I’ve been using your light schedule since I started my 40b and have seen lots of growth and color also I use your feeding regimen thanks for the info and videos keep ‘em coming
Just set my schedule to acclimate to this setting for a 30 day period starting at 50%. I've had these AI Prime 16HD's for over a year and still trying to get the right look. Hopefully, this is the end of my lighting journey. :) Thanks Salty Pops for posting and providing the detail and growth\coloration examples that this setting has resulted in. I just wasn't getting the coloration\pop that I know these lights are capable of. Fingers crossed!
@@bradyhill2136 Yes! Absolutely great for my 45x45 cube nano reef, i just have softies and some nems but its doing great in just 2 weeks, i reduce the intensity, max level of 60% but still working great
I I have this configuration since today! Nice explication just what I was looking for a spectrum based on ati I hope it gives good results,more vídeos please 👏🏼👏🏼
Hey Salty, ive used this schedule for 6 months now when i started my cube 20 and its brilliant, great coral growth! I have one question, if I dim the CW down to like 15-20% at its max do i have to adjust the other colour parameters to compensate? Or do i just adjust the CW down and leave everything else as it is? Im looking for more coral colour than fish colour with the CW down, thanks again Salty!
Hello. I would suggest upping the others if you dim the CW. If you don’t you will be removing PAR. If you drop CW to 15% mid-day I would up the others to: UV = 51 V = 61 RB = 97 B = 92 Note: you will essentially be starting a NEW program so you will need to acclimate your tank to it. I’d run acclimation mode for 30 days.
Hey Salty, sorry to bother you again, i managed to get hold of a par meter for my tank to dail in my lights. my tank is 45cm (17inches) from top of water to sand and 26cm (10.2 inches) from ai prime mounted hight. however i am getting pretty low par readings of around 75par ish at the bottom of the tank i keep mostly sfties and LPS torches. should i increase your light settings to hit 100 par? or will that be too much strain on the lights? ive heard anywhere from 50-150 for softies and from what most people say 100 is ideal? if i was to increase would i increase across the board using your settings till? i think you mentioned there is an issues with burning out the lenses going higher?
Hello. A couple things on your question. 75ish is about what I get in the ends at the bottom of my tank. In the center bottom I got higher as my 2 primes are only 14” away from each other, so I got cross over. With that said, on the 75 ends, I did have LPS placed there. Ultimately, if the corals that are there now are happy, no need to change anything. If you do decide to change things, below are some guidelines. However, if you are not happy with your par results, you could also consider adding another light. - Feel free to adjust Violet, Royal Blue, and Blue up. - Do not change UV. Above 70% lens burn rather quickly. Doesn’t mean you can’t run higher than 70%, just means you will be replacing lenses. - Do not increase white, green, or red. These are already on the max end and I would not go any higher.
Thank you for so much info. Trying this set up on a 55g mixed. Question, my tank is 36” wide, how far apart do you have your lights from each other if I do two?
I have 2 x Prime on a 36” wide as well. They are 11” in from each side making them 14” from each other. That give full coverage to the edge with a nice hot spot in the middle.
@Salty Pops great video, would you recommend this setting for a waterbox 35.2 tank with AI Prime 16 HD with 12" flex arm. And if so is there any settings you would change in your profile?
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways: 1. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. 2. Message me on FaceBook and I’ll PM it to you 3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you.
Hello. Thank you. You can download the settings in the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group from the files section. It is called Salty Pops. If you don’t use FaceBook, I also detailed the settings in the description. 8 easy points to program. I could also email it to you if you shared your email. Thanks.
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways: 1. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops. 2. Message me on FaceBook and I’ll PM it to you 3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you. 4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hey Saltypop i used your spec on my waterbox20 gal exactly and it worked a treat, growth really started to take off, i however have upgraded to a reefsys 255 which mans debth is higher, i now have 2 ai prime 16's maybe looking ata a 3rd - should i increase intensity across the board (if so how much) or would the same specs as per the download be fine? Would love to see a one page blog on this - for different tanaks you recomend, i always recomend your specs to anyone starting out now
Hey. Glad you like the program. Your new tank is very similar to one of the tanks I am running the program on. My 45 gallon is 36” (91.44 cm) wide and the height is 24” (60.96 cm). On this tank I run 2 primes. They are spaced 11” (27.94 cm) in from each side which means they are 14” (35.56 cm) from each other and it does great in a mixed reef with lower light SPS. Monti, birdsnest, a couple no name acro. Also note my lights are 11” (27.94 cm) above the water. If you are staying LPS dominated with softies and some lower light SPS like Monti birdsnest pocillopora, stylophora, you should be good with 2 primes. I grow my Monti cap 18” (45.72 cm) below the water, so pretty deep down. If you want to go with more SPS dominated tank or higher light demanding SPS, a 3rd is recommended. Are far as settings. I would not change them. I would add more lights instead of changing settings. The concern around changing settings is burning out lenses which then you don’t have a working light until you get it fixed or replace it. Putting the values higher, specifically UV will burn out the lenses and increase overall heat to the unit. Both are bad.
