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Bigkahuna

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***SOLD****
I have a 3 way 48" ReefBrite set-up with included 3-way aluminum mount. The 3 lights are as follows:

All Blue actinic strip 24x3w LED's ($240 list)
50/50 blue/white strip 12x3w white LED's & 12x3w blue LED's ($240 List)
XHO 50/50 blue/white strip 18x3w white LED's & 18x3w blue LED's ($320 List)

The XHO's are the new more powerful models with 50% more LED's. They are all aluminum with built in reflectors. ReefBrite runs them a little less than 3w to keep them cooler and extend their life but they are very bright and difficult to even stare at. They each include their own power supply so you can have each one on a separate timer or with a controller to do a dawn to dusk effect which is what I do. I love the shimmer and look of these but I have an impeding upgrade in the works and the 48" length won't work for me so I won't be able to use them. I'm selling all three strips with their aluminum 3-Way bracket to gang mount them and their original L-brackets so they can be mounted separately if you so desire. They are all stand alone units so you could add more or break them up depending what you want to do. The all blue give amazing pop and when they are all on they have a cool blue 12-20k look so if you like that color these are for you. The PAR seems to be pretty good as I have a ORA birdsnest in the bottom 1/2 of the tank and some monti caps on the bottom of my 75 that are doing very well with this as my primary light source for the tank.

The included Brackets run just over $30. http://premiumaquatics.com/aquatic-supplies/RB-LBK103.html

I made a video to show what they look like starting with all blue and adding the 50/50 and 50/50 XHO:

http://youtu.be/mODNqQXmhMQ


I'm asking SOLD which is nearly half price of new. I would rather have a local sale because they are gonna be a pain to ship and I'd rather the prospective buyer see them in person and be happy with them. Like I said above I love these lights but I won't be able to use them in my future upgrade so I have to let them go. I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Edit to add some photos of them off the tank, some people asked if all the LED's work and they do as you can see:


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No they aren't dimmable. Reefbrite has mentioned they were working on dimmable power supplies but they haven't released anything so far.

That SOB of a Blue Tang is the reason I'm looking to upgrade to 150DD cube to give him more room. I don't have the heart to get rid of him, had him for almost 10 years.
 
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lol how long is the 150, from my understanding they like more length not necessarily volume so a 6 or 8 foot tank would be best but you know your fish better than i do and its up to you to pick a tank...im not the tang police here just offering up what ive learned if you dont already know
 

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Yeah I gave that a lot of thought but when I stopped thinking like a terrestrial land mammal and started thinking like a fish the diagonal of a 36" cube is over 4 feet and the extra height and the way I plan to set it up will give him tons more room than he has now. If I got a 120 which is 4 ft long he wouldn't really have that much more potential linear swimming length and the extra height of the 150DD will let me keep the top 1/3 of the tank mostly empty.
 

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i guess thats true...just to give a thought though standard 125, 150, 180, 210 are all 6'

That's cool I hear you. I don't have the room to fit 6 footer comfortably and a 120 is only 48x24x24 which probably the minimum for most tangs and it is basically a deeper wider version of my 75. I plan on just using the rock I already have in my 75, probably too much in my 75 to be honest, and build a reef in the center that the fish can swim 360 degrees around.
 

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that sounds good, make sure to post up a progress thread on your build id like to see that...these look like great lights wish i had the cash to pick these up now but definitely wouldnt until probably christmas

Yup I will take some photos etc. Yeah I do love these lights, especially the blue actinics when they are on alone in the AM and PM. I have the tank in my office and people can't believe real living organisms can glow that that.
 

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these look like great lights...

BTW my office in in Bronxville 10708. They're still over the tank so you're welcome to come over and see them whenever I'm there. If someone buys them I can take them off in less than 10 minutes as the aluminum mounts are attached to a T-Track and camlock so I can slide them back in the canopy if I need more room. I'll put some more photos up of the actual strips. I think they look better in person but I did the video to at least capture the shimmer a little and LED's don't ever seem to photograph well.
 
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i am interested in the XHO if you can split them up
and am located in yorktown heights, really close to you
i have a bowfront tank and is very hard to light the thin reef brite would help me out
let me know if you want to sell just that one and i will pm you
 

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i am interested in the XHO if you can split them up
and am located in yorktown heights, really close to you
i have a bowfront tank and is very hard to light the thin reef brite would help me out
let me know if you want to sell just that one and i will pm you

I don't really want to split them up to be honest. You could always buy them and sell off the ones you don't want along with the 3way brackets. I know Yorktown Heights really well, used to live up in South Salem ;)
 
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I don't really want to split them up to be honest. You could always buy them and sell off the ones you don't want along with the 3way brackets. I know Yorktown Heights really well, used to live up in South Salem ;)

i would have def pulled the trigger but i am patiently waiting home for fedex to deliver my 200 watt dimmable from reefkoi

i was just gonna put the xho on the back to help me out a little.
 
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