AI Blades - EVERYTHING You need to Know

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Everything I’ve learned using AI blades in one video. Install tips and setup 💯👌🏾
Music for videos:
www.marsnare.com/
Custom Lid:
www.clearviewlids.com/
Lights :
orphek.com/orphek-osix-or3-le...
Tank:
Innovative marine 75 EXT:
www.innovative-marine.com/sho...
Sump:
Nuvo RFS 27 sump -
www.innovative-marine.com/nuv...
VCR - Flex series Random flow generator
vividcreativeaquatics.com/pro...
Equipment:
Helio Heating system:
www.innovative-marine.com/hel...
Wavelink Powerhead :
www.innovative-marine.com/sho...
Mighty Jet XL return pump:
www.innovative-marine.com/sho...
Auto Top off - Hydrofill 15g ATO Kit:
www.innovative-marine.com/sho...
Skimmer - Simply Aquatics DC 120
www.simplicityaquatics.com/sk...
Rain2 Algae scrubber:
www.santa-monica.cc/RAIN2-Pol...

Пікірлер: 112

@CJSAQUARIUMS 9 ай бұрын

Orphek Vs Ai Blade comparison video is here : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbt9fM56y8mZYKs.htmlsi=NxegVoGBkMejQddL

@taylorlee4344 Жыл бұрын

You know you’re addicted when you doing this stuff at 4:18am! Very informative. Making me want to try the blades out! Keep it up

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Any questions feel free to drop a comment! Orphek Vs Blade comparison video will be next and explaining the light change 💯

@bopeep7806 Жыл бұрын

New you would love them ;)

@bopeep7806 Жыл бұрын

A tip for you turn the grows opposite end so wires face opposite way, then your aquarium won’t be more white one end and more blue the other ;)

@jakebrabec1141 10 ай бұрын

Do you think that mount but only one arm would work well with the smallest grow and glow combo

@michaelbain6402 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing a par test with the lights mounted and not just sitting on the tank with the plastic mounts. I've been waiting for this!

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Definitely 0 concern wit the power from these lights… thanks for watching 🫡💯

@stevolam182 11 ай бұрын

yo CJ, you have one of the most beautiful, well-maintained aquariums I have ever seen, you take very good care of your reef man, I strive to have as much patience and care as you do. I have a 45 gallon that I'm currently working on and you're an inspiration man.

@lukefham7138 Жыл бұрын

Wow the tank looks amazing, glad to have you back 🎉

@MarSnare Жыл бұрын

💡✨💡✨💡✨ Love the tones with these! Lookin' forward to the GROWTH!!! 📈

@torimoore103 Жыл бұрын

The whole set up looks great. Awesome job man!

@inventoryking Жыл бұрын

Looks nice. Super Clean!

@billydanzz Жыл бұрын

Your setup is lookin' doooope!

@tonyadavis8726 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful tank! Thank you for sharing about the blades, I have I right now but I want 2 more. Also thank you for sharing about how the lunar works, I was wondering about that.

@simpleaquatics4262 4 ай бұрын

Hey CJ just bought my blades and have em on there right now, this review convinced me 💯 to buy em and put em on my new build i absolutely love them

@CJSAQUARIUMS 4 ай бұрын

🫡💯 awesome

@D__fox_ Жыл бұрын

Installation definitely looked pretty eazy as well 🔥🔥

@BARMSTR41 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoying the whole series CJ.. THANK YOU!! I was hoping you could do a video on aquarium maintenance.. what numbers are you monitoring, adjustments, cadence/ details of water changes, etc.. Please keep the videos coming.. and thanks again..

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Thanks for tapping in. I’ll be making more topic specific videos on the build including a few you mentioned. I work a lot so hard to get the videos out but they are coming 🫡💯

@COOPERSCICHILDS Жыл бұрын

Great job, buddy still watching in silence! RESPECT

@tnipp1285 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Nice meeting you at the LFS

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

🫡💯

@tech335 Жыл бұрын

Nice switch, love my 21 in grow on my 50 gallon corner tank. Fit perfect cause it has a canopy.

