LED question

[jdnumis]

Does the led system dramatically reduce electric bill? I am running PC with 2 150k halides/actinics and led moon lights. My SPS are doing well with the system I am running now, will the growth improve as well?

All the best,

James

 

[Jaftica]

its a huge reduction in electric, also you dont have to chill the water.

 

[jdnumis]

Great thank you. And I am fortunate enough that I don't have to run a chiller. Tank is in the basement.

 

[qy7400]

Using 150W halides there may be a push, in the basement cooler temps may run your heaters more eating up the savings. What size tank and PC are you running, should be easy to calculate any savings.

 

[jdnumis]

I have......

Using 150W halides there may be a push, in the basement cooler temps may run your heaters more eating up the savings. What size tank and PC are you running, should be easy to calculate any savings.

a 90 gallon with the aquapro coralife pc

 

[44santababy]

i now have had my 120gal reef for 3 months with acan leds and the whole tank setup costs me an extra 20$ a month. I was very pleased.

 

[jdnumis]

Thank you for that

i now have had my 120gal reef for 3 months with acan leds and the whole tank setup costs me an extra 20$ a month. I was very pleased.

I was thinking about the acan led's but not sure if I can get away with a smaller fixture. I have a 48in pc on my tank now. The dimensions are 48x18x21

~James

 

[Jaftica]

i would call acan and see what they recommend, i think that 102 will be way too much light

 

[44santababy]

for my 120gal i bought the 36inch model 600-36b. It doesnt even cover end to end of the tank and i must reduce the white lights to 75% or i will smoke my corals. They were not cheap but worth every penny with its features, all types of dimming, and setups. On youtube check search for islandreefs.com santoli reef tank, you can see my setup with the Acan leds closeup.

 

[44santababy]

my tank is 48x24x24 tall

 

[Silverni2]

James I have the same exact build as Santa and have 2 12" acan 104 over my tank 12" above the waterline and they seem to work well on my mixed reef, although I am debating on getting another. Does save on electric! My tank is in the basement also!

Hey Santa do you mind pm me on what ur build cost through co. U used? I may put a 120 in my office but I don't have the time to do it myself. Soup to nuts including livestock.
Thx

hey Ron make me a deal on one of those fixtures?

 

[qy7400]

If you can raise the lights to 8 to 12" off the water I'd go with the 102, other wise the 104; according to the specs both have equal # of LEDs where the 102 is more blue and 50* optics (vs 75*). If you went the DIY route go with 36 to 48 LEDs per side, 48 for heavier SPS.

Now either way you go you're going to cut the power usage in half or more, worst case is say half and very doubtful your heater will run 8 hours more per day to make the savings a wash.

 

[Jaftica]

the 2 18" 104's give better coverage than 1 36" 104

 

[44santababy]

the problem with using two of them is you MUST hang em. I couldnt have two combined look neatly over my tank using thier legs. The single unit is sexy and clean.

 

[44santababy]

another thing, my led strip weighs close to 40+ lbs. Its the real deal, i was shocked when i lifted it to put over tank. I needed a buddy to assist me to stable it correctly. Now she is locked on forever.

 

[Jaftica]

the problem with using two of them is you MUST hang em. I couldnt have two combined look neatly over my tank using thier legs. The single unit is sexy and clean.

i use the legs on the outside ends of the two units, and acan makes a set of connectors to connect the two units together so you can span the whole tank without hanging them

 

[44santababy]

i did not know that...ACAN always has an answer...very cool and great idea!

 

[Jaftica]

i did not know that...ACAN always has an answer...very cool and great idea!

it really works great...the people at acan lighting are top notch, always willing to help.

 

[jdnumis]

Thank you guys for the input! So should I use 2- 24in acan 102's?

All the best,

James

 

[Jaftica]

2 18's are whats recommended
http://www.acanlighting.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188&Itemid=27