Chinese LED Lights

[Chicago]

I love these lights. My tank is 31 deep. I have six units over a 108 x31x 31. I think I would like to do Some more. Want a high noon . Right now my sps can handle 100 percent setting on the it2080. Ha ve never bleached. Are there Chinese units similar to a kessel. So I get get shimmer and high noon effect

 

[ptreef]

question:
for a 30b with zoas & lps. it2060? optics?

for a 60x30x12 sps tank? 2- it2060's running normal lengthwise or 3 it2040's running front to back? (ie turned 90*) Also optics? and should I swap any Led's??
Suggested settings coming from 2 250w MH's and how high to mount given which optics?

Can't wait to compare to MH's & t-5's.

Thanks,

 

[sansupt]

i think ia am finally going to get leds, but i can't decide on the oceanrevive artic t247, s026 or reef breeders phatom 48 for my 90 gal mixed reef, can anyone give me some opinion on which one. thanks

 

[sjfishguy]

Do any of you have an apex running these LEDs for sunrise/sunset features. I heard if they have meanwell drivers you can do it, is that true?

 

[conix67]

Do any of you have an apex running these LEDs for sunrise/sunset features. I heard if they have meanwell drivers you can do it, is that true?

I don't think you can do this unless you can get detailed communication channel specs from Ledzeal. The unit comes with proprietary connector and the smart controller, I doubt you're feeding PWM through the cable directly from the smart controller.

The meanwell driver is not off-the-shelf driver with documented interfaces. There's a small circuit board inside the unit that drives the LEDs and handle wireless communication with the wireless controllers.

It would be nice to have Apex controller (I don't have one) or some existing controller to integrate this into it, but other than the cost savings aspect I think their own smart controller is good enough. Of course, if you're looking for network based (and internet) monitoring and control, you'll miss that.

 

[conix67]

moved to another thread.. sorry

 

[fishcraze_1]

Reef Breeders Photon 48.

 

[sjfishguy]

Reef Breeders Photon 48.

Is this in response to my question? You do have an apex running it? How difficult was it to hook up and operate? Any other cables to buy? Do you like the light/results?

 

[sellmecorals]

Would any 3W LED be okay to swap out colors from the IT2040?

 

[sellmecorals]

Could I use a cree chip

 

[Fish_Freek]

I beleive all of those units use bridgelux. You can buy replacment LEDs at reefbreeders.

 

[wasabi]

OK GETTING READY TO PURCHASE led lighting over a 25 gallon cfl tank what are the top 4 or 5 lights. hard to figure out and decide.

 

[sellmecorals]

Check out petsequip.com some randomly awesome new products. Also ctlite.cn

 

[Reefpilot11]

I absolutely love my it2040s grows everything.

 

[brympton]

IT2080 Pro-Reef

IT2080 Pro-Reef

Awesome IT2080 Pro-Reef, mounting and settings.

I made an Excel file to set my "daylight curve" custom program, enabling me to just change the peak time, Blue and White settings in bold to taste!

Clean Excel File (no nasties):

https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D3527594_92910333_160470

 

[DavidinGA]

Clean Excel File (no nasties):

https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D3527594_92910333_160470

Is there one of these out there in 1 hr increments instead of the 30min increment one?

 

[brympton]

Is there one of these out there in 1 hr increments instead of the 30min increment one?

Like this:

Link to download

https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D3527594_92910333_172007

 

[DavidinGA]

Like this:

Link to download

https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D3527594_92910333_172007

Thanks

 

[reelredfish]

Very interesting thread here...bookmarked

 

[SpankythePyro]

So I am interested in these vs. reefbreeder now.

The Photon series seem to be about the same price between ebay and Reefbreeder

but the "Value fixtures" seem to be an almost 100% price differencde ~$90 vs. $180.

I'm wondering if anyone has been order 1 or 2 lights from evergrow directly.

Also for a 36"x18" (40 breeder footprint) I was trying to go for a 32" photon but it looks like two value fixtures would be cheaper and work as well, just not programable?