Here's a note to the engineers............all we want is a white ipod. No circuits, wires, connectors, light bulbs or for sure goofy fans that are absolutely going to die the first night we risk going out to dinner.
Peter
Hello Peter, I'm an Engineer in electronic :spin3::spin1::spin2::hmm3:
So, here is my little comment regarding LED lighting. I agree that the best lighting is without FAN. The used of fans over LED lighting is required to minimize the heatsink size because most people do not want a bulky LED fixture over their tank. So, to avoid that, the designer uses a smaller heatsink in combination with a Fan (Active cooling over passif cooling). Therefore an oversize Heatsink can be used without fan without problem. Also, if i remember well, we have a very nice air-exchange over your tank with docking. You can use this advantage to cool your fixture (much easier to cool an LED fixture than a MH fixture.
Also, there are various technic to drive the LED to minimize the number of power supply require to power this LED.
But I also agree that the shimming is very different between LED and MH because of the multiple of LED (light) source. Unfortunetly, we need different LED type to get the color we want over the tank. But at this point, it's more taste related than equipment. You like or you dislike.
Question: you have a lot of gorgonian corals in your tank, I have tried to keep one of those in my tank without any success? So, I though there were almost impossible to keep in our tank. Could you tell us which species you get and what their requirement to keep them alive? Because there are so gorgeous, I want to get some for my tank if they will ever drive in my tank.
You can see my tank before my tank crash last year:
www.sunnyreef.com (it's not a commercial website, it's my personnal website and there is only a video).
I'm trying to find excuse to go to Toronto to pass by and see your system.
Best Regards and your tank is awesome!