@D__fox_89 Жыл бұрын

Definitely a slick apparatus overall 👌🏻🥵

@rolisreefranch 6 ай бұрын

Looks great!

@CJSAQUARIUMS 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Black_sand_reef_man Жыл бұрын

Good stuff. New subscriber

@agentcrtr Жыл бұрын

Nice job sir! Time to sit back and enjoy some Be Eazy Sauce!

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Already started 🥃

@jules2545 Жыл бұрын

I have a 36" x 24" x 17" waterbox frag tank. I run two Kessil A360X and one Blade glow. I have always liked the blue colouration and the associated pop, the Glows do not disappoint. If my Kessils packed up I would replace them with Grows. I love the noise free simplicity of the Blades and the PAR spread. Both my lights max out at 40% until I get hold of a decent PAR meter.

@johnjr47 Жыл бұрын

You have a very neat TANK !!!

@so_so_reef Жыл бұрын

One thing I can tell is that the blend of the different bars is better. I could easily see bands of separate blue and white on your tank when lit by Orpheks.

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Absolutely major difference 💯

@tomg5405 10 ай бұрын

You the orphek ir the Ai are better?

@ar1171 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, just ordered two 30 grows, we have the same tank

@rsucre 11 ай бұрын

Nice video. Thanks. What do you think about 3 or 4 or these AI Blades, size 21" to serve as the sole primary lights for a 50 gallon low boy frag tank (48 x 24 x 10") oriented parallel to the 24" side, spaced evenly? Should I go 3 or 4? All grow, all glow or mix? Your feedback is appreciated.

@michalen6694 Жыл бұрын

I clicked only bc i saw this awesome scape. Realy nice!

@Fish_Ventura Жыл бұрын

I want to trade in my XR30s. Looks great

@yasseraloy4178 Жыл бұрын

That’s the future Cj !!!!

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

I agree 💯

@wendywysocki6580 6 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed your video, I have two blades on my 40 gallon tank, 1 grow and 1 glow. I am so frustrated trying to figure out how to schedule using the mobius app. I wish I could have someone like yourself show me...

@Just-In-Credible 10 ай бұрын

Good video, i have just purchased the 48" lights, 2 grow and 1 glow. was worried about having these as stand alone for my reef tank with corals

@CJSAQUARIUMS 10 ай бұрын

Definitely more then enough 🫡

@alenaalenar2330 Жыл бұрын

Super review thank you! I’ve been looking at this mounting option. Would I need two hms stands for a24” tank with 21” blades or could I get away with just 1?

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

I’d always use 2 mounts but you could try 1 see if centering the blade on it looks ok 👌🏾

@jho2tolentino Жыл бұрын

Nice! I thought you were set with the OR3s. Ordered a few more to add with my current set up. Convict tang also was flashing against the sand. Ich management I guess? This hobby is tough.

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Ich Managment with UV sterilizer is the plan… both are great lights honestly flip a coin. I’ll cover it in the comparison video

@isiheisenberg4784 Жыл бұрын

nice review man, do you guys know if one blade will do a good job in a budget tank with 80x35x45?

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

I don’t think one will do the job tank that big unless you have a Aquascape the same as the light spread. I personally wouldn’t use only one

@strat1960s Жыл бұрын

Tank looks amazing. What are your pump settings???

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Looks like I’ll need to make a flow video a lot of people asking. It’s not just one setting it changes throughout the day. Stay tuned for the flow update video 💯

@TheJohnny220 6 күн бұрын

This is good. They should pay you. You're doing eco techs job.

@CJSAQUARIUMS Күн бұрын

Just trying to share info I would want to know hope it helped

@Botzz28 Жыл бұрын

Where do you get the HMS mount

@aymanmorsy19 Жыл бұрын

Thank you bro for the hat you’re doing

@chuckfu5 Жыл бұрын

What program do you run on your ecotech Vortech's? The back to back wave pulse is great!