@@saltypops4276 so after switching to the new tank. I ran your specs exactly but found out after some trial and error it was still too strong reduced it a little and now all corals are much happier. A lot of softies we’re staying closed so will keep the slightly lower specs at 20% lower😊 otherwise everything is going great now with just the 2 ai 16’s Do you use Nero’s for flow? I know you have a flow video but not much set up on positioning and schedules etc?
@@shannonbillowsfitness hello. Yes I run Nero 3. I run it on random between 25% - 75%, along with some stationary flow. I talk more about flow and show pics of my Nero settings in my hammer coral care video.
It really depends on which AI Blade you are planning on buying. Are you buying the Grow or the Glow. They both hit different spectrums. As for bulbs I prefer ATI. Depending on which blade you use I would mix Blue Plus and Actinic and Coral plus. Let me know which blade you are intending to buy and if you like a deep dark blue or a bright blue look to the tank during the blue period as well as bulb control, can you turn on 2 independently or just all 4 together and I’ll help you pick stuff out.
I have a full bubble tip anemone tank on this schedule under 1 AI Prime. Peak par is 175 with AI Prime. Recommendations are all over the board for bubble tip anemones up into the 200 range. This program should work great as I currently have it supporting BTAs.
Ive been using this schedule for 15 days and i'm not gonna see drastic improvement for a while right or right away, right? I have some firework cloves/rainbow cloves not doing so well in a 20 gallon with your schedule should they be near more or less flow and closer to the ground? or what do you recommend (they were already not doing so good im trying to help them recover.)
Hello. Did you run acclimation mode? Not required but always a good idea to help corals adjust. Should see things start opening up bigger rather quickly definitely by a month in. As for coloration, you should be an improvement immediately and more as time goes on. For your cloves, put them low or sand bed in lower flow, especially if they aren’t doing well.
@@saltypops4276 Thankyou so much for your quick response!! My tank is 40cm h and ai is around 13 inches from water surface. There’s roughly a 34% difference between my tank height to yours. Would it be safe to adjust your settings to roughly factor in that difference? Tank corals are lps/softies and rock work is arch style and just reaches mid tank. Should I keep your settings or apply the 34% difference? My settings will look like this if I do Blue period Both purples are on 40%, 48% Blues are on 76%, 72% White period Purples 28%, 35% Blues 57%, 52% Green 10% Red 7% White 40% Thanks again!!
@@chikovillavert486 if you are running LPS you are fine to leave as is. I have hammer, torch, and frogspawn, all at the top about 6” below the water surface and they thrive. So you should be good. I am also running this setting without adjustment on a 15 gal that is on 16” deep and it does just fine.
Wow that’s amazing!! Majority of my softies are Zoas and my lps are a mix of an acan garden, goni garden, deshi, fungi, Duncan’s, blasto and a scolly. Should be fine. Would you suggest to ramp up the percentage of the lights everyday so it won’t freak out the corals until it reaches the the spectrums I want it to be at? Also, Will this work on a 8 hour light schedule and does white light matter for this schedule to succeed? Cause as you can see most of my lps favour blue light more? I was thinking of just leaving the lights at 10% on the day period. But In my case my day period is only running 2 hours a day as my schedule only runs for 8 hours Sorry for the questions! Everytime I ask you something some other questions pop up but I’m pretty sure I’m almost ready to change my settings :) Thanks again for answering everything so fast!
@@chikovillavert486 As for ramp up. It really depends on how much the intensity is changing. If it is a drastic change then you can run acclimation. If it is not drastically different then you should be fine. It will absolutely work on an 8 hour schedule you can adjust to run whatever length you want. As for white light. White light is not needed to keep corals alive and healthy. What the white light does do is excel the growth rate and aid in color development. So as long as you are ok with a slower growth rate you can eliminate the white period. The other advantage of the white period is viewing fish and non-fluorescent coral. There is another individual on here that took this schedule and ran straight blue with just 10-15% white in the middle of the day. Remember if you delete the white, leave the blue high. So essentially where the blue ramps up, leave them there all day. So if you want all blue your schedule would be (adjust start time to what you want): 12p - all off 1pm UV = 60% Violet = 72% Royal Blue = 114% Blue = 108% 7pm UV = 60% Violet = 72% Royal Blue = 114% Blue = 108% 8pm - all off I mentioned someone else did this and added some white in the middle of the day at 10-15% and it worked well. You could consider a touch of red and green there as well but not needed unless you want it.
How do you have your start time be a certain % at a certain time then turn off at 6:00 because i want a 12 hour schedule from 7:30 am to 6:00 I’m struggling because im new at this I need help
Hello. If you are using my program, once you download it, you can simply put 2 fingers on the screen and slide it left and right to the start time you want. If you are building from scratch, put the line on the time you want and click the +
I really like your schedule and I want to use it on my set up I have a 32 Biocube With a Ai 16 on the hood I took out the stock led’s cut a hole and put the Ai on the top instead. Would this schedule be overkill or will it be fine ? I’m trying to grow softies and lps only.
Hello. Many people have ran it on a 32 biocube and it does great. My only concern is how you have it mounted and that would be for any program you run. The light should be anywhere from 10-12 inches off the water in order to get proper spread and color mix. I run mine 11” off the water. I would recommend you get a mounting arm and completely remove the top of the tank.
