Looking for proof LEDs work - post pics if you have them

[Arringar]

In nature the UV radiation plays an important rule on coral reefs life.
IMO the lack of UV on LEDs makes a big difference. U can stand under LEDs for days and you wont get burn.

Mine will seriously burn your skin when they're all on, even if your hand is in the water.

 

[Setragni]

Mine will seriously burn your skin when they're all on, even if your hand is in the water.

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can be manufactured to emit light in the ultraviolet range, although practical LED arrays are very limited below 365*nm. These are used in digital printing and even for facial skin treatment. Unless you have some crazy DIY fixture your LEDs will not burn you buddy.

 

[Daimyo68]

i magnified the picture 300 percent and just like my tank your blues seems good along with the green BUT the red acropora seems brown in the picture. LED companies are now using 240np and are saying it is bringing back the colors in these 3 colors we are having problems with? if thats the case and they know of the problem why isnt the companies reembursing the people who bought these new with those bulbs to be introduced to the fixture. obviously there is a problem with there current bulb selection and why should the consumer have to pay to get it fixed

This isn't my tank, just a thread for a TotM here on RC some time ago.

I forgot to add the link: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2029329

If you go to page 5 he has par readings after adding another 2 SoL's and going barebottom. His red are a bit more present, but still not as brilliant as some might think/want.

 

[xcorallusx]

cmon now leds have been out for a while now and there are plenty of people growing corals with them.

 

[Misty S]

I have only ever had led's i am new to this hobby and am using my iphone for pics. My light is a cheap aquatraders dual 3watt led. I have seen growth so I am happy, although i would like to upgrade to Radions or Sols next year.

 

[bigbuckdown]

I have only ever had led's i am new to this hobby and am using my iphone for pics. My light is a cheap aquatraders dual 3watt led. I have seen growth so I am happy, although i would like to upgrade to Radions or Sols next year.

this is the SPS forum i dont think anyone said LPS loses it color mainly acropora

 

[Arringar]

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can be manufactured to emit light in the ultraviolet range, although practical LED arrays are very limited below 365*nm. These are used in digital printing and even for facial skin treatment. Unless you have some crazy DIY fixture your LEDs will not burn you buddy.

I have ultraviolet LEDs installed in my fixture.

 

[swanny]

After experimenting with all types of lighting I can say without a doubt that LED (AI sol in my case) with some t5 supplementation is the way to go. You get the advantages of LED's (sunrise/sunset) and fuller color spectrum as well as great growth. I have been doing 3 AI sols with 3 t5's for 5 months now over a 120g and could not be happier with growth and colors.

 

[KCombs]

These are the comments I'm trying to avoid - I'm looking for examples where they did succeed - there are sooooooo many threads where people talk about the problems they have - if every thread on LEDs has people talking about how the LED failed drowning out any voices of success, how can we examine what those who succeeded did?

I'm just a VERY intersted follower of this thread...

I sorta understand what the OP is driving at: balance
but filtering results to just include only the positive achieves nothing meaningful; to the observer, it seems to be just a feel good story....

 

[KCombs]

i magnified the picture 300 percent and just like my tank your blues seems good along with the green BUT the red acropora seems brown in the picture. LED companies are now using 240np and are saying it is bringing back the colors in these 3 colors we are having problems with? if thats the case and they know of the problem why isnt the companies reembursing the people who bought these new with those bulbs to be introduced to the fixture. obviously there is a problem with there current bulb selection and why should the consumer have to pay to get it fixed

^ following up the last post with; wow

 

[rogergolf66]

OneReef - In one of the other threads I'm involved in, many are speculating it's the lack of 420nm in the prebuilt LED pendants (like my Radion) - does the AI Sold have 420?

One of the other posters had indicated that he grew his SPS like weeds with LED and started supplementing with T-5 and his colors exploded. Another said he did a DIY LED with 420 and his colors came back...

I think t 5 supplementing is the way to go jmo

 

[OneReef]

I think there's a reason why there are new LED fixtures hitting the market every month now with different LED colors, claims, and spectrums. No company has nailed it yet with a standalone led fixture yet, just my opinion

 

[albano]

here is a pic of my 'center piece' rock taken a month after 450g upgrade in June '10...tank has two 6' Solaris I5 LED units, supplemented with eight 4' T5s (tank is 96"x42"x27"h)

here is the same rock 2 years later

have to look for other 'old' pics to show growth rate.

