Hydra 52HD for 60 cube

[Stpeteshawn]

Can anyone help me with a suggested schedule for running a Hydra 52hd over a 60 gal cube (24x24x24). Mostly soft corals at the moment will end up with a little mix. Thank you in advance.

 

[hart24601]

I ran hydra 26s non HD but I can give you my schedule for the tank below. Simple. 2:1 ratio of blues to whites (w, g, r) for 12 hr a day including 1hr ramp up and ramp down. That's it. For the PAR I wanted it was 80% blue channels, 40% whites. Don't need anything complex.

 

[Stpeteshawn]

Beautiful tank. I guess that’s part of the problem for me is I don’t know what the max percentage I should peak at is.

 

[hart24601]

Yea need a par meter or to try a lux conversion. Not sure if anyone has don't lux/par for AI lights.