@@saltypops4276 yea that was my first intention but the tank is located In my room I used the mounting arm with the top off and the lights really bothered my eyes due to where it’s located so I had to either mount in on the top or go with the stock lights but it covers the tank pretty good and I made a bigger hole for a little more spread my issue is really worried about it being too powerful because it is closer to the water ?
@@markellrobinson53 I wouldn’t worry about that. The 11” of air most people run really doesn’t diminish par much at all. It is once the light hits water that par starts to diminish. So intensity should t be an issue.
I’ve had some people run shallow tanks and leave it as is. Really depends on what you plan to put in it. I wouldn’t decrease more than 20-30%. Keep in mind that the light schedule will darken when you reduce so if you don’t like that you may need to add some more white.
@@sergeybuzhin4396 the current setting is 60%. When I said 20-30% I meant reduce the numbers I am running by 20-30% so white would be 42-48%. Start there then you can move up
Hello, I see that it is not moonlight, do you not recommend it? I know there are countless opinions. My AI Prime 16 Hd does not have the moonlight channel, in my configuration I have it with some blue. Thank you!!
Hello. Opinions vary widely on moonlight, and I am somewhere in the middle. Here’s my thoughts. If you like the look of the moonlight. Then by all means run it. After all we have these tanks for our viewing pleasure. If you are running moonlight for coral health, it is not needed. If you have corals you are trying to get to spawn, then it will help. I personally have never added moonlight to any of my schedules. As for the blue. Blue should be just fine. A lot of the MH / T5 combo systems have a few blue moonlight LEDs. HOWEVER, the most important thing to consider is, if you are running those blue LEDs all day for your schedule and again at night for your moonlight, you are going to impact / shorten the life span of those specific LEDs, because total hours ran for the day will be extremely high.
Thanks for your response. Of course, the issue of turning on blue all night is not a good idea to prolong its life, which is why it seems strange to me not to see the moonlight channel on my screen. I imagine that there are several versions of this screen and this one does not have it. Another option would be to moonlight with blue for just a couple of hours and then turn it off. Your configuration turns off all the lights at 10pm, I could extend some blue at 1% for a couple of hours so we can see more of the aquarium before going to bed. Thanks
A very low percentage should be fine. I find it odd you don’t have the moonlight option as in the 16HD there is specific LEDs dedicated to moonlight. Send me a screen shot of the app and I’ll see if I can help. Also, you could shift start and stop times of the whole schedule to better align with your viewing time if you would like.
Hello, I think there is no need to send you the screenshots, I sent an email to AI support and they told me that the wifi version does not have the moonlight channel. Thank you very much for your help
I have a RedSea Reefer Nano Gen 1 (28 gal) and was wondering if I should lower the intensity of the white light or if this would be a perfect fit for it? Thanks in advance!
If you are running a single AI Prime 16 HD you are all set. I recommend 11” above the water. I run this program on a fluval flex 15 gal as is. No changes.
Salty, I have a Fluval 13.5 how do I get your light settings for the tank? I'm eventually going to set it up on my Red Sea Reef 20 gallon. But it needs a glass panel replaced. I have no social media. I need to know how to set the light intensity throughout the day. Are ya in any forums that you shared it in?
I just started using your schedule, Can you advise what intensity percentage I you would recommend for my tank? It's a 28 gallon cube with dimensions of 19½ x 20¾ x 17½ inches
You should t have to change anything. I am running it without changes on my fluval flex 15 gallon bubble tip anemone tank without change. Several other people have let me know they are running it on tanks as small as 13.5 gallons without change.
@@saltypops4276 I just added a second AI Prime 16HD for better dispersion. Both are running your schedule on the aforementioned tank. Should I turn down the intensity now that I have two?
In general, yes I would turn it down, probably by 30%-40%. Really depends on the light demand of the corals in the tank. Keep in mind the single prime with my program gives about 175 par a few inches below the water. With 2 close together on a small tank you are going to get a big or bump, so turning them down would be recommended, unless of course you are planning a high light demanding SPS tank.
@@saltypops4276 In light of your response and the fact that it looks like I'm either getting a lot stringy algae or my corals are expelling zooxanthellae, I removed the second AI Prime and reset your schedule back to full with a single light. The second one will go into storage as a backup/QT tank light. Thank you.
I can this weekend. I am not home so cannot connect to make the adjustments. You should be able to put 2 fingers on the screen and slide it to the left. I can do that this weekend for you.
Hello. Yes you can. Some people have noted that it imports fine and some noted they had to do the math and manually adjust a few of the color spectrums due to not importing properly. If you already have coral make sure to acclimate. Also, depending on the type of coral, you may want to decrease settings. With the 16HD mounted 11” above the water, you’ll get about 200 par under the light about 6” below the water.
It will. Several people are using it on SPS, myself included. A single 16 with this program puts out 175-200 par a few inches below the water so a 32 will get you high par with this program. Couple things, I always recommend double checking %s after uploading the program and if you currently have coral in the tank remember to run acclimation mode.
