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when I ordered I specified 48 3 wt cree and they quoted me $243 per fixture can tell you they have been running about 2 months now and I am experiencing more vivid color and growth in nearly all my corals. Will say I lost 2 nice corals when I first put them on and some others lost coloring. All but one that lost coloring initially are coloring back up. This a 700 gal sps tank with lots of sps so wasnt surprised to have troubles with a few.
 
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TropTrea said:
I do not like the white selection they are giving you. Cool Whites are lacking in red compared to the green light they emit for a good color balance.
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I agree but in a 50/50 split thes royal blue (bluest blue) and cool white (bluest white ) makes a good combo...

I'm lighting a 125 with ample, good quality,reliable (warranties at least), and good lookin fixtures with a bells and whistles controller..

For $750!!!!. Go me :fun4:
 
I like and use aquastyle I use 2rb:1w whites are mix of 2cw10k with 1ww6500k. I use c-channel alluminum for heatsink. Leds are 3" apart center to center. This gives great growth and color pop withoout being to much and def grows much better than my t5s and colors about the same. If ur really picky add a single t5 retrofit or 2 in between the led rails with a purple plus bulb and u should have it all covered nicely and cheaply. Imo at least :)
 
I like and use aquastyle I use 2rb:1w whites are mix of 2cw10k with 1ww6500k. I use c-channel alluminum for heatsink. Leds are 3" apart center to center. This gives great growth and color pop withoout being to much and def grows much better than my t5s and colors about the same. If ur really picky add a single bulb t5 retrofit or 2 in between the led rails with a purple plus bulb and u should have it all covered nicely and cheaply. 2 t5 should cover a 2' tank since ur just using them for color pop. Imo at least :)
 
Folks, we don't allow group buys in these forums. If you are wanting to do this take it off the forum. Thanks.
 
Ianwraab said:
I agree but in a 50/50 split thes royal blue (bluest blue) and cool white (bluest white ) makes a good combo...

I'm lighting a 125 with ample, good quality,reliable (warranties at least), and good lookin fixtures with a bells and whistles controller..

For $750!!!!. Go me :fun4:
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this probably falls into the thin line of personal color taste. I know some people will say a tank with 20,000K lights are not Blue enough and others with 14,000 K lights will say if is too blue.
 
david pinder said:
when I ordered I specified 48 3 wt cree and they quoted me $243 per fixture can tell you they have been running about 2 months now and I am experiencing more vivid color and growth in nearly all my corals. Will say I lost 2 nice corals when I first put them on and some others lost coloring. All but one that lost coloring initially are coloring back up. This a 700 gal sps tank with lots of sps so wasnt surprised to have troubles with a few.
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Would be interesting to know which corals gave the most problems and which corals responded the best to the change.

I do know that different florescent chemicals use different light frequencies to excite them. co comercial light source is perfect with the right ratio for all of these chemicals.
 
So I upgraded my tank from a 75 gal to a 120 gal 4x4x2. and need to get a new light set up. I have a nova pro 6x48" t5 set up on it now I was debating on getting a tek 8x48" t5 set up or maybe going with a couple of these black boxes. Seems like most people that have them like them but I have not seen any long term updates on coral growth. As far a coral I have some zoa's, hammer coral, frog spawn, and a couple other softies. I am not planning on doing many sps maybe 1 or 2. which way do you guys think I should go.
 
Wooow took a loong time to read all that ... So here is my questions....

I currently have a 65 gallon reef tank running a 250 mh 20k radium....

I am thinking of going predator and sticking with just softies and some open brains maybe try. And keep the 2 clams I have now.... But I may be upgrading to a 120 for the pred style tank... My question is how many units will I need to do the 120? Its a 60x18x24 setup .....

I also. After reading this am torn between the aquariumled ones that are 14k 3watt leds 120 watt total or the black box ebay ones..... On a 120 that's 60" long I dunno its 2 will be enough .... I want to bright with no shadows. Not worried about growing sps maybe a few pieces to try....

