Hydra 26 for 15 gallon

[Haviland Tuff]

Hello,

I have a Hydra 26 light for my 15 gallon rimless and I am looking for advise on settings. The tank is 16” wide, 16” long, and 14” tall and the light sits about 10” above the tank. I am mostly concerned about the UV setting which is currently at 18%. The tank is still cycling with no stock in yet. I am hoping to house soft corals and LPS for now and possibly SPS in the future.

Thanks!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Alot of light for such small tank but go :
Blue 65
White 10
Uv. 20
Red 3
Green 4
Purple 40

 

[Haviland Tuff]

Alot of light for such small tank but go :
Blue 65
White 10
Uv. 20
Red 3
Green 4
Purple 40

It’s definitely a lot of light for a little tank. The light was bought for a larger tank that we sadly had to take down. Thank you for your input! I will try those setting.

 

[Hooz]

Why not just set the color mix/schedule (AB+, Saxby, Pirates, etc, etc) to what you want, then just lower the intensity of the whole thing to meet your PAR needs? I mean, you'd need to buy/borrow/rent a PAR meter but, IMO, everyone should do that when setting up lights anyway.

Unless someone has the same light, same tank and has PAR tested with a meter, nothing that anyone recommends in here will mean crap to your situation. Just saying...