Marineland Reef Capable LED

[crichard6069]

Does anyone have an experience with the Marineland Reef Capable LED? I don't know too much about LEDs but I have a 70g cube (30"x30"). It's an odd size. Currently I have a 250w MH pendant and a 4 bulb T5 fixture which looks kind of messy. Toying with the idea of putting 2 or 3 of these on there (can't confirm sizes of the light yet).

Thoughts on this LED since I know squat about LEDs?

http://www.bigalsonline.com/Fish_Li...-Capable-LED-Lighting-Systems.html?tc=default

Chad

 

[Agu]

I'm using the 18" Reef LED on a ten gallon and it's great. Primarily a softies tank with one derasa clam on the substrate, clam's doubled in size in six months.

That said I'm not sure they're cost effective on larger tanks. My observation is
that DIY is more cost effective on larger tanks, if you're into doing the DIY. If not, the Marinelands are a clean/sleek solution.

 

[aquaenthusiast]

I'm using the 18" Reef LED on a ten gallon and it's great. Primarily a softies tank with one derasa clam on the substrate, clam's doubled in size in six months.

That said I'm not sure they're cost effective on larger tanks. My observation is
that DIY is more cost effective on larger tanks, if you're into doing the DIY. If not, the Marinelands are a clean/sleek solution.

How do you think it would do on a 29 gal biocube?

 

[Bigcefa]

If your wanting to keep and high light corals thats a negative on those lights they are not high output led's but should do fine on softies maybe some lps but there are better options out there although it is cheap compared to the high end led fixtures. What size is your tank and y do you wanna ditch the current lights show a pic of it maybe some people can give you ideas how to make it look less messy.

 

[ludnix]

They are considerably less energy efficient than the 3w CREE used in most DIY setups. They also only have one power cord resulting in no ability to put the actinic versus daylight on separate timers. There is a manual switch for the blue/white, but a single power cord is a big drawback to me.

They are bright an look very nice, but if you're really into a high light reef tank, a DIY fixture or even a different brand of LED lighting might be a better option.