@@saltypops4276 Thanks for getting back to me. I couldn’t find a schedule that gave me the right amount of par. I’m new to these lights. What is your recommendation for the acclamation mode?
I’ve never personally owned that brand. If you can build custom spectrums you should be able to manually program it in with the numbers from this spectrum.
@@saltypops4276 I applied to join that group literally 5 minutes before reading this. Thank you! Saves me a ton of time. Will be testing this regimen for my tank starting tomorrow.
@@tcmarineaddiction6609 it is 36” wide so I placed them 11” in from each side and 14” from each other. Remember, the ones on the end will provide single 16 HD coverage to any coral places there. Whereas all other corals will receive cross over lighting from both primes
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways: 1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops 2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops. 3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you. 4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways: 1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops 2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops. 3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you. 4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways: 1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops 2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops. 3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you. 4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways: 1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops 2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops. 3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you. 4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways: 1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops 2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops. 3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you. 4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hey salty! I was wo during if you could PM me. I need some help. I would like to run your program but I am not sure how to achieve this. Is there any way you could share your programme with me? Thank you so very much!!!!
@@LaheyCrocket hey. 3 ways to get it. Message me on FaceBook and I’ll send it direct. Send me your email, don’t include the at symbol or it will be rejected from comments. Or I saved it on the FaceBook page AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group in the files section.
@@saltypops4276 thank you so much for getting back to me. I am going to reach out to you Saturday morning over facebook. Thank you again for getting back to me. I am extremely appreciative of this!!
Hello. You can get the file 3 ways. Message me on FaceBook. Send me your email address. Or I have uploaded it the the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group, in the files section.
@@saltypops4276 Hello! I was reading the comments of this video and I saw that you answered someone about the group on fb and I already downloaded the file, thanks!
Really nice schedule! Your corals look amazing.
I’ve been using your light schedule since I started my 40b and have seen lots of growth and color also I use your feeding regimen thanks for the info and videos keep ‘em coming
how did you copy it ? did you manually put it all in or is there a way I can just copy and paste 😅
Just set my schedule to acclimate to this setting for a 30 day period starting at 50%. I've had these AI Prime 16HD's for over a year and still trying to get the right look. Hopefully, this is the end of my lighting journey. :) Thanks Salty Pops for posting and providing the detail and growth\coloration examples that this setting has resulted in. I just wasn't getting the coloration\pop that I know these lights are capable of. Fingers crossed!
How did you go?
How its going?
@@rcarlosibal did you by chance use this schedule yet?
@@bradyhill2136 Yes! Absolutely great for my 45x45 cube nano reef, i just have softies and some nems but its doing great in just 2 weeks, i reduce the intensity, max level of 60% but still working great
I I have this configuration since today! Nice explication just what I was looking for a spectrum based on ati I hope it gives good results,more vídeos please 👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you. Reminder, if it is vastly different than what you are currently running you may want to run acclimation mode for 30 days.
Hey Salty, ive used this schedule for 6 months now when i started my cube 20 and its brilliant, great coral growth! I have one question, if I dim the CW down to like 15-20% at its max do i have to adjust the other colour parameters to compensate? Or do i just adjust the CW down and leave everything else as it is? Im looking for more coral colour than fish colour with the CW down, thanks again Salty!
Hello. I would suggest upping the others if you dim the CW. If you don’t you will be removing PAR. If you drop CW to 15% mid-day I would up the others to:
UV = 51
V = 61
RB = 97
B = 92
Note: you will essentially be starting a NEW program so you will need to acclimate your tank to it. I’d run acclimation mode for 30 days.
Thanks Salty I'll do that!
Hey Salty, sorry to bother you again, i managed to get hold of a par meter for my tank to dail in my lights. my tank is 45cm (17inches) from top of water to sand and 26cm (10.2 inches) from ai prime mounted hight. however i am getting pretty low par readings of around 75par ish at the bottom of the tank i keep mostly sfties and LPS torches. should i increase your light settings to hit 100 par? or will that be too much strain on the lights? ive heard anywhere from 50-150 for softies and from what most people say 100 is ideal? if i was to increase would i increase across the board using your settings till? i think you mentioned there is an issues with burning out the lenses going higher?
Hello. A couple things on your question. 75ish is about what I get in the ends at the bottom of my tank. In the center bottom I got higher as my 2 primes are only 14” away from each other, so I got cross over. With that said, on the 75 ends, I did have LPS placed there. Ultimately, if the corals that are there now are happy, no need to change anything. If you do decide to change things, below are some guidelines. However, if you are not happy with your par results, you could also consider adding another light.
- Feel free to adjust Violet, Royal Blue, and Blue up.
- Do not change UV. Above 70% lens burn rather quickly. Doesn’t mean you can’t run higher than 70%, just means you will be replacing lenses.
- Do not increase white, green, or red. These are already on the max end and I would not go any higher.
@@saltypops4276 legend thank you as always. We need a salty pops ultimate guide blog 🤣
Lol. Anytime.
Thank you for so much info. Trying this set up on a 55g mixed. Question, my tank is 36” wide, how far apart do you have your lights from each other if I do two?
