Ai prime

[Davesreef’s]

I have two Ai primes for my 15 gal AIO tanks. They’ve been great but I wondering about my settings as I don’t have a par meter. If anyone could leave some advice on how my schedule looks I’d greatly appreciate it!
The tanks are 15in deep

 

[Rixar]

How do your corals look? Are they okay?

That's a good indicator if everything is going well.

In my 10-gallon waterbox, I have a much lower intensity. At your intensity, it would be too much for me.

 

[Davesreef’s]

Most look fine but I feel the growth hasn’t been what it should be. I thought the intensity might’ve been high, I’m going to start gradually lowering it and see if there’s a difference. How deep in your waterbox?

 

[Davesreef’s]

How do your corals look? Are they okay?

That's a good indicator if everything is going well.

In my 10-gallon waterbox, I have a much lower intensity. At your intensity, it would be too much for me.

Your euphyllia looks amazing. If you don’t mind what are your parameters?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

What kind of corals are you growing? I have a Prime over a 15 gallon tank set at 80%, mostly softie's like mushrooms and zoa's and a couple of lps. 2 seems like overkill unless your growing sps.

 

[Rixar]

Your euphyllia looks amazing. If you don’t mind what are your parameters?

My tank is a waterbox cube 10, the screen is 9 inches from the water

My parameters are as follows:

Kh: 8,6
Ca: 420
MG: 1320
No3: 12 - 15ppm
Po4: 0,09 - 0,07

I dose only No3 and Po4, and a little AFR, I also do a 2.5 gallon water change a week


Here you can see the tank well, if you look closely, my montiporas grow very fast, look at the growing tips

 

[Rixar]

I don't know if you control your nutrients, but for good growth, you need to have nutrients.

 

[Hooz]

First of all, how high do you have the lights mounted? For the typical tank that size (I am assuming it's basically a 15" cube), the lights should be mounted about 9" above the water level for best, most even spread.

Second, what are you trying to grow? There's a pretty big difference in PAR requirements for softies/LPS and SPS, so the peak intensities will vary.

The cool thing about the myAI app is that it tells you the wattage the light will be using at the different timepoints along the schedule (move to a time point, click "edit" and then it should show the wattage used at that point). It's not foolproof, but you can get very close to the intensity you need based on the wattage, as long as your mounting height is appropriate.

You can adjust the intensity of all the points at once by putting 2 fingers on the graph in myAI and sliding the whole thing up or down. Use your 12:30pm scheduled point as a reference, since it looks to be the peak of the entire schedule.

Slide the graph up or down until that point hits 15-16 watts total if you're doing softies and LPS. If it's an SPS tank, you'll need to be around 34-35 watts... assuming the 9" mounting height, of course. If you're running a mixed reef with some of everything, it's harder to guess, but I'd suggest starting closer to the LPS settings and then working your way up from there.

If you decide you want to use a different schedule, you can adjust it the same way. Like I said, it's not a replacement for getting your hands on an actual PAR meter, but it's a reliable way to get yourself in the ballpark and make sure you're not grossly under or over lighting your tank.

 

[Davesreef’s]

First of all, how high do you have the lights mounted? For the typical tank that size (I am assuming it's basically a 15" cube), the lights should be mounted about 9" above the water level for best, most even spread.

Second, what are you trying to grow? There's a pretty big difference in PAR requirements for softies/LPS and SPS, so the peak intensities will vary.

The cool thing about the myAI app is that it tells you the wattage the light will be using at the different timepoints along the schedule (move to a time point, click "edit" and then it should show the wattage used at that point). It's not foolproof, but you can get very close to the intensity you need based on the wattage, as long as your mounting height is appropriate.

You can adjust the intensity of all the points at once by putting 2 fingers on the graph in myAI and sliding the whole thing up or down. Use your 12:30pm scheduled point as a reference, since it looks to be the peak of the entire schedule.

Slide the graph up or down until that point hits 15-16 watts total if you're doing softies and LPS. If it's an SPS tank, you'll need to be around 34-35 watts... assuming the 9" mounting height, of course. If you're running a mixed reef with some of everything, it's harder to guess, but I'd suggest starting closer to the LPS settings and then working your way up from there.

If you decide you want to use a different schedule, you can adjust it the same way. Like I said, it's not a replacement for getting your hands on an actual PAR meter, but it's a reliable way to get yourself in the ballpark and make sure you're not grossly under or over lighting your tank.

That’s incredibly helpful…it’s a mixed reef with mainly lps and Zoas. One tank has sps and I’m going to get more when they show some growth and stay healthy. Thank you!

 

[Davesreef’s]

I don't know if you control your nutrients, but for good growth, you need to have nutrients.

My tank has lacked nitrates, other parameters are extremely similar to yours. I have ammonium bicarbonate on the way to increase that tho, I’ll start dosing when it arrives today. My phosphates sit .05-.07 after water changes. I’ve been doing about 2-2.5 every other week. Going to change it to every week to keep stability

 

[Davesreef’s]

What kind of corals are you growing? I have a Prime over a 15 gallon tank set at 80%, mostly softie's like mushrooms and zoa's and a couple of lps. 2 seems like overkill unless your growing sps.

I meant I have two 15 gal tanks both using one Ai prime

 

[Davesreef’s]

What kind of corals are you growing? I have a Prime over a 15 gallon tank set at 80%, mostly softie's like mushrooms and zoa's and a couple of lps. 2 seems like overkill unless your growing sps.

I meant I have two 15 gal tanks both using one Ai prime

Using their own ai prime*

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I meant I have two 15 gal tanks both using one Ai prime

That makes more sense lol

 

[X-37B]

I ran 2 16hds on my 18" nano cube and 2 on my 30g.
First 4 channels at 100% and the rest 50%. This will grow anything.
My current 15 is powered by an xr15 blue.
All 3 systems ran no3<5 po4<0.1.
As long as you feed the system properly low no3 and po4 are fine.
All 16hds are 8-9" off the surface.

 

[Davesreef’s]

I ran 2 16hds on my 18" nano cube and 2 on my 30g.
First 4 channels at 100% and the rest 50%. This will grow anything.
My current 15 is powered by an xr15 blue.
All 3 systems ran no3<5 po4<0.1.
As long as you feed the system properly low no3 and po4 are fine.
All 16hds are 8-9" off the surface.

Seems like that’d be a lot of light but can’t argue with your tanks. They look great