 

[Nizz]

Sorry but I have to disagree with the fact people think they need to supplement T-5 lighting with LEDS. I know quit a few of you feel T-5 lighting is needed. While other have had the same success without them. It just seem if you think the lighting ( i.e color of the corals) are not to your liking. Then adding T-5 lighting with LED might be the way to go. But that is a matter of opinion really. As their are plenty of people doing just fine growing corals without them.

 

[ros_sco]

I started my new 210 gallon tank 11 months ago. Lighting is 10 x 72 inch Sunbrite LED tubes. Most of the corals started out in my 75 gallon under halides. Many were cut way back for the re-start.

The tank has had to endure a major (89.5 Degrees) overheating event due to home A/C failure in April (during the one hot weekend we had while I was out of town of course) which browned out alot of the corals - and killed a few. Some of the corals have recovered and now look better than they ever did, some not so much yet.

Growth has been phenomenal. I recently cut 3 inches off the left side and 5 inches off the right side of my Red Planet (last picture, middle). It was actually shading the ORA Bellina to the right and touching Joe the Coral on the left. The purple acro next to the clam has doubled in size. All of the Montis in the lower right were 2 inch pieces 6 months ago. The Red Dragon (first picture, bottom middle) has grown from a 3 spindly branched mini colony to a nice large colony with an 8 inch spread. The Green Slimer has grown 6 more inches, the whole right cluster is new. The blue Speciosa (right picture, far right) has grown at least 6 inches.


First, the new tank

The old tank was way overgrown at the end, hence the fragging back of the corals. Many of the corals were getting shaded out or had damage from flow changes.

As you can see in these comparison photos, some of the coral I had in the old tank did not make the transfer. I believe several reasons to play a part. Flow changes on the large colonies. Total light type change coupled with the corals not facing the light the exact same way as before. Large colonies spending the day in totes and then being put in a cycled but young tank with existing rock and the life and accociated dye off on the rock which was also recieving flow and light from new directions.

an older FTS from 1-2011

 

[Reefer1225]

That is crazy... How long was the 75 up to get the corals that size Ros Sco?

 

[Arringar]

Truly incredible tank.

 

[M007]

@ros_sco; nicely done :celeb1: what are your setting on the Sunbrite? :beer:

 

[Dapg8gt]

I started my new 210 gallon tank 11 months ago. Lighting is 10 x 72 inch Sunbrite LED tubes. Most of the corals started out in my 75 gallon under halides. Many were cut way back for the re-start.

The tank has had to endure a major (89.5 Degrees) overheating event due to home A/C failure in April (during the one hot weekend we had while I was out of town of course) which browned out alot of the corals - and killed a few. Some of the corals have recovered and now look better than they ever did, some not so much yet.

Growth has been phenomenal. I recently cut 3 inches off the left side and 5 inches off the right side of my Red Planet (last picture, middle). It was actually shading the ORA Bellina to the right and touching Joe the Coral on the left. The purple acro next to the clam has doubled in size. All of the Montis in the lower right were 2 inch pieces 6 months ago. The Red Dragon (first picture, bottom middle) has grown from a 3 spindly branched mini colony to a nice large colony with an 8 inch spread. The Green Slimer has grown 6 more inches, the whole right cluster is new. The blue Speciosa (right picture, far right) has grown at least 6 inches.


First, the new tank

The old tank was way overgrown at the end, hence the fragging back of the corals. Many of the corals were getting shaded out or had damage from flow changes.

As you can see in these comparison photos, some of the coral I had in the old tank did not make the transfer. I believe several reasons to play a part. Flow changes on the large colonies. Total light type change coupled with the corals not facing the light the exact same way as before. Large colonies spending the day in totes and then being put in a cycled but young tank with existing rock and the life and accociated dye off on the rock which was also recieving flow and light from new directions.

an older FTS from 1-2011

WOW. Nice tank. I can only hope to get mine to look like that some day.

 

[ros_sco]

That is crazy... How long was the 75 up to get the corals that size Ros Sco?

The 75 first saw water in November '06, so a little over 4 year by the time I had the corals added and placed.