Features:
- More Color, Spread, Power, and Refinement: The Hydra 64 HD has been redesigned to be more efficient and aesthetically pleasing. It offers better light distribution and intensity for your aquarium.
- Easy Control with MyAI App: The MyAI app allows for simple and quick programming of your lights via a direct BLE connection through your smart device.
- More LEDs and PAR: The new Hydra 64 HD includes more LEDs, providing higher Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) for better coral growth and health.
- Improved Optic Design: Enhanced optics ensure better light spread and penetration.
- Improved Water Resistance: While not waterproof, the new design offers better resistance to moisture, making it more durable in the humid environment of a reef tank.
- Thinner Form Factor: The redesigned fixtures are thinner, reducing their profile and visual impact over your aquarium.
- Multiple Mounting Options: Various mounting options are available to suit different setups.
- Dedicated Moonlight Channel: A dedicated LED channel simulates natural lunar light, enhancing the nighttime viewing experience.
- Wider Spectrum: More channels provide a broader spectrum of light, catering to the diverse needs of reef inhabitants.
Design:
- Efficiency and Aesthetics: The redesign of the plastics in the Prime and Hydra lineup results in better efficiency, reducing the need for active cooling and extending component life. The thinner fixtures also improve the overall look of your setup.
- Resilient: The improved water resistance makes the lights more capable of handling the moisture-rich environment of reef keeping, though they are not fully waterproof.
Moonlight:
- Dedicated Moonlight LED: The new Prime HD, Prime FW, Hydra 32HD, and Hydra 64HD modules include a dedicated moonlight LED and channel. This feature allows for independent moonlighting that simulates the natural lunar color and intensity.
Control:
- MyAI App: The existing MyAI app, which is free and easy to use, offers direct BLE connection for onsite programming. This app simplifies the control of your lighting system.
- Compatibility with MXM: The new generation Prime and Hydras are compatible with MXM, a collaboration between Neptune Systems, EcoTech Marine, and AquaIllumination, allowing for integrated control of your favorite devices.
Optics and Output
The new fixtures offer improved PAR, color mixing, and spread. More LEDs and TIR lenses enhance efficiency and color POP, with a wider output area and higher average PAR.
Coverage
- Effective Spread: 30" x 30"
- Effective Depth: 24"
- Recommended Mounting Height: 8-10"
The Hydra 64HD provides higher output and average PAR than any other AI Module. The HD functionality allows power routing between color channels, a feature retained in the new HD lights (Prime 16HD, Hydra 32HD, and 64HD).
Mounting
Choose from various Hydra Mounting System Components (sold separately):
- Hydra Flex Arm: Attaches Hydra LEDs to your aquarium wall.
- HMS Multi Light Mount Kit: Includes vertical rails and mounting feet.
- HMS Hanging Kit: Suspends HMS Tracks from your ceiling or wall brackets.
- HMS Multi Light Track: Matches the length of your tank.
- HMS Hydra 32 or 64 Bracket: Custom brackets for Hydra LED lights, allowing individual adjustment.
