Hydra 26 hd

bellasdad0911 · Mar 30, 2017

Hi, who's running these with there nano tanks and what settings are you running for a mixed reef? Currently my light is 14 inches from water surface, IM 25 lagoon 12 inches deep. Starting to see an algae issue creeping up. Light schedule 12 to 10pm with 2 hour ramp up included. also the uv, I hear mixed that anything over 20% is bad and other run them at 100%. Let's see everyone's graphs. Thanks in advance guys.

jsker · Mar 31, 2017

I run my Hydra 26 hd's over a larger system, but one thing I have learn over the last couple of week is not to run your white to high. I brought mine down from 45% to 35% at the high and the corals are looking much better with the color coming back. I have also notice by turning down my white that the algae on the glass is a lot less than before. Here are my settings for reference.

bellasdad0911 · Mar 31, 2017

jsker said:
I run my Hydra 26 hd's over a larger system, but one thing I have learn over the last couple of week is not to run your white to high. I brought mine down from 45% to 35% at the high and the corals are looking much better with the color coming back. I have also notice by turning down my white that the algae on the glass is a lot less than before. Here are my settings for reference.

I agree with you On the whites, they are very intense and cause everything to wash out. I set my whites to 25% and everything in proportion to what you have also. 2 days so far shows a big decrease in class algae and in general all around. So for now I will keep this setting and let things take its course.

jsker · Apr 1, 2017

bellasdad0911 said:
I agree with you On the whites, they are very intense and cause everything to wash out. I set my whites to 25% and everything in proportion to what you have also. 2 days so far shows a big decrease in class algae and in general all around. So for now I will keep this setting and let things take its course.

Check you nutrients also, that could be a factor along with the lights.