Chinese black box???

[sick1166]

I am looking for some cheap leds to run on a fowlr 72x30x36 more or less something i read is the cheap black boxes and when i look for them they are so many what particular ones are people using and getting a decent product
thanks for the info

 

[mcgyvr]

Anything listed as "165W reef led" sold under evergrow, marsaqua, galaxyhydro, viparspectra will be just fine..
Some of them have "wifi",etc.. now too vs just manual dimming knobs that you run to regular lamp timers to turn them on/off..

In reality most are the same thing just sold under different brands,etc..
But those listed above are good/proven..

 

[Ron Reefman]

If you are seriously fish only the Current USA stuff has lots of control and low cost, but it isn't worth looking at as a reef light for corals at all. 0.5 watt leds look good enough for our eyes but isn't enough PAR for coral. Fixtures for corals, like the ones mcgyvr mentioned above, use 3 watt leds driven at 2.2 watts each. well... the MarsAqua is only driven to 1.9 watts per led.