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[fishguy306]

Dang, that is a lot of coverage! I wish I could afford to just buy plenty and have a couple different sets running, but on a 1000+ gal tank things add up a bit too quickly.

 

[bif24701]

Dang, that is a lot of coverage! I wish I could afford to just buy plenty and have a couple different sets running, but on a 1000+ gal tank things add up a bit too quickly.

LMAO, that's a real problem bro.


Aaron

 

[zachfishman]

I'm looking at going the Kessil route to light a very large tank, I'm curious what kind of spread people have gotten from mounting them high above the tank, such as 24" above the surface? It would be a predator tank, so I do not need high par out of them. I'm looking at the A160WE.

I had one person claim 2' high I could probably get a decent amount of light over a 48x48" area. Does it sound like there is any truth to this? I know I would get shadows on the bottom depending on the scaping, but that isn't an issue. With no coral I'm not worried about it being even, just enough to see the fish and look good.

For a FO you can get by with surprisingly little. I don't know about 48x48 spread from the A160, but for reference we light our 700g FO systems at work (10'x3'x3') with three 165w cheapo LED units (basically Mars Aqua with no optics). And they're only dialed up to 75% power or so.

 

[fishguy306]

LMAO, that's a real problem bro.


Aaron

Ok, that may be worded a bit badly lol. But when you go the plywood route it sucks to spend double what you did on the tank in lighting alone lol

For a FO you can get by with surprisingly little. I don't know about 48x48 spread from the A160, but for reference we light our 700g FO systems at work (10'x3'x3') with three 165w cheapo LED units (basically Mars Aqua with no optics). And they're only dialed up to 75% power or so.

Thanks for the thoughts! Yeah I really don't need it bright at all. Biggest thing is that I want control via either an app or controller and some sort of sunrise/sunset effect, otherwise I'd go with a much cheaper route and just on/off. I'm also considering Radions but even two feet up they are saying I should go with five of the XR15s. Bit much for me lol

 

[vhuang168]

Ok, that may be worded a bit badly lol. But when you go the plywood route it sucks to spend double what you did on the tank in lighting alone lol

The tank is almost always one of the cheapest part of the build.



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[jdantunes]

I will stick with Kessil for your predator tank. The shimmer this lights produce does not compare to any other LED our in the market and I feel that a predator tank looks cooler on the dark side with a lot of caves and crannies.

 

[Rbacchiega]

Im currently collecting parts etc for a 50 gallon half round Softie/Lps tank (35.4"across the back, 19.6 inches front to back at furthest point and 23.5 inches top to bottom...empty) would 2 150/160s be enough? thanks in advance!

 

[dh350twin]

72x30x24

 

[Grayhead]

My fit light bar. 3 lessons hard mounted to aluminum frame. 2- 2 bulb fixtures over a 5' 240 gallon tank.

 

[Grayhead]

Sorry spell check.

My diy light bar. 3 kessils hard mounted to an aluminum frame.

 

[bif24701]

72x30x24

That's the top notch lighting IMHO, Kessil 360s+T5s!


Aaron

 

[jdantunes]

That's a ton of light 8x T5' + 3 Kessil A350/360 + 2 Reefbrites. Tank doesn't even look that full to need that much of light. Have your got par readings?

 

[bif24701]

That's a ton of light 8x T5' + 3 Kessil A350/360 + 2 Reefbrites. Tank doesn't even look that full to need that much of light. Have your got par readings?

It's still a really large tank though.


Aaron

 

[dh350twin]

That's the top notch lighting IMHO, Kessil 360s+T5s!


Aaron

It is the best of both worlds in my opinion. I had 400watt radiums and T5 and Reefbrites and like this much better

 

[dh350twin]

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That's a ton of light 8x T5' + 3 Kessil A350/360 + 2 Reefbrites. Tank doesn't even look that full to need that much of light. Have your got par readings?

They are 360's and the pic doesn't represent how many corals are in there. I lost all my large acro colonies I grew out from frags(some were a foot long tables) to AEFW but thanks for pointing out it looks empty[emoji106]
And yes I have par readings. It's not like all the lights are on all the time all at once. I don't even run the Kessils on the white mode blue only

 

[LXXero]

so you guys see the new A80 yet?





seems interesting. it's got kessil logic like a160/360 but they are marketing it towards nano tanks? So I'm not sure where that puts it, maybe somewhere between the 160 and 360? from the tank sizes they suggest, it seems it would be for smaller tanks than the a360.

 

[Kyl]

It's lesser wattage than the 160, but it has the same wide reflector style as the AP700. So it will do more with less, and is a better value alternative than an A160 over something small and shallow like the very popular Nuvo 10's.

 

[LXXero]

i'm wondering how it might do as an accent light to a bigger light, like an a360, to reduce shadows?

 

[jdantunes]

Well thought, Kessil! This completes a clean line of products.

It looks like my Biocube will get a light fixture upgrade soon!

 

[anthjbell]

I have an A360WE in a 24" cube and am primarily interested in keeping SPS. I just have a few small frags at this point - it has been up and running for about 6 months at this point.

I am concerned about shading in my tank - would 2 or 4 A80 lamps in combination with my A360WE be a reasonable solution? I was considering adding another A360WE to resolve the shading a bit, but it seems that might not be an ideal solution.