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Changes thru the day but one pump drives the waves and other runs independently I don’t ever have ether synced. I’ll cover my flow in another video

@Polo1126 Жыл бұрын

Definitely curious about your comparison video between the blades and Orphek. Hard to say from just the videos, but with your Orphek setup the tank looked so much... sharper, and brighter. With your videos and pics with the blades the tank looks hazy and colors seem a little more dull? Not sure, might be an effect the glare from the blades. Regardless still love the tank and enjoying the ride following this build 👌🏼

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Very hard to record the tank to show true colors and look. But yes there is a difference I’ll explain further in the comparison video. Pros and cons to both lights for sure 👌🏾💯

@Theaquaplex Жыл бұрын

CJ...LOVE the Neptune Board mount on the side... Clean look... Also, love the amount of water movement on your tank's top surface. Is your aquarium open at the top, with no cover?

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Temporarily uncovered. I’m getting my custom lid modified to fit around the HMS mounts so until then hoping nothing jumps

@Theaquaplex Жыл бұрын

@@CJSAQUARIUMS Nice nice...

@anthonykent6946 Жыл бұрын

Live the blades on the 75. Where could i get templates from i have 2 32hd and 2 26hd? Also where can i get your wave maker setup , i have 2 mp40s

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Once I add MXM module to my apex I’ll upload and share all of my programs for lighting and mp40s. I’ve never those lights this is my first time using AI anything so not sure how to help you with that

@Brett5106 Жыл бұрын

I like the Orphek lights better imo. Still nice though.

@rw5510 Жыл бұрын

Nice aquascape

@Brother_Blaze Жыл бұрын

Tanks looking great! How was your experience with the corals from coral cheapskates? I was thinking about buying from them but I’m wary of ordering corals in hot weather. Did you do their buy $200+ every piece becomes $10 deal?

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

No issues they all arrived fine. I selected a few corals individually not as a package. Only issue I had was Cloves being attached to my trumpet corals that I had to scrap off.

@lukefham7138 Жыл бұрын

What made mode are you running on the mp40

@michaelhegedus3021 5 ай бұрын

I looks like the right side of your tank leans more blue, and the left side more white. Or am I seeing that wrong? Saw another video of the ai blade and it had that issue. Thanks. Your tank looks awesome!

@CJSAQUARIUMS 5 ай бұрын

Was a bad batch of lights. I’ve had them replaced and issue resolved since this video. I didn’t know it at the time.. good catch 👌🏾

@queencitykayakbassfishing4479 6 ай бұрын

I could use some help with the mounting. I want to mount 3 over my tank, same style as you. I cant seem to find all the parts for that. Is it two single hms arms? I dont see any extension options on BRS .

@CJSAQUARIUMS 6 ай бұрын

www.bulkreefsupply.com/multi-light-hms-track-aqua-illumination.html?queryID=2bc88840e74cc6ab43792ddd7e2bc0c7&objectID=6013&indexName=brs_prod_m2_default_products

@queencitykayakbassfishing4479 6 ай бұрын

@@CJSAQUARIUMS dude! Clutch! Thank you for doing that. Ordered.

@margheritasreef 11 ай бұрын

Hey cj. You said you were going to do a video on why you made the switch. When is it coming out.

@CJSAQUARIUMS 8 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbt9fM56y8mZYKs.htmlsi=qJoCEn2123-pBGK7

@brandonsalvati2775 8 ай бұрын

How wide is your tank? I have a 48 wide you think the 39 inch would be fine or go with the 48 inch blade

@CJSAQUARIUMS 8 ай бұрын

Yes my tank is 36” with 30” blades

@lasanta777 Жыл бұрын

Looks great but I think I noticed the yellow coris flashing at 0:18 and at 0:25 btw. My coris wrasses had similar behavior which is them searching for food, but began flashing about a week before I noticed ich in my tank

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

I definitely have ick in the system. No avoiding it just managing it with UV sterilizer. Most of the time wrasses digg for food causing cloud of sand not flashing

@mikew4435 Жыл бұрын

What’s your vortech schedule? Do you have one in constant pulse mode?

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

I’ll be covering flow in my tank in a future video. It’s a combination of flow patterns that shift during the day and night. Stay tuned

@juanescudero2285 9 ай бұрын

Hi , i hace a 20 gallon Waterbox tank running under an AI Prime 16HD . i am thinking in changing Prime for 2 Ai Blades (grow and grow) , its a good idea ? Or better i continue with the Prime ?

