Upgrading Lights!

[Lou City Reefing]

Hey! I’m looking to upgrade lights from an AI prime 16hd. I’m just wanting better lighting coverage in my WB 20 AIO. I was originally thinking of upgrading to the AI Hydra Edge 44 but I’m also interested in the Ecotech XR15 Blue.

What light would you pick if you were to upgrade? Keeping mostly LPS and zoas

 

[Lou City Reefing]

Or possible 2-3 AI blades

 

[rtparty]

One Blade Grow mounted 6-8” off the water will provide plenty of light. One 12” Grow on my WB25 AIO was enough for LPS.

The new Nicrew lights have been amazing as well. The Hyperreef or NavaReef. The NavaReef 65 is like $110 with tank mount

 

[Lou City Reefing]

One Blade Grow mounted 6-8” off the water will provide plenty of light. One 12” Grow on my WB25 AIO was enough for LPS.

The new Nicrew lights have been amazing as well. The Hyperreef or NavaReef. The NavaReef 65 is like $110 with tank mount

I was leaning towards the AI blades. They’re super slick looking, cheap(ish), and I do like the MyAI app

 

[rtparty]

I was leaning towards the AI blades. They’re super slick looking, cheap(ish), and I do like the MyAI app

You can see my 3 here. Completely overkill but BRS had them in Open Box so I gobbled them up

My “Proof of Concept” Aquarium

Nothing I show here is new or groundbreaking in any way. I make no claims of that. Just journaling my ideas and what has happened thus far… Backstory In May of 2024 I was burnt out with the hobby and my 250g “dream” tank. Link in my signature for that build thread. I sold all livestock...

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[exnisstech]

I would pass on the radion. They are over hyped and under powered IMO. I have Gen 4s.
I have a meridian 11 over my IM20 and get enough par to grow anything lol. I won a $225 Reefbreeders gift card so it was a no-brainer to go that route.

 

[Lou City Reefing]

I was leaning towards the AI blades. They’re super slick looking, cheap(ish), and I do like the MyAI app

You can see my 3 here. Completely overkill but BRS had them in Open Box so I gobbled them up

My “Proof of Concept” Aquarium

Nothing I show here is new or groundbreaking in any way. I make no claims of that. Just journaling my ideas and what has happened thus far… Backstory In May of 2024 I was burnt out with the hobby and my 250g “dream” tank. Link in my signature for that build thread. I sold all livestock...

www.reef2reef.com

I really like it! I do have a question: is dosing ammonia easier to keep nitrates and phosphates up? I’m in a weird spot with my tank that my phosphates are .33 but nitrate is 1.0

 

[Freenow54]

Hey! I’m looking to upgrade lights from an AI prime 16hd. I’m just wanting better lighting coverage in my WB 20 AIO. I was originally thinking of upgrading to the AI Hydra Edge 44 but I’m also interested in the Ecotech XR15 Blue.

What light would you pick if you were to upgrade? Keeping mostly LPS and zoas

I was looking at Orpheck especially since they gave some away a while ago. deserving sponsor

 

[JohnNYC8]

Hey! I’m looking to upgrade lights from an AI prime 16hd. I’m just wanting better lighting coverage in my WB 20 AIO. I was originally thinking of upgrading to the AI Hydra Edge 44 but I’m also interested in the Ecotech XR15 Blue.

What light would you pick if you were to upgrade? Keeping mostly LPS and zoas

You can’t go wrong with an XR15 blue but 2x blade grow + 1x blade glow would give you better coverage and probably better overall results.

 

[Lou City Reefing]

Hey! I’m looking to upgrade lights from an AI prime 16hd. I’m just wanting better lighting coverage in my WB 20 AIO. I was originally thinking of upgrading to the AI Hydra Edge 44 but I’m also interested in the Ecotech XR15 Blue.

What light would you pick if you were to upgrade? Keeping mostly LPS and zoas

I was looking at Orpheck especially since they gave some away a while ago. deserving sponsor

Orpheck lights intrigue me as wel!

 

[X-37B]

Another 16 would also work since you already have one.
I ran 2 on my old 18" nano cube.
I run 1 xr15 gen 5 blue on my current 15" nano cube.
18"

15"

 

[rtparty]

I really like it! I do have a question: is dosing ammonia easier to keep nitrates and phosphates up? I’m in a weird spot with my tank that my phosphates are .33 but nitrate is 1.0

Ammonia is my preferred way to dose nitrogen. I find it much better than dosing nitrates

 

[Lou City Reefing]

I really like it! I do have a question: is dosing ammonia easier to keep nitrates and phosphates up? I’m in a weird spot with my tank that my phosphates are .33 but nitrate is 1.0

Ammonia is my preferred way to dose nitrogen. I find it much better than dosing nitrates

Where do you get your ammonia? Also, any calculation to your dosing?

 

[Lou City Reefing]

Another 16 would also work since you already have one.
I ran 2 on my old 18" nano cube.
I run 1 xr15 gen 5 blue on my current 15" nano cube.
18"

15"

I do have an additional one laying around. I did think about adding the additional one as well.

 

[rtparty]

Where do you get your ammonia? Also, any calculation to your dosing?

Amazon. Ammonium bicarbonate is what I use

DIY Ammonia dosing for low nitrate systems

Some reef aquaria have chronic low nitrogen availability. One indicator is very low nitrate. Nitrate dosing is a fine remedy, but it is possible that ammonia dosing may be more beneficial for some organisms since ammonia can be energetically easier to assimilate than is nitrate. For this...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Lou City Reefing]

Where do you get your ammonia? Also, any calculation to your dosing?

Amazon. Ammonium bicarbonate is what I use

DIY Ammonia dosing for low nitrate systems

Some reef aquaria have chronic low nitrogen availability. One indicator is very low nitrate. Nitrate dosing is a fine remedy, but it is possible that ammonia dosing may be more beneficial for some organisms since ammonia can be energetically easier to assimilate than is nitrate. For this...

www.reef2reef.com

That is perfectly explain by Randy! Seems extremely easy. Do you dose by hand daily or automatically dose throughout the day? Also, what do you normally keep your nitrates at?

 

[rtparty]

That is perfectly explain by Randy! Seems extremely easy. Do you dose by hand daily or automatically dose throughout the day? Also, what do you normally keep your nitrates at?

I dose by hand. Ammonia is one thing I don’t think the risk reward of auto dosing is worth it. I shoot for 10ppm but my 25g constantly reads 0 even with daily dosing. I’m fine with that though since everything looks great

 

[Lou City Reefing]

That is perfectly explain by Randy! Seems extremely easy. Do you dose by hand daily or automatically dose throughout the day? Also, what do you normally keep your nitrates at?

I dose by hand. Ammonia is one thing I don’t think the risk reward of auto dosing is worth it. I shoot for 10ppm but my 25g constantly reads 0 even with daily dosing. I’m fine with that though since everything looks great

How much are you doing daily? I think I may try and excitement with this.

 

[Lou City Reefing]

Experiment*

 

[rtparty]

How much are you doing daily? I think I may try and excitement with this.

1 to 1.5ml daily to my 25g