Biocube LED’s vs AI Prime 16HD

[jackalexander]

I’ve seen substantial growth of my birds nest but absolutely nothing else. I don’t know if it’s normal but I’ve had 2 hammers, a frogspawn and a torch for about 4-5 months now and I do see new baby tentacles weekly but never any heads splitting. Does anyone else have this issue with Biocube lights? Also, the lights don’t look very nice in my opinion, the blues are insanely blue.. Thinking about upgrading to an AI Prime 16HD in the near future but that also comes with the added cost of a mesh top and ATO. Any suggestions or experience is welcome.

Water params:
Sal: 1.026
Temp: 78.5
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 1-2ppm
Phosphate: 0.13
Magnesium: (untested)
Alk: 8.5
Calcium: 395

 

[bday1335]

A lighting upgrade would certainly help!

 

[T_BONE]

I ran the 32 led for a while and it was meh.. had some growth but it was way slow. Like said by @bday1335 an upgrade would make a big difference. Water Parameters are also pretty important for growth and overall health.