I have 2 x Prime on a 36” wide as well. They are 11” in from each side making them 14” from each other. That give full coverage to the edge with a nice hot spot in the middle.
@Salty Pops great video, would you recommend this setting for a waterbox 35.2 tank with AI Prime 16 HD with 12" flex arm. And if so is there any settings you would change in your profile?
Should work great with that set up. And no dont change anything. Should be able to have a nice mixed reef.
I feel noon and morning lights are too high. Are they too high or they are perfect
Really depends on what you have in the tank. For reference peak par is 175-200 6” deep right under the lens.
Hi there. This information is amazing so thank for that. Is there a place I can download this schedule for my AI lights? cheers
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways:
1. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group.
2. Message me on FaceBook and I’ll PM it to you
3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you.
Hello sr . You tank looks stunning and your video is awesome and detailed. Please where can I download this schedule. Will be much appreciated. Thanks
Hello. Thank you. You can download the settings in the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group from the files section. It is called Salty Pops. If you don’t use FaceBook, I also detailed the settings in the description. 8 easy points to program. I could also email it to you if you shared your email. Thanks.
@@saltypops4276 good morning I have a 60/60/60 aquarium with a Hydra 26 which settings can I use having only soft corals and lps thank you very much
Hello. With a tank that size and a 26, I would recommend reducing power by 30%. Sorry for the delayed response.
8:49 I have 3 AI Prime HD's two are Wi/Fi and one is bluetooth but none of them have the word DONE in the upper right corner. Any ideas on why?
This is a great video, how did you set this up or can you provide the presets to upload into my ai prime 16HD
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways:
1. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops.
2. Message me on FaceBook and I’ll PM it to you
3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you.
4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hey Saltypop i used your spec on my waterbox20 gal exactly and it worked a treat, growth really started to take off, i however have upgraded to a reefsys 255 which mans debth is higher, i now have 2 ai prime 16's maybe looking ata a 3rd -
should i increase intensity across the board (if so how much) or would the same specs as per the download be fine?
Would love to see a one page blog on this - for different tanaks you recomend, i always recomend your specs to anyone starting out now
Hey. Glad you like the program. Your new tank is very similar to one of the tanks I am running the program on. My 45 gallon is 36” (91.44 cm) wide and the height is 24” (60.96 cm). On this tank I run 2 primes. They are spaced 11” (27.94 cm) in from each side which means they are 14” (35.56 cm) from each other and it does great in a mixed reef with lower light SPS. Monti, birdsnest, a couple no name acro. Also note my lights are 11” (27.94 cm) above the water.
If you are staying LPS dominated with softies and some lower light SPS like Monti birdsnest pocillopora, stylophora, you should be good with 2 primes. I grow my Monti cap 18” (45.72 cm) below the water, so pretty deep down.
If you want to go with more SPS dominated tank or higher light demanding SPS, a 3rd is recommended.
Are far as settings. I would not change them. I would add more lights instead of changing settings. The concern around changing settings is burning out lenses which then you don’t have a working light until you get it fixed or replace it. Putting the values higher, specifically UV will burn out the lenses and increase overall heat to the unit. Both are bad.
@@saltypops4276 so after switching to the new tank. I ran your specs exactly but found out after some trial and error it was still too strong reduced it a little and now all corals are much happier. A lot of softies we’re staying closed so will keep the slightly lower specs at 20% lower😊 otherwise everything is going great now with just the 2 ai 16’s
Do you use Nero’s for flow? I know you have a flow video but not much set up on positioning and schedules etc?
@@shannonbillowsfitness hello. Yes I run Nero 3. I run it on random between 25% - 75%, along with some stationary flow. I talk more about flow and show pics of my Nero settings in my hammer coral care video.
@@saltypops4276 great I’ll check it out
What’s the par like with just two primes? I’ve tried this schedule and didn’t have high enough par for my sps.
Peak reading is ~175 about 6” below the water right under the puck.
Thanks I have sub'd. I have a 4 Bulb Giesmann T-5 light, I will probably use AI Blade for supplemental what Giesemann/ATI T-5 bulbs would you use?
It really depends on which AI Blade you are planning on buying. Are you buying the Grow or the Glow. They both hit different spectrums. As for bulbs I prefer ATI. Depending on which blade you use I would mix Blue Plus and Actinic and Coral
plus. Let me know which blade you are intending to buy and if you like a deep dark blue or a bright blue look to the tank during the blue period as well as bulb control, can you turn on 2 independently or just all 4 together and I’ll help you pick stuff out.
@@saltypops4276 It is the Giesmann 4 bulb 24" model Matrixx II light, I will get the AI Blade Blue, I prefer the bright blue. Thanks again
Do you think these settings would suffice for a colorado sunburst nem?
I have a full bubble tip anemone tank on this schedule under 1 AI Prime. Peak par is 175 with AI Prime. Recommendations are all over the board for bubble tip anemones up into the 200 range. This program should work great as I currently have it supporting BTAs.
Ive been using this schedule for 15 days and i'm not gonna see drastic improvement for a while right or right away, right? I have some firework cloves/rainbow cloves not doing so well in a 20 gallon with your schedule should they be near more or less flow and closer to the ground? or what do you recommend (they were already not doing so good im trying to help them recover.)
