St.Pete_Reefer
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Thoughts? Removed~dc
25 Gallon reef
25 Gallon reef
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Chinese LED Lights
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I saw on a forum that Reefbreeders emails they send back have been going to peoples spam, it happened for me so check there for a reply. also if you buy now I have heard they are delaying shipping another week. they where suppose to ship today, but they had to repaint them or some crap so it will be another week for them to ship
you can get them cheaper customized the way you want from places like evergrow or twilight. just Google d120 custom and I'm sure you'll find them. after paying the PayPal fees I spent $378 and change for two so $189 each and takes about 2-3 days to make and another 3 or so airmailed from China. that's with the same 90 degree optics. if your not going to deep or not growing high light demanding corals you can save some money and get it without.
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St.Pete_Reefer
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I think I may just go T5. Sorry we do not allow ebay links~dc
Always like the look of T5 over anything not sure why. Thanks for the feedback.
Always like the look of T5 over anything not sure why. Thanks for the feedback.
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wright4941
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Well I ordered these right before I found out that they have the new 32" unit. Logan at Reef Breeders says he is willing to do a refund and send me the new unit. This would be a good savings for me which I could really use. My tank is is 48X18X24. Not sure what to do now. Would you guys stay with the 2 16' units or go with 1 32" unit?
got my new LED lights today. these are the evergrow D120s "chinese lights" ordered from a GB with my local reef club.
everything was really well packaged nice and tight!
they got my custom LED spectrum and layout design perfect, too!
even with all my blues, with both @ 100% this still isn't a 20k look. more like a 14k look, crazy how just a few whites can overtake the look. by dimming them down, and keeping the blues at 100% i'm able to achieve the look i was hoping for.
with both @ 100% and the lights six inches above the water line, at 18" depth i'm getting ~330 PAR on the edges of my 40 breeder tank. pretty ridiculous especially considering that the true PAR is probably higher due to these being LEDs and the apogee sensor not picking up the actinics correctly.
good stuff so far!
this is the custom layout i put together that i sent them in case someone wants a solid place to start from.
everything was really well packaged nice and tight!
they got my custom LED spectrum and layout design perfect, too!
even with all my blues, with both @ 100% this still isn't a 20k look. more like a 14k look, crazy how just a few whites can overtake the look. by dimming them down, and keeping the blues at 100% i'm able to achieve the look i was hoping for.
with both @ 100% and the lights six inches above the water line, at 18" depth i'm getting ~330 PAR on the edges of my 40 breeder tank. pretty ridiculous especially considering that the true PAR is probably higher due to these being LEDs and the apogee sensor not picking up the actinics correctly.
good stuff so far!
this is the custom layout i put together that i sent them in case someone wants a solid place to start from.
St.Pete_Reefer
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Same one I was going to buy. Lets see it over the tank 
Same one I was going to buy. Lets see it over the tank
i had it up for the PAR testing in a ghetto-fabulous kind of way. the hanging kit they provide isn't up to snuff for the clean look i'm trying to achieve so i don't have any of them over the tank, yet. i'll post up by next thursday with them hung over the tank, for sure.
the colors i used did a great job capturing a few colors i hadn't seen before with another LED light i was using. i compared macro shots but it's more obvious in person. here are some of the corals under the d120s and the posted LED layout/spectrum.
nikesb
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how does this layout look for the it 2040
Im not sure what the good the orange would be or if i should just replace them with blue
Also my tank is 24 x 24 so i dont really want the greens an reds overpowering, as i like a tank on the bluer side
would i benefit from 2 reds/2 green or 2 red/2 orange/4 green or 4 red/4 green
Im not sure what the good the orange would be or if i should just replace them with blue
Also my tank is 24 x 24 so i dont really want the greens an reds overpowering, as i like a tank on the bluer side
would i benefit from 2 reds/2 green or 2 red/2 orange/4 green or 4 red/4 green
Nice set up and pretty good deal on those D120's :lol2:
Ron Reefman
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It looks like you have a 2:1 blue to white which should be a fairly blue light, I'm guessing close to 20K. Your whites are cool white and your blues are deep blue. You might swap out 2 or 3 of the 450nm for some 480nm? And corals use red in the 650nm range and not much green at all. Consider swaping out a couple of greens for reds. Just my humble opinion. Good luck. I'll be posting a couple of color layouts here very soon so you do the same for me!
hello all, i am after some help with the lighting choice for an evergrow 2080.
im currently talking to them on there website and they have asked me what colors to choose, from reds to greens to uv's and so on.
basically i have no idea when it comes to colour choice and would like some help from the people in this thread as some of you seem to completely understand it all.
does anyone have a color chart they could post up.
my tank is 4f long 70 gallon, is a mix of fish and corals.
are UV any good, do they help with algae and so on or more of a gimmick and better of with a proper uv light filter?
cheers
ricky.
im currently talking to them on there website and they have asked me what colors to choose, from reds to greens to uv's and so on.
basically i have no idea when it comes to colour choice and would like some help from the people in this thread as some of you seem to completely understand it all.
does anyone have a color chart they could post up.
my tank is 4f long 70 gallon, is a mix of fish and corals.
are UV any good, do they help with algae and so on or more of a gimmick and better of with a proper uv light filter?
cheers
ricky.
Dapg8gt
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Can somebody shoot me a PM on where they are ordering the spare LEDs from. Evergrow has cheap LEDs but the shipping kills it. Put a message into reefbreeders but not sure if they carry stock of LEDs. I wanna mess around with mine a little and add some different whites and other colors. I went on eBay and found one guy selling them not on the stars. Got a price from him that seems kinda high so I was wondering where everyone is getting them from for modifications. And how much were they when you purchased. This guy wanted $32 each for UV that aren't even really UV LOL. Thanks.
if you order your fixture through them the extra LEDs are only $1.50 each and ship in the same box so free shipping. but i guess it doesn't sound like you'll picking up a light through them?
from what i've read and seen in the lights i got, i find this to be incorrect. i did almost 3.5x blues to white based on hazard's suggestion for a 20k look and even still with both at 100% the color isn't as "blue" as 20k radium. i'd say closer to a 14k look. you can reference my color chart and layout from a few posts away for which whites i went with. good luck!
the layouts are different because folks have different opinions of what works best as these layouts are still new. in terms of what will support their corals best and what will produce the "look" they desire. thanks - glad you like them, still learning on the new lens and body.
gorally
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hows this, im really unsure of the color the orange leds will put out
I think your light will be very blue. The UV doesn't give out a lot of light. The red is very "red". If your white channel does not up above 70%, your red will make the take a bit close to purple. I have a 2040 with 2 reds. I have more white than you but I still find the red a bit over powering. Again, its personal perference. The bottom line is the coral is doing good. I do found the UV seems enhancing a lot of purple and green growth in my case.
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