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TheOtherKindOfReefer

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I've had 2 prime 16hd and a hydra 32hd for over 2 years, and I finally checked and replaced my lenses that melt out of the box

And ever since then, the hydra time just SITS stagnant, and wont progress, no matter how many times I resync time and date, reset, remove from tank, add to a tank with another light as the parent, and the hydra as the end user, hard reset, turn off acclimation and lunar (settings that shouldn't matter but I digress) and re assemble the lenses.

I emailed AI and they advised me to take the case off and press on the boards, which still didn't work.

What grinds my gears, is that they worked great until I had to replace their shotty lenses, which shouldn't even be a thing to begin with.
Now my reef will remain all out of whack until I can save up for a different set up (did i mention it costs 20$ to ship a 4$ lens)

I highly doubt there's a fix I haven't thought of, but just in case someone else found one, I'd figure I'd ask yall?
 
While I don't have a fix, I also have a 16HD with a burnt lens that I just noticed the other day. I thought about replacing it but decided to run it until it dies and replace it with something else completely. For the price, I wish they were a little better on life expectancy.
 

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