. Let me know and I’ll try it but I think I need more information from you to do so.

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I have these under 1 AI Prime hd but I also have t5 supplementing them over my 65 gal.
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on the full tank shot the prime on the right is my he, the one on the left is a non-hd
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these are the settings I’ve run for the last year.
 
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Which hybrid setting are you running? That’s my next goal. But that will come with the tank upgrade I have planned in the future
 

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Which hybrid setting are you running? That’s my next goal. But that will come with the tank upgrade I have planned in the future
My tank is 18 front to back. I bought 2 Coralife T5 fixtures ($100 a piece) with ATI blue plus lights. If you look around you can find those fixtures all over the place. But in your case I would buy another prime. I had a prime over a Nuvo10 that grew acros awesomely. Your tank is literally 2Nuvo 10’s side by side.
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Are those magnet rocks in there? Looks great.

Another prime would be cheaper then the ati hybrid fixture! Probably keep the wife a little happier. Haha.
 

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Are those magnet rocks in there? Looks great.

Another prime would be cheaper then the ati hybrid fixture! Probably keep the wife a little happier. Haha.
I forgot to mention, all of the coral in my nano outgrew the tank under the prime. That itty bitty elegance you see in the corner of the Nuvo 10 is the same one in the 65. It’s bigger than a football.
 
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I love the nuvo tanks. I have the 20 and the 10. The 10 gal I have as a planted freshwater tank. But I might be converting it to salt.
 

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