AI Prime Lightning Storm

Hooked0nPhonics · 03/31/2017, 09:59 AM

Hey guys,

I just bought the AI Prime HD for my tank to start growing coral. I've been tweaking with the settings and I love it so far. I found the option to have the fixture simulate a lightning storm during the day. Cosmetically this is cool.. but is it just that? Will it just scare the crap out of my fish?

RogueGrown · 03/31/2017, 10:04 AM

I have the same light and it's mostly for show. There has been a lot of debate as to if it's truly beneficial or not. I have run it before and it does scare my fish at all. I do like how the light seems to dim and brighten as if clouds are passing by. I don't run it all the time but it's fun to play with.

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LX20000 · 03/31/2017, 10:06 AM

You said... "and it does scare my fish at all"

Do you mean it does NOT scare you fish at all ??

I have seen this setting... how does it work?? You set it and then the light will randomly do lightning storms during the day? Do you have to stand there for 3 hours to catch one? How many storms will it do?? One a day? Seventeen a day?

Hooked0nPhonics · 03/31/2017, 11:29 AM

There is a setting which allows you to set times which the lightning storm will occur. Plus you can adjust the probability (I'm assuming that the AI can decide whether or not it does happen to avoid consistency) and you can adjust the intensity of the storm (frequency of the lightning flashes)

LX20000 · 03/31/2017, 12:18 PM

I guess since I have tank raised fish, they likely have not seen any lightning storms... har.

How big is your tank?

Hooked0nPhonics · 03/31/2017, 12:57 PM

I have a 20 gallon hex that my light is fixed over. The light is pretty bright, but the intensity can be adjusted which is nice

RogueGrown · 03/31/2017, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LX20000

You said... "and it does scare my fish at all"

Do you mean it does NOT scare you fish at all ??

I have seen this setting... how does it work?? You set it and then the light will randomly do lightning storms during the day? Do you have to stand there for 3 hours to catch one? How many storms will it do?? One a day? Seventeen a day?

Yes I meant does NOT scare my fish

GillsGoneWild · 04/01/2017, 07:15 AM

We have 4 AI lights over three different tanks and we use the Director to control them. We USED to have the regional weather programmed to our favorite scuba diving destinations and to replicate the natural weather patterns of the reefs we are creating in these little glass boxes. All was going great until we were awakened at 3:30am thinking that our local SWAT team got the wrong address, had breached the front door and were heaving silent flash grenades into the living room. All because there was a thunderstorm on a tiny atoll in the South Pacific.
So...I don't really care if the lightning scared the fish. It scared the bejeebies out of ME!

Reefbuoy · 04/01/2017, 07:36 AM

I have a prime over my tank and run the storm mode for an hour in the afternoon. My impression is that the fish will adapt to the lightning and become less sensitive to other lighting outside of the aquarium.

My fish seem more tolerant of me coming up to the tank to feed and turning a room light on or off doesn't cause the fish to panic like they used to do.

Hooked0nPhonics · 04/01/2017, 08:22 AM

Thanks for the replies everyone! I think I may run the feature for an hour everyday. It's cool to watch, but I don't think my shrimp like it ��

03/31/2017, 09:59 AM	#1
Hooked0nPhonics Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 17	AI Prime Lightning Storm Hey guys, I just bought the AI Prime HD for my tank to start growing coral. I've been tweaking with the settings and I love it so far. I found the option to have the fixture simulate a lightning storm during the day. Cosmetically this is cool.. but is it just that? Will it just scare the crap out of my fish?

04/01/2017, 07:36 AM	#9
Reefbuoy Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central Maryland Posts: 126	I have a prime over my tank and run the storm mode for an hour in the afternoon. My impression is that the fish will adapt to the lightning and become less sensitive to other lighting outside of the aquarium. My fish seem more tolerant of me coming up to the tank to feed and turning a room light on or off doesn't cause the fish to panic like they used to do. __________________ Sean 2 Percula Clowns (from 2003 and 2005), Azure Damsel, Tail Spot Blenny, Six Line Wrasse Current Tank Info: Oceanic 40 gal. stretch hex, mp10, 10 gal. sump/refugium/Chaeto/Syncra Silent 2.0, Reef Octopus 110SS, AI Prime

03/31/2017, 10:04 AM	#2
RogueGrown Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Medford, OR Posts: 382	I have the same light and it's mostly for show. There has been a lot of debate as to if it's truly beneficial or not. I have run it before and it does scare my fish at all. I do like how the light seems to dim and brighten as if clouds are passing by. I don't run it all the time but it's fun to play with. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

03/31/2017, 10:06 AM	#3
LX20000 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Allentown, Pa. Posts: 210	You said... "and it does scare my fish at all" Do you mean it does NOT scare you fish at all ?? I have seen this setting... how does it work?? You set it and then the light will randomly do lightning storms during the day? Do you have to stand there for 3 hours to catch one? How many storms will it do?? One a day? Seventeen a day?

03/31/2017, 11:29 AM	#4
Hooked0nPhonics Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 17	There is a setting which allows you to set times which the lightning storm will occur. Plus you can adjust the probability (I'm assuming that the AI can decide whether or not it does happen to avoid consistency) and you can adjust the intensity of the storm (frequency of the lightning flashes)

03/31/2017, 12:18 PM	#5
LX20000 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Allentown, Pa. Posts: 210	I guess since I have tank raised fish, they likely have not seen any lightning storms... har. How big is your tank?

03/31/2017, 12:57 PM	#6
Hooked0nPhonics Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 17	I have a 20 gallon hex that my light is fixed over. The light is pretty bright, but the intensity can be adjusted which is nice

04/01/2017, 07:15 AM	#8
GillsGoneWild Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Florida Posts: 19	We have 4 AI lights over three different tanks and we use the Director to control them. We USED to have the regional weather programmed to our favorite scuba diving destinations and to replicate the natural weather patterns of the reefs we are creating in these little glass boxes. All was going great until we were awakened at 3:30am thinking that our local SWAT team got the wrong address, had breached the front door and were heaving silent flash grenades into the living room. All because there was a thunderstorm on a tiny atoll in the South Pacific. So...I don't really care if the lightning scared the fish. It scared the bejeebies out of ME!

04/01/2017, 08:22 AM	#10
Hooked0nPhonics Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 17	Thanks for the replies everyone! I think I may run the feature for an hour everyday. It's cool to watch, but I don't think my shrimp like it ��