- Location
- Nassau County
I am currently working on setting up a 75 gallon reef tank (48" long) would a reef breeder 36" be enough or should I get 2x smaller ones ?
LED lights Pros and Cons
- Thread starter Vigilente
- Start date
- Location
- Brooklyn
same set up here. if you want good coverage (for a mixed Reef with SPS) go with 2 16" fixtures. If you dont care about the sides of the tank or wont put anything more then mushrooms there, then I guess u can get by with a 36". Keep in mind thou that the center brace will cast a shadow and reduce overall par in the center so you will lose that usable space as well.
- Location
- Mahopac NY
Go with neither.
They are coming out with a 48" fixture in a few weeks for 48" tanks for ~$500.
- Location
- Nassau County
The center brace is the one very weird thing with this tank I just got. It is about 3" wide and made of 1/2" thick glass with the normal center brace on top of that.
LED will be the future for sure, for many reasons, less on electric bill, run cool,No need to replace bulbs (leds) big , huge competitions, very nice colors show on corals , what u can see on LED light u can see on Mh and T5, what u can see on MH and T5 u can not see on LED, thank god still competition on LED market.
Now (present) the bad part(LED), u can burn your Corals (SPS) w/very easy , i find up very help full the LED PAR meter, when u got new LED Light.
I got Evergrow IT 2080 ( 32") LED Light and No name LED light from e-bay (which perform great, to bad i can not find it anymore) .
I got for last 5-6 years MH/T5 on 150 Gal. now i have to move to LED.
Now (present) the bad part(LED), u can burn your Corals (SPS) w/very easy , i find up very help full the LED PAR meter, when u got new LED Light.
I got Evergrow IT 2080 ( 32") LED Light and No name LED light from e-bay (which perform great, to bad i can not find it anymore) .
I got for last 5-6 years MH/T5 on 150 Gal. now i have to move to LED.
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Anna. please compare this courtesy of Sunny http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/fathomled/139584-fathom-led-ai-user-review.html
vs. the pictures of Bhazards tank.
- Location
- Mahopac NY
Yep. I gave him permission to use the pic.
Here's the tank as of 1 minute ago.
Here's the tank as of 1 minute ago.
I've been to his home... seen that tank...
Vinnie is a good guy, but unfortunately not a vendor!
Vinnie is a good guy, but unfortunately not a vendor!
- Location
- Mahopac NY
Here's a little more proof for you. Since the tank is less than 6 months old, here is a nice little mille frag I bought right before the upgrade.
Here's the frag as of 5 min ago. Apparently I'm doing something right.
Don't be mad that people like nicely priced fixtures that work. Learn from it.
Here's the frag as of 5 min ago. Apparently I'm doing something right.
Don't be mad that people like nicely priced fixtures that work. Learn from it.
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- Location
- queens
I'm thinking about purchasing the reef breeders controllable series lights .
vramirez209
vramirez209
- Location
- Mahopac NY
They work. That's the best thing I can say. Fathom's work, Radions work, Razors work. Depending on the look of the tank, look of the fixture, control you want to achieve, and the price point you wish to pay, there are plenty of options to choose from.
I think leds are perfect for people starting a new tank. I'm not sure its worth converting a working MH/T5 setup to leds, unless you need to for heat, electricity, bulb costs, dimming ability, etc. I like leds, even more than my old MH/T5 on my old cube.
So youve had benefits from cyan and violet?
Do u know which would have more?
DoeS anybody know if warm white is good? And please inform us what would feed nuisance algae
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- Location
- Mahopac NY
420nm violets have worked well for me. The 430nm haven't caused any slowdown in growth or caused any problems, but they've only been in for about a month. Too early to tell.
Since there is already plenty of green in neutral whites, 495nm cyan may not be needed. It does provide a slight visual change, and is closer to a photosynthetic peak compared to a 520nm green. When placed closed to a red and blue led, it blends together to look white. Time will tell on this too, although they haven't caused problems either.
Warm Whites can be good if used sparingly. WW and 660nm would be the first to cause nuisance algae problems, but if only a few are used, and your water quality is good, it isn't a problem.
Sorry, due to 'technical' difficulties, posts containing 'drama' were deleted...Hopefully we can stay on topic and keep the thread open
- Location
- Wallington, NJ
LEDs are the future. There are LED fixture manufacturers who sadly have no idea when it comes to required spectrums. They usually just throw the old white and blue on there and hope for the best. But the thing is all corals have somewhat different spectrum needs. I see so few companies incorporating other spectrums into their leds. The reason Metal Halides work so well is because it has all the spectrums. And I think there is not enough studies done to find what corals like what spectrums to fully thrive. So again it goes back to the manufacturers not knowing what ratio they need to incorporate. But I will say I have a CAD LEDs which is 50/50 white/blue and I have zoas and lps with good results.
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