Help with tank flickering

shadysreef

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I have two ai prime HD’s above a 55 gallon standard aquarium I just recently upgraded from a 20 gallon tall... the problem I’m having is when power heads are going (so all the time) there is a pretty bad flicker of light in the water .. this didn’t happen in my 20 and i am a photosensitive epileptic... so you can understand my quarrel is there any way to help that? If I lowere the trajectory of them it’s not as bad .. although the surface is moving it’s not very agitated .. so I’m kind of stuck
 

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Sorry about your condition, gheez this is a tough issue.
Are you saying its the LED “shimmer”?
or the surface agitation ?
if the latter, you point the powerheads downward or in such a way to minimize surface ripples... I point mine towards the bottom but I have a BB with no sand
 

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I agree with doctorgori. Keeping you surface agitation to a minimum and maybe adding a diffuser to you lights would help.
 

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You could also get a T5 or a led strip and illuminate the tank from all angles, this should greatly reduce the shimmer.
 
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