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I know your fixture has not been going that long how does everything seem to like it? Are you getting nice shimmer? Looks really good:)
 

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Oh ya. Well right now there is because I haven't put any t5 bulbs in yet! Haha I figured I'd just wait for the group buy. I also only have 2 hydras.
 
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Andy tanks looking good man..loving the carpet anemone pic! How are you liking your hydras so far? Im thinking of upgrading my sols to hydras.
 

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I really like the hydras! I do wish I had 3 units to even out the spread. They are great. From what I read they are pretty much the same as te vega except you can't control individual LEDs just colors. Also they added violet and UV to the hydra. But the colors are nice and my coral are loving it! Thank you!
 
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I really like the hydras! I do wish I had 3 units to even out the spread. They are great. From what I read they are pretty much the same as te vega except you can't control individual LEDs just colors. Also they added violet and UV to the hydra. But the colors are nice and my coral are loving it! Thank you!

Cool! I think my minds made up, Im gonna order a couple next month =)
 

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Re re re re scaped again... I have problems. Added bio pellets and I bought a doser that will go online soon. Basically tank is BALLIN outta control. Well not really. Anyway happy hump day
 
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Sweet tank! Mind sharing your hydra settings? I've been really picky with the color I want and haven't dialed it in yet...I guess cause there are so many possibilities! Love my hydra too, here are my current settings: white 35 violet 20 red 15 green 35 d blue 70 royal 55 uv 45. At night I run d blue 1 violet 1 royal 1 and uv 1. When I start adding coral I'll be adjusting again lol
 

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Thanks guys! I'll take some screen shots of my hydras graphs from the director when I get home tonight to show how it is set up. The director is really nice for setting up timers. The controller is such a POS I almost snapped It in half. The buttons are horrible!!!
 

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Went cray cray this weekend. Here's a ton of pictures. Still haven't gotten the doser online but I have 1.5 weeks of testing so I'm going to start it up this week. Thank you to everyone that I met up with this weekend!.
 

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Got some new tank mates today thanks to Chance of Coral! 2 hippocampus erectus (lined sea horses)! They are soooooooooo sick! Already loving on the gorgonians (thanks Omar!) and the macro algae (thanks jamie!). Here they are in the bag


And then in the fuge!!

 
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So awesome, Andy! Gorgeous FTS too! :) now I need an orange fan sponge!! And some Gorgos for the ponies ;) great seeing you again.. Next time we gotta trade some NPS :)
 
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