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10/23/2016, 10:49 PM
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AI prime or hydra 26?
In the coming months I am going to be shopping for some new lights... I want to start adding sps to my reef. I have a 45 gallon tank my question is are 2 primes strong enough to support sps on a tank of this size or am I going to need to buy 2 hydra 26's? Tank depth is 24"
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10/23/2016, 11:17 PM
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Hydra 26 is your best bet, plus if you decide to upgrade again in the future, you can still use the hydra 26.
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10/23/2016, 11:41 PM
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Agreed. Hydra 26 will without a doubt be perfect.
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10/24/2016, 01:55 AM
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Neither. Kessil. I've always had a thing for Kessil because I do a lot with frags. I tried all the lights out there and those by far the best IMO. Things started out as plant lights, what more information does someone need. They're just built a certain way and under those the corals that I frag easily had double the growth.
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10/24/2016, 04:49 AM
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I like the Hydra 26 my self as well.
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10/24/2016, 06:44 AM
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for a 45 gallon tank i would probably go with a pair of hydra 26's. i have a 35 cube with a hydra 26 voer top of it, it is 20"x20" and the hydra does a very nice job of lighting that area. anything larger and i would want a second one.
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10/24/2016, 09:03 PM
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Thank you guys! 2 hydra 26's it is!
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10/25/2016, 04:53 AM
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If you buy the HD version it has built in wifi control.
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10/25/2016, 12:14 PM
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I'd go with 2 Hydra 26 HD's. You will get plenty of power, no shadowing, and built in Wi-Fi control. What more could you want? They are great lights IMO.
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