LED MH comparison photo

[Kendall]

Tank Dim 84x30x30,

left side lit with DIY 180W 24"L x 8"W LED fixture hung parallel, 7" above the water. 40 blue and 20 white LEDs, no optics

right side is a 250w EVC 10k MH mounted perpandicular and 9" above the water, no reflector

with flash


without flash

 

[reefs4life]

wow those LEDs are really nice. Such huge difference between the two. Would you mind sharing what the materials you used for the LED build were and how far apart are the LEDs from each other? Would you be able to post a pic of the actual fixture you made as well?

 

[InfernoST]

Did you install a pot so you can adjust the intensity of the colors?

 

[wilrock101]

Hey kendall did u try switching it around - putting the leds on the right and the metals on the left -now that u took these pics we could match them up with the switch around. post pics if u tryed it already

 

[tosiek]

I would love to see a matching blue hue MH bulb if your going to make a comparison. Everything looks way better next to 10k bulbs.

From what I do see on LED tanks is that the colors just aren't right in the tank. Since LED's aren't a full color spectrum only certain things highlight and are illuminated the right way like greens. LED tanks, although nice, are very very monotone. It just looks a tad off unless your running a 70% blue led array on your tank. This is why I haven't put the cash down on a DIY fixture aside from actinic strips.

When cree comes out with their mutli chip LED's i'll maybe make the switch over.

 

[prattreef]

+1

 

[InfernoST]

I would love to see a matching blue hue MH bulb if your going to make a comparison. Everything looks way better next to 10k bulbs.

From what I do see on LED tanks is that the colors just aren't right in the tank. Since LED's aren't a full color spectrum only certain things highlight and are illuminated the right way like greens. LED tanks, although nice, are very very monotone. It just looks a tad off unless your running a 70% blue led array on your tank. This is why I haven't put the cash down on a DIY fixture aside from actinic strips.

When cree comes out with their mutli chip LED's i'll maybe make the switch over.

I don't think this is too bad for LED's

 

[charliethetuna88]

Looks good but def need to throw a 14 oif 20 k halide on there the 10k is hurting the mh rep lol

 

[Kendall]

OK, here is a pick with an EVC 400w 20k MH on the right and LED on the left

 

[Kendall]

It's been 6 days and getting some nice polyp extention, better than ever!





I think it is too blue for my taste so I am going to swap out a few.