Hello. Did you run acclimation mode? Not required but always a good idea to help corals adjust. Should see things start opening up bigger rather quickly definitely by a month in. As for coloration, you should be an improvement immediately and more as time goes on. For your cloves, put them low or sand bed in lower flow, especially if they aren’t doing well.
yeah the acclimation has 9 days left - thanks for the awesome tip @@saltypops4276
what is waning cresent and keep it on? @@saltypops4276
Hi, great vid! Can you please tell me your tank height and how high you placed your ai’s from the water surface?
Thanks again
Hello. My AIs are 11” from the water surface and my tank is 24” high
@@saltypops4276 Thankyou so much for your quick response!! My tank is 40cm h and ai is around 13 inches from water surface. There’s roughly a 34% difference between my tank height to yours. Would it be safe to adjust your settings to roughly factor in that difference?
Tank corals are lps/softies and rock work is arch style and just reaches mid tank.
Should I keep your settings or apply the 34% difference?
My settings will look like this if I do
Blue period
Both purples are on 40%, 48%
Blues are on 76%, 72%
White period
Purples 28%, 35%
Blues 57%, 52%
Green 10%
Red 7%
White 40%
Thanks again!!
@@chikovillavert486 if you are running LPS you are fine to leave as is. I have hammer, torch, and frogspawn, all at the top about 6” below the water surface and they thrive. So you should be good. I am also running this setting without adjustment on a 15 gal that is on 16” deep and it does just fine.
Wow that’s amazing!! Majority of my softies are Zoas and my lps are a mix of an acan garden, goni garden, deshi, fungi, Duncan’s, blasto and a scolly. Should be fine.
Would you suggest to ramp up the percentage of the lights everyday so it won’t freak out the corals until it reaches the the spectrums I want it to be at?
Also, Will this work on a 8 hour light schedule and does white light matter for this schedule to succeed? Cause as you can see most of my lps favour blue light more? I was thinking of just leaving the lights at 10% on the day period. But In my case my day period is only running 2 hours a day as my schedule only runs for 8 hours
Sorry for the questions! Everytime I ask you something some other questions pop up but I’m pretty sure I’m almost ready to change my settings :)
Thanks again for answering everything so fast!
@@chikovillavert486 As for ramp up. It really depends on how much the intensity is changing. If it is a drastic change then you can run acclimation. If it is not drastically different then you should be fine. It will absolutely work on an 8 hour schedule you can adjust to run whatever length you want. As for white light. White light is not needed to keep corals alive and healthy. What the white light does do is excel the growth rate and aid in color development. So as long as you are ok with a slower growth rate you can eliminate the white period. The other advantage of the white period is viewing fish and non-fluorescent coral. There is another individual on here that took this schedule and ran straight blue with just 10-15% white in the middle of the day. Remember if you delete the white, leave the blue high. So essentially where the blue ramps up, leave them there all day. So if you want all blue your schedule would be (adjust start time to what you want):
12p - all off
1pm
UV = 60%
Violet = 72%
Royal Blue = 114%
Blue = 108%
7pm
UV = 60%
Violet = 72%
Royal Blue = 114%
Blue = 108%
8pm - all off
I mentioned someone else did this and added some white in the middle of the day at 10-15% and it worked well. You could consider a touch of red and green there as well but not needed unless you want it.
How do you have your start time be a certain % at a certain time then turn off at 6:00 because i want a 12 hour schedule from 7:30 am to 6:00 I’m struggling because im new at this I need help
Hello. If you are using my program, once you download it, you can simply put 2 fingers on the screen and slide it left and right to the start time you want. If you are building from scratch, put the line on the time you want and click the +
I really like your schedule and I want to use it on my set up I have a 32 Biocube With a Ai 16 on the hood I took out the stock led’s cut a hole and put the Ai on the top instead. Would this schedule be overkill or will it be fine ? I’m trying to grow softies and lps only.
Hello. Many people have ran it on a 32 biocube and it does great. My only concern is how you have it mounted and that would be for any program you run. The light should be anywhere from 10-12 inches off the water in order to get proper spread and color mix. I run mine 11” off the water. I would recommend you get a mounting arm and completely remove the top of the tank.
@@saltypops4276 yea that was my first intention but the tank is located In my room I used the mounting arm with the top off and the lights really bothered my eyes due to where it’s located so I had to either mount in on the top or go with the stock lights but it covers the tank pretty good and I made a bigger hole for a little more spread my issue is really worried about it being too powerful because it is closer to the water ?
@@markellrobinson53 I wouldn’t worry about that. The 11” of air most people run really doesn’t diminish par much at all. It is once the light hits water that par starts to diminish. So intensity should t be an issue.
Hello! Tell me how much to reduce your lighting settings if I have an aquarium 30x16x13 (h)?
I’ve had some people run shallow tanks and leave it as is. Really depends on what you plan to put in it. I wouldn’t decrease more than 20-30%. Keep in mind that the light schedule will darken when you reduce so if you don’t like that you may need to add some more white.
