Anyone running Hydras?

[Slick Fork]

For those running them;

How do you find, if at all, the "disco" effect? Does coverage compare to the SOL?

I'm running two Sol's on my 75gallon and am playing around with the idea of doing the SOL-> Hydra upgrade. My two concerns as far as the lamps go is whether the coverage is the same/better/worse than the Sol's and whether there is a bad disco effect. Also slightly concerning is the reports of the director disconnecting randomly and turning the lights on to 100%.

[mark]

^what's the problem with the Sols?

[Slick Fork]

Originally Posted by mark

^what's the problem with the Sols?

No problem with the Sol's. I'm quite happy with them. But I wonder what I'm missing out on with the colour spectrum available on the Hydra's!

[Madreefer]

Originally Posted by Slick Fork

For those running them;

How do you find, if at all, the "disco" effect? Does coverage compare to the SOL?

I'm running two Sol's on my 75gallon and am playing around with the idea of doing the SOL-> Hydra upgrade. My two concerns as far as the lamps go is whether the coverage is the same/better/worse than the Sol's and whether there is a bad disco effect. Also slightly concerning is the reports of the director disconnecting randomly and turning the lights on to 100%.

I'm running 4 Sols and 2 Hydras. I have never seen a disco effect with either fixture. I could'nt figure out what the disco effect was until I seen a Vega. There's a post on this site about it and it's quite noticeable. I do notice that when my lights ramp down the Hydras do seem brighter. But definetly no disco thing going on.