Hydra 26hd overkill?

[ScubaZ]

I have a 25 gallon lagoon that’s only 13 inches deep and am currently running a hydra 26hd on it. My question is can I run this light at full potential or will I bleach my corals. I’ve had it over a year kept it on acclimation mode down 30% ever since. Thanks!

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

This may help

 

[Jeeperz]

I use a Hydra 26 on a nuvo 20. Don't run near Max and works well

 

[ScubaZ]

This may help

Thanks!

 

[ScubaZ]

I use a Hydra 26 on a nuvo 20. Don't run near Max and works well

Thanks! I’ve been really impressed with these lights I’m just curious how far I could push the limits.

 

[Jeeperz]

I ran my blues up around 80% whites under 20, single digit green/red.

 

[ScubaZ]

I ran my blues up around 80% whites under 20, single digit green/red.

Thanks how about uv and violet?

 

[Jeeperz]

UV around 40 I think. Let me see if I can screen shot my schedule.

 

[Jeeperz]

Ok. Had my numbers a bit mixed up. First one is my Hydra 26, second is my 2 prime he's over my red sea Max nano

 

[ScubaZ]

Ok. Had my numbers a bit mixed up. First one is my Hydra 26, second is my 2 prime he's over my red sea Max nano

Thanks interesting to see you can push the uv that high. I thought that would be overkill here’s my settings I’ve been running for a while although I’m also at 25% acclimation at all times...obviously I could lower the lighting but I downloaded another reefers settings and didn’t want to tweak everything so just keep -25% all times. I will probably slowly drop it down to run this setting at full power. Thanks a lot!

 

[Jeeperz]

I don't see why you can't run that schedule as is, just acclimate for say 60 days. Only thing I do is run less whites as they are powerful and can cause issues