Corals are soft. Not much white light 60%?
@@sergeybuzhin4396 the current setting is 60%. When I said 20-30% I meant reduce the numbers I am running by 20-30% so white would be 42-48%. Start there then you can move up
Thank you! I set your settings and set the adaptation to 70% for 90 days.
How would I use this on my fluval evo 13.5 ?
Hi Saltypops, would your preset also works with a 32HD? Or should I do some corrections? 14`` from surface and mostly Euphyllias
It will work. People reported it downloaded just fine. Although I recommend after download to double check the %’s to make sure.
@@saltypops4276 many thanks for your feedback. I downloaded it and I`ll check the %
I would like to know if this configuration serves me for an aquarium of 60 wide 60 deep and 50 high
Hello. This configuration will work great for a tank of those dimensions.
Hi Salty Pops, I have a waterbox cube 20 galons. Found your schedule at the facebook page. It should work with this tank too right? Thanks in advance
Absolutely. You should be set.
Hello, I see that it is not moonlight, do you not recommend it? I know there are countless opinions. My AI Prime 16 Hd does not have the moonlight channel, in my configuration I have it with some blue. Thank you!!
Hello. Opinions vary widely on moonlight, and I am somewhere in the middle. Here’s my thoughts.
If you like the look of the moonlight. Then by all means run it. After all we have these tanks for our viewing pleasure.
If you are running moonlight for coral health, it is not needed. If you have corals you are trying to get to spawn, then it will help. I personally have never added moonlight to any of my schedules.
As for the blue. Blue should be just fine. A lot of the MH / T5 combo systems have a few blue moonlight LEDs. HOWEVER, the most important thing to consider is, if you are running those blue LEDs all day for your schedule and again at night for your moonlight, you are going to impact / shorten the life span of those specific LEDs, because total hours ran for the day will be extremely high.
Thanks for your response.
Of course, the issue of turning on blue all night is not a good idea to prolong its life, which is why it seems strange to me not to see the moonlight channel on my screen. I imagine that there are several versions of this screen and this one does not have it. Another option would be to moonlight with blue for just a couple of hours and then turn it off. Your configuration turns off all the lights at 10pm, I could extend some blue at 1% for a couple of hours so we can see more of the aquarium before going to bed. Thanks
A very low percentage should be fine. I find it odd you don’t have the moonlight option as in the 16HD there is specific LEDs dedicated to moonlight. Send me a screen shot of the app and I’ll see if I can help. Also, you could shift start and stop times of the whole schedule to better align with your viewing time if you would like.
Hello, I have written you a private message on your Facebook account so I can send you the screenshots. Thank you
Hello, I think there is no need to send you the screenshots, I sent an email to AI support and they told me that the wifi version does not have the moonlight channel. Thank you very much for your help
I have a RedSea Reefer Nano Gen 1 (28 gal) and was wondering if I should lower the intensity of the white light or if this would be a perfect fit for it? Thanks in advance!
If you are running a single AI Prime 16 HD you are all set. I recommend 11” above the water. I run this program on a fluval flex 15 gal as is. No changes.
@@saltypops4276 you might of just became my new favorite UA-camr! That reply was lighting fast! Thankyou!
Salty,
I have a Fluval 13.5 how do I get your light settings for the tank?
I'm eventually going to set it up on my Red Sea Reef 20 gallon.
But it needs a glass panel replaced.
I have no social media.
I need to know how to set the light intensity throughout the day.
Are ya in any forums that you shared it in?
@@3qssmokedribsbbq588 hello yes. It is in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group.
I just started using your schedule, Can you advise what intensity percentage I you would recommend for my tank? It's a 28 gallon cube with dimensions of 19½ x 20¾ x 17½ inches
You should t have to change anything. I am running it without changes on my fluval flex 15 gallon bubble tip anemone tank without change. Several other people have let me know they are running it on tanks as small as 13.5 gallons without change.
@@saltypops4276 I just added a second AI Prime 16HD for better dispersion. Both are running your schedule on the aforementioned tank. Should I turn down the intensity now that I have two?
In general, yes I would turn it down, probably by 30%-40%. Really depends on the light demand of the corals in the tank. Keep in mind the single prime with my program gives about 175 par a few inches below the water. With 2 close together on a small tank you are going to get a big or bump, so turning them down would be recommended, unless of course you are planning a high light demanding SPS tank.
@@saltypops4276 In light of your response and the fact that it looks like I'm either getting a lot stringy algae or my corals are expelling zooxanthellae, I removed the second AI Prime and reset your schedule back to full with a single light. The second one will go into storage as a backup/QT tank light. Thank you.
@@NormTre I think one light on your tank is plenty. If you got algae bump up the cleanup crew.
I just downloaded this file yesterday for my 30gallon long reef tank. @Salty Pops is there anything i need to know?
Unless you already run a lot of white light, I strongly suggest you run a 30 day acclimation as white light takes time to acclimate to.
What Vortech mode settings are you using and at what percentages?
Can you adjust the schedule back an hour I tried but I believe I messed it up. And send it to me please? Thanks
I can this weekend. I am not home so cannot connect to make the adjustments. You should be able to put 2 fingers on the screen and slide it to the left. I can do that this weekend for you.
