Flippers4pups
Home made abyss
I have been a T8-T5 guy for all of my years in the hobby, not that MH's didn't cross my mind at one point or another, but never wanted the heat associated with them. Too many friends with them had to run chillers and me not wanting the added expense of buying and running one.
Skip to late 2014 and my current build, I came across a great deal of a used 125 (became my sump) and a 72" 8 bulb aquaticlife fixture for $300 for both.
As far as the fixture is concerned, it's been flawless and has helped grow my coral, but the cost of replacing the bulbs every 8 months at a tune around $200 has gotten old.
So.......Since the time LEDs hit the hobby I've been watching them closely and recently decided to tip my toe into the LED water. With a lot of research and a very limited budget I pulled the trigger.
I went with three 165w mars aqua units.
With free shipping and in less than a week, I got them tonight:
On opening the box, which is well packed, as advertised, comes with two power cords and hanging kit:
Take out of the box, in your hands feels and looks well made:
So of course I had to plug it in and like so many have said, these pack a punch! Very bright! (No picture as of right now, phone is about to die!)
So that's it for now, tomorrow morning I will be installing them over the tank.
So far, I'm impressed.
Updates coming.......
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Skip to late 2014 and my current build, I came across a great deal of a used 125 (became my sump) and a 72" 8 bulb aquaticlife fixture for $300 for both.
As far as the fixture is concerned, it's been flawless and has helped grow my coral, but the cost of replacing the bulbs every 8 months at a tune around $200 has gotten old.
So.......Since the time LEDs hit the hobby I've been watching them closely and recently decided to tip my toe into the LED water. With a lot of research and a very limited budget I pulled the trigger.
I went with three 165w mars aqua units.
With free shipping and in less than a week, I got them tonight:
On opening the box, which is well packed, as advertised, comes with two power cords and hanging kit:
Take out of the box, in your hands feels and looks well made:
So of course I had to plug it in and like so many have said, these pack a punch! Very bright! (No picture as of right now, phone is about to die!)
So that's it for now, tomorrow morning I will be installing them over the tank.
So far, I'm impressed.
Updates coming.......
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