Update: my Hydras don’t match
I purchased a second Hydra in anticipation for this larger tank. I set it up on Mobius and quickly noticed the spectrum looked much different than my unit I already had.
at first, I thought it was probably just not syncing with my light spectrum/schedule from my original light.
I made a “scene” through mobius to test this. In the scene I turned every light channel off then tested one by one.
UV, Violet, Royal Blue, Cool White, Green, Red channels all matched perfectly between the unit.
the plain blue channel, however, had a massive color difference. The old unit (on the right) is more of a teal and the new unit (left) is a darker blue.
I’ve opened a support request with AI but haven’t heard back quite yet so I don’t know what to do about it at the moment.
the difference between the two is visually distracting even with the other color channels mixed in.
I was already prepping for worst case scenario where AI says too bad so sad. I was thinking worst case I’d just set the blue to 0% and try to make it up with extra royal blue. I did a trial run of this spectrum already and it didn’t look too bad. I just hope it doesn’t compromise coral growth. I already didn’t overdo it on the blue/white ratio as it was, and I don’t mind a whiter look.
I purchased a second Hydra in anticipation for this larger tank. I set it up on Mobius and quickly noticed the spectrum looked much different than my unit I already had.
at first, I thought it was probably just not syncing with my light spectrum/schedule from my original light.
I made a “scene” through mobius to test this. In the scene I turned every light channel off then tested one by one.
UV, Violet, Royal Blue, Cool White, Green, Red channels all matched perfectly between the unit.
the plain blue channel, however, had a massive color difference. The old unit (on the right) is more of a teal and the new unit (left) is a darker blue.
I’ve opened a support request with AI but haven’t heard back quite yet so I don’t know what to do about it at the moment.
the difference between the two is visually distracting even with the other color channels mixed in.
I was already prepping for worst case scenario where AI says too bad so sad. I was thinking worst case I’d just set the blue to 0% and try to make it up with extra royal blue. I did a trial run of this spectrum already and it didn’t look too bad. I just hope it doesn’t compromise coral growth. I already didn’t overdo it on the blue/white ratio as it was, and I don’t mind a whiter look.
