Meridian 45 rolling pattern using camera

exnisstech · 2026-06-28T16:39:18-0400

tharbin said:
It is pretty blue but I added 14k edges later on and it balances out nicely. The main point though is the the light from my 35 is identical to my 11. If you are running the exact same schedule on both lights they should be identical. If the 45 is different from the 11 something is wrong with one of them. The only difference would be you have four times as many of each wavelength.

That's what I would expect. Both of these taken today running the same schedule on both. Its a head scratcher for me.

Schedule

tharbin · 2026-06-28T16:52:41-0400

While the four panels are identical, there is probably one WiFi module for the whole fixture. My off-the-cuff guess would be a problem with the 45's WiFi module not setting one or more of the channels correctly.

NCsalt · 2026-06-28T16:55:51-0400

I have a 45 and i haven’t noticed with my videos.

NCsalt · 2026-06-28T17:03:28-0400

I just went and snapped some pics of mine right now.

Mine is the Shallow version with the 14k edge bars.

VintageReefer · 2026-06-28T18:14:16-0400

tharbin said:
It is pretty blue but I added 14k edges later on and it balances out nicely. The main point though is the the light from my 35 is identical to my 11. If you are running the exact same schedule on both lights they should be identical. If the 45 is different from the 11 something is wrong with one of them. The only difference would be you have four times as many of each wavelength.

I do use the 14k edge bars with my profile and it balances out. If you don’t have edges I would keep the shared schedule I have and increase white vs decrease blues

exnisstech · 2026-06-28T19:50:23-0400

VintageReefer said:
I do use the 14k edge bars with my profile and it balances out. If you don’t have edges I would keep the shared schedule I have and increase white vs decrease blues

Do you know of a schedule to emulate 14k? It's a nice feature I think my AI Hydra app had that allowed the kelvin to set and the app adjusted the channels to meet the Kelvin chosen.

VintageReefer · 2026-06-28T20:11:02-0400

exnisstech said:
Do you know of a schedule to emulate 14k? It's a nice feature I think my AI Hydra app had that allowed the kelvin to set and the app adjusted the channels to meet the Kelvin chosen.

The shallow reef is 14k if you set all channels equal

I have the og and shallow on tanks 10’ apart. I could try and see what’s needed to make the og look like the shallow

VintageReefer · 2026-06-28T20:14:02-0400

exnisstech · 2026-06-28T20:21:59-0400

VintageReefer said:
The shallow reef is 14k if you set all channels equal

I have the og and shallow on tanks 10’ apart. I could try and see what’s needed to make the og look like the shallow

Thanks for the offer but don't bother. If I can get the 45 to match the 11 I'll be happy. The shallow reef wasn't an option when I got the 11 so the one I have should be the same as the 45 to rule that out. I'm thinking there has to be something going on with the different look running the same schedule and the flickering of the 45 while I understand how it can be caused on a camera I don't think it's something normal for this light.