@@saltypops4276 thank you
Would i be able to use this same spectrum on my innovative marine 40 gallon i don't have anything in it yet just cycled it what would you recommend
Hello yes this will work great. Several other people are using it in that same system. I would recommend 11” off the top of the water.
@@saltypops4276 ok thank yoi so much for the reply im a new sub keep putting in hard work
How can I download your presets
Hello. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops. OR create it in just 8 points.
Hello, can i use this schedual for hydra 26 and cubic50 tank? Thanks.
Hello. Yes you can. Some people have noted that it imports fine and some noted they had to do the math and manually adjust a few of the color spectrums due to not importing properly. If you already have coral make sure to acclimate. Also, depending on the type of coral, you may want to decrease settings. With the 16HD mounted 11” above the water, you’ll get about 200 par under the light about 6” below the water.
Hello, Will this work for SPS corals? 75g standard with 2 32HDs
It will. Several people are using it on SPS, myself included. A single 16 with this program puts out 175-200 par a few inches below the water so a 32 will get you high par with this program. Couple things, I always recommend double checking %s after uploading the program and if you currently have coral in the tank remember to run acclimation mode.
@@saltypops4276 Thanks for getting back to me. I couldn’t find a schedule that gave me the right amount of par. I’m new to these lights. What is your recommendation for the acclamation mode?
I would run it for 30 days starting at 70% +/- depending on the par of your previous setting.
Any idea of this setting can be used on evergrow leds ?
I’ve never personally owned that brand. If you can build custom spectrums you should be able to manually program it in with the numbers from this spectrum.
can i have the salty pops schedule? tnk
Sent
Is there a link to just download and paste it into my app? i just got an ai prime and I’m so confused
Hello. I saved it to the AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group on FaceBook in the files section. Should be super easy. Download it and you should be good to go!!!
@@saltypops4276 I found it and I love your settings!
@@saltypops4276 I applied to join that group literally 5 minutes before reading this. Thank you! Saves me a ton of time. Will be testing this regimen for my tank starting tomorrow.
I'm going to run your schedule I downloaded it. For my 125 with 4 16 hd primes. How high should I mount them?
I run mine 11” above the water. Not 11” above the tank. 11” above the water surface.
@@saltypops4276 what is your tank width ?
@@tcmarineaddiction6609 it is 36” wide so I placed them 11” in from each side and 14” from each other. Remember, the ones on the end will provide single 16 HD coverage to any coral places there. Whereas all other corals will receive cross over lighting from both primes
@@saltypops4276 how deep and tall?
@@tcmarineaddiction6609 my tank is 24” tall.
hello can you send me the file for this setting for the AI PRIME
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways:
1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops
2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops.
3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you.
4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways:
1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops
2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops.
3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you.
4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
How can I download that program?
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways:
1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops
2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops.
3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you.
4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
Hi how can I get in touch with you can you share your lighting schedule with me.
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways:
1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops
2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops.
3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you.
4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
@saltypops4276 I can't seem to find you on Facebook, any other way of communication.....
Bonjoir je suis intéressée par votre programme ou peut on le trouver svp
You can find the program on the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group in the files section. The file is titled Salty Pops
How do I add your schedule template to my schedule?
Hello. You can get the schedule a few ways:
1. You can message me on Facebook. Salty Pops
2. I have it saved in the files section of the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group. It is called Salty Pops.
3. Send me your email address and I’ll email it to you.
4. Manually create in just 8 setting points.
I just downloaded from FB. Thanks for sharing, going to try it !@@saltypops4276
@@Orangelucv don’t forget to run acclimation!!!
Sure ! Thanks again 💪
Hey salty! I was wo during if you could PM me. I need some help. I would like to run your program but I am not sure how to achieve this. Is there any way you could share your programme with me? Thank you so very much!!!!
Wondering***
@@LaheyCrocket hey. 3 ways to get it. Message me on FaceBook and I’ll send it direct. Send me your email, don’t include the at symbol or it will be rejected from comments. Or I saved it on the FaceBook page AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group in the files section.
@@saltypops4276 thank you so much for getting back to me. I am going to reach out to you Saturday morning over facebook. Thank you again for getting back to me. I am extremely appreciative of this!!
anyone has the signature file?
Hello. You can get the file 3 ways. Message me on FaceBook. Send me your email address. Or I have uploaded it the the FaceBook group AI Prime/Hydra Reef Group, in the files section.
@@saltypops4276 Hello! I was reading the comments of this video and I saw that you answered someone about the group on fb and I already downloaded the file, thanks!
Can you tell me where to download your schedule? I don’t see your schedule in the Facebook group?
It is in the Facebook group files section. If you don’t see it, message me and I’ll send it.
Hi, do you have Instagram or Telegran to send me the configuration? , does not accept the invitation in the Facebook group
Hey. Send me your email and I will send you the file. Or PM me through Facebook Messenger.
@Salty Pops I also need the file please
@@PEEPGAME73 hello. You can hit me up on Facebook or give me your email and I’ll send it that way. Whatever is easiest for you.