Hydra 52 or Vegas

johnyboy · Apr 4, 2015

Which are better and why? Hydra 52 or Vegas?

dbl · Apr 4, 2015

Following as I have 4 Vegas and am interested in others views, which will surely be varied. I love the Vegas by the way, which I realize doesn't answer your question - sorry, no experience with Hydra's to compare.

djbetterly · Apr 5, 2015

I have a 50 gallon tank, the first year I had a vega on it and had virtually no growth of my corals. I upgraded my vega to a hydra 52, and growth was noticed immediately! I would never recommend a vega to anyone, but I'd highly recommend the hydra. My $0.02..

Thomthom329 · Apr 5, 2015

+1
I had the exact same experience as di; little to no growth with Vegas for about 8 months. Upgraded them to Hydras and immediately started seeing results (within a couple of weeks). I wouldn't recommend Vegas to anyone with sps. Hydras are night and day better IMHO.

johnyboy · Apr 5, 2015

I just realized the hydra 52s are too expensive and I was looking at the regular hydras. So which is better the regular hydras or the Vegas

Thomthom329 · Apr 5, 2015

The 52s are technically better, but I only say that because it has more LEDs. I don't have any first hand experience with the regular hydras. Check the classifieds forum. People sell them all the time. Someone is trying to sell 3 right now. Perhaps he will entertain splitting the set up if you don't need 3.