LED lights

[thewolfguy]

I have been doing weeks of research on LED lighting for my 180. From what I can see there are many factirs, such as what type of leds used such as bridgelux or cree. There is also the factor of the type of heat sibks used to dissipate heat such as aluminum fins or aluminum plates as well as the types and amounts of cooling fans used. You also have the amount of watts piwer supplies use to get your true total wattage. Lets not forget par values and most importantly pur values. You also need controlability for sunrise, sunset, moon phases and cliody and thunderstorm settings if you want that. Wireless controls can be a nice added feature. As for the chinese black boxes, you want to go with one which is higher quality and offers a 2 year USA warranty. This is what I came up with so far:
Evergrow IT2081 32" for $449.99 with 2 year warranty
Sbox Pro 32 363 watt with timer for $325
Sbox Extreme 32 363 watt with Apple or Android control for $429
Photon 32 for $450 or the Photon 32 V-2 for $575

Keep in mind I will need 2 of these units to cover the spread on a 72" aquarium leaving 4" of non direct coverage on each side which is fine.

Anyone own any of these units or heard anything about them?
There should be a LED section under general discussion

 

[thewolfguy]

No one has any comments about these LED systems?

 

[Rookie2reef]

I would say evergrow and photon are pretty much same just different in colors but both work pretty good

 

[fritz]

I love my kessils, you'd only need three for a 180.

 

[lnevo]

Honestly, the SB spectrum and community that goes along with it, it's by far the best box up there. I added the SB spectrum board in January. What a difference from the stock ebay lights. I just posted on the FB site my monthly progression. I can say I'm amazed.

 

[thewolfguy]

What dol think? The Sb pro or extreme?
Pro is $325. Extreme is $429.
Only difference I really see is that the Extreme can be controlled through android or apple. Is it really worth the extra $100 for that feature?

 

[ryan_facc]

I just setup 2 of the evergrow it5080's on a new frag build. I have 2 of the it5040s and 2 of it5060 still in box that I am selling. I haven't stocked the tank yet but I too looked around quite a bit and they were the best I could find or so it seems. The photons are same product just rebranded


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[Loose tenticle]

I use these for my 80 fully controllable. More than enough for mine i barey run it above 30.

http://www.aquasanrise.com/ProductsLED.asp?ADD=SanriseProductsFiles/SaltWater/AquaSanrisePlus.html

 

[zenfish]

I've never heard of any of those LED systems. Good luck. I agree Kessil is the bomb.

 

[lnevo]

What dol think? The Sb pro or extreme?
Pro is $325. Extreme is $429.
Only difference I really see is that the Extreme can be controlled through android or apple. Is it really worth the extra $100 for that feature?

Completely your call here. Is it a must have? No. But for some maybe... I like the basics. Best price and you can hack later to control with an apex or other controller.