@CJSAQUARIUMS 9 ай бұрын

Bad idea if your only doing one of each color. You will get bad color blending. Ether do two grows or all blue with two glows. You may be better sticking with current lighting

@maxwellguzman3135 9 ай бұрын

Hey cj can you post the link for the blade hms mount

@CJSAQUARIUMS 9 ай бұрын

Search the bulk reef supply website

@BackWoodsReefer Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about buying orphek bars until now. What made you switch over?

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

I’ll cover it in the comparison video. Both are great lights in my opinion but the blades just gave me a better blend and control of colors in the tank. More to come on this…

@BackWoodsReefer Жыл бұрын

@@CJSAQUARIUMS ok, I’ll wait until your video. Thanks for the info!

@TheRobTuber 11 ай бұрын

where do you get the extensions at?

@CJSAQUARIUMS 11 ай бұрын

HMS extension mounts from BRS

@margheritasreef Жыл бұрын

Why the switch cj. The Orphek were beautiful. Made the tank gorgeous.

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Stay tuned for comparison video I’ll explain then

@margheritasreef Жыл бұрын

I’ll keep a lookout CJ. I’m looking forward to it. As I said previously, your videos are always so in-depth and informative. Would also like to see a follow up on how the tank is doing with the blades.

@jawon70 Жыл бұрын

2 AI hydra 32hd is cheaper i think. Would do the same job i think?

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Never used them.. I’m pretty much sold on bars are primary lighting after using both types over my tank.

@thomasdirocco 9 ай бұрын

Not sure if it's an optical illusion but why does the right if the tank look more blue/dimmer than the left?

@CJSAQUARIUMS 9 ай бұрын

After this video I found was a bad batch that went out that needs to be swapped out by AI this is know a known defect

@thomasdirocco 9 ай бұрын

@@CJSAQUARIUMS ah good note! Will keep a lookout for mine when it comes in

@rogierlist5769 Жыл бұрын

how do you get no algea in this beatifull tank?

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Look closer entire scape covered in alage at the moment

@lcj2046 Жыл бұрын

Why did you switch to the blades? You had lights before that were amazing.

@tormentstister 11 ай бұрын

really nice test, but somehow you missed the biggest problem with the ai grow. the problem with white light. all AI-Grows are much whiter on the power cord side. like all AiBlade tank´s, one side of your floor is white and the other is blue. had the same problem with my blades, Ai changed them 3 times but allways the same, to much white on den power cord side. now i use 2 blade´s one cord to the left one to the right, looks a little bit better but still not perfekt spread. i realy hope Ai will fix this problem in there next generation of blades

@CJSAQUARIUMS 11 ай бұрын

I’ve noticed this with both blades and Orpheks honesty. And as you mentioned have to reverse them to get around it. Guess something they can fix eventually didn’t think to mentioning it on video but definitely worth nothing. Thanks for the comment 💪🏾

@rubenespinosa1685 Жыл бұрын

CJ I do like the blades review and par but their price for me is really unreasonable and would just get a few more bucks and opt in for the eco techs but with that being said I’m referring to supplemental lighting as stand alone I guess that price range will work longevity is to see though 👍🏼great video

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Honestly I feel like puck style single point lighting is the way of the past. Can’t beat the spread and coverage of these newer bar style lights just my experience thus far. Stay tuned we will see how they perform over time 👌🏾💯

@shallowreefing Жыл бұрын

Man that is way over kill on the lighting for that tank. You are trying to keep up with Parker's Reef lol

@CJSAQUARIUMS Жыл бұрын

Rather have too much and turn it down then need to add more later 🥃👌🏾

@sgbbco3981 11 ай бұрын

Love the content but try to cut the background audio or turn it way down. It's really hard to hear you talk with the music playing. Otherwise, great video and looking forward to seeing how this AI blade array works out for the coral growth.

@CJSAQUARIUMS 11 ай бұрын

I’ll keep it in mind. I record and edit using my cell phone I think audio sounds diff depending on device your watching my videos on. Thanks for watching 💪🏾