I found a unit on another site that was 60 inches but only 120 watts total for 500 ... Which I could get 3 of either of the other units I mentioned for the same price 3 times the wattage

Any advice would rock thanks
 
You need 3 units on a 6' tank. 2 units and you will have a shadow in the middle.

With 3 in that 120g you can grow whatever you like.

So far I have done anemones, LPS and softies. All very successful. Everything is near the bottom. Tank (water params) is too new for SPS but I am very confident these lights would support them with no problems.

Only gripe is these lights will not pop red colors very well. Green/purple they pop those like aliens. :D but reds we might need to bring in some help (pink ATI T5HO), maybe a few pink/red/purple LED cans suspended in between I dunno yet.
 
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Thanks bigcountry and which units did you go witgh again? And on what size tank was it?

Your the one that built that floating canopy? That thing was soo nice you did an amazing job
 
Travis1787 said:
Wooow took a loong time to read all that ... So here is my questions....

I currently have a 65 gallon reef tank running a 250 mh 20k radium....

I am thinking of going predator and sticking with just softies and some open brains maybe try. And keep the 2 clams I have now.... But I may be upgrading to a 120 for the pred style tank... My question is how many units will I need to do the 120? Its a 60x18x24 setup .....

I also. After reading this am torn between the aquariumled ones that are 14k 3watt leds 120 watt total or the black box ebay ones..... On a 120 that's 60" long I dunno its 2 will be enough .... I want to bright with no shadows. Not worried about growing sps maybe a few pieces to try....

I found a unit on another site that was 60 inches but only 120 watts total for 500 ... Which I could get 3 of either of the other units I mentioned for the same price 3 times the wattage

Any advice would rock thanks
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How many cross braces are on the 120?
 
Travis1787 said:
Thanks bigcountry and which units did you go witgh again? And on what size tank was it?
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135g tank, 6' same as yours.

I went with 3 of the 120 Watt Aquarium LED 14K 3 Watts.

If I cut the middle one off, you can definitely see that it's needed (shadow), so I would be sure to get 3 to cover the 6'.

They work. Depending on the coral, start acclimation down low, perhaps out of the light all together. You will not be disappointed. I am pretty confident I can grow anything under these lights. :beer:
 
Travis1787 said:
I found a unit on another site that was 60 inches but only 120 watts total for 500 ... Which I could get 3 of either of the other units I mentioned for the same price 3 times the wattage

Any advice would rock thanks
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Well at 500 for 120 watts of LED's that comes out to 4.17 per watt, or for 3 Watt LED's you have $12.50 per Watt. I'm not sure of the dimensions of your 120 gallon either 18" wide and 26" tall or 24" wide and 20 tall? either way I think you should be looking around 360 Watts of top quality of LED lights. if the quality is not the best you may need as much as 480 watts of LED's.

If these are quality fixtures 3 will let you keep anything but that is a $1500 total, if you have to go with 4 then your pushing $2,000 for lights.

Now comparing this to a top quality built home made fixture and you have
120 LED's costing an average of $4.00 each = $480
10- 60 watt drivers at $26 each = $260
Alumnium Channeling for heat sinks = $65
For a total of $805.00

Now unless your keeping some of the highest light requiring corals around you could probably cut back on the lighing form this level even to around 240 watts or 80 LED's dropping your cost to the rang of just one of your $500 fixtures.
 
Its 60x18x24 and I'm not sure how many braces but I can do what I did on my 65 if there in. The way which is replace it with a piece of acrylic for the braces so the light shines on through it it works great ....
 
I'm tempted to get 2 now when they come available and put them on my 65 in place of my 250 watt mh and then when I switch too my bigger tank get one more unit.... Hope there is a lot available when there back in stock
 
Huh I just looked on aquariumleds lastnight and I don't recall seeing a 20k 3watt led system I thought the only 20k one was only 1 watt led...but now onmy fone its pullin up a 40 led at 3 watts a led at 20k... Doesn't say what these are driven at on my fone
 
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