Great purchase! I love mine. The spectrums are great and my SPS grow like weeds.
Let us know what you think once you get them going!
Did you get the Pro or standard hood? Is it the enclosure you don't like?
Saw that after I posted about wanting to replace my JBJ LED hood ...
Did you install your Steve's lights yourself? Or did you do the 99% option? How difficult to install?
Are the 8 LEDs they supply really sufficient for lighting? Did you chose the 8 LED or 28 LED option?
Did you get the light controller? Does it allow for the Royal Blues to be on at night as moonlights?
I'm really interested in this, it might be the solution I was looking for. Though now I can't believe I'm already considering putting another $350 into this tank for better lighting! It's starting to look like I should have just gone with a bigger tank and customized setup.
Forgot to answer another one of your questions..
The LEDs do in fact cover the entire tank. Going from PC's I couldn't believe how bright the tank got (literally can light up the entire room with the hood down!).
Once your corals adjust to the lights and you find the sweet spot, corals grow like weeds. With my sps I can see tremendous growth within a week
Yeah I have had my LEDs for a while and had the whites up to 40% blues around 55%. Just have not seen too much growth with them.
... I have it so the whites are on one channel whereas the blues are on another. The moonlights kick on whenever the lights dim down all the way. ...
There are two separate moonlights attached to the heatsink. They aren't very bright, but enough for my taste. With the controller it would be really easy to use the royal blues as moonlights too
... P.S I said the same thing about sps until I got a few frags.. Once you get the itch, there's no going back!