LED question

[take2]

Hi everyone, I'm working on seeing up my 55g tank. It's a 4'w by 13" deep (I think) and like 18" H. I'm thinking about doing mostly soft coral... Maybe an Sps here or they're, live rock and fish. My question is... What would b the best brand, size and so forth for this stop. And the best pace to purchase? I can't trade or bit here just yet. Thanks

 

[CrazyEyes]

Budget is a big question. You could get a pair of Chinese D120 lights which would be perfect. If you have a higher budget you could get something more high end.

 

[take2]

Well I'm looking to forms roughly around $250. Not sure if that would get me a nice led or not

 

[Webmanny]

$250 is not a bad budget. I would check out eBay for the 120W or 165W LEDs like the one Crazyeyes mentioned. They run around $80 to $90 and you could get maybe 3 of them for your setup. I've seen setups with just two, but I think 3 may be a better bet and will allow you to run them dimmed down a bit and they will last longer.

Good luck.

 

[take2]

Thanks guys. I will go on eBay and see the ones u mentioned Manny. I guess eBay is the way to go

 

[ClownMan727]

Ocean Revive is have a sale on the t247 lights $158 each. You would want to go with two. Good lights and have controller built in.

http://oceanrevivellc.com/

 

[tigger2577]

I use a Current USA 48-60" Orbit LED for my 55g. I keep zoas, palies, and some LPS just fine with this light.

also CichlidMan@<3 (aka cornnut) has one for sell

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2501739

great light IMO

 

[take2]

I'm a big fan of current USA, I'll check them out and c what they got

 

[BryanS4]

Ocean Revive is have a sale on the t247 lights $158 each. You would want to go with two. Good lights and have controller built in.

http://oceanrevivellc.com/

I really like these lights. I have three over my 125 and just hung another two over a new 40' breeder frag tank yesterday.

 

[TampaSnooker]

Current isn't going to be as strong, but they offer a full year warranty if bought new and they offer a lot of neat features for use on low-med light tanks.

I bought 4 of the cheap 120 w imports for frag swaps and got 3 days use out of one of them. Warranty? Not from eBay retailers... The 120w units have scorching output though.