Mars Aqua Chinese LED review (Ebay)
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ginoandres
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Hey guys, I've been running the 300w MarsAqua on my 40 breeder for the past two months and right now I run the blue channel exclusively for most of the day to reduce algae growth and also because my Acans like it.
Blue channel only is too harsh for my taste, though. I want to soften it a bit. Even when I run the whites at minimum power, it's too white. So here's my question:
Has anyone added a few whites (maybe 4) to their blue channel to soften it up a bit? The alternative would be to add more blues, I suppose, to my white channel? I already switched out the red and green LEDs for UV LEDs.
I should mention that I'm running my blues at 40% currently by themselves to allow my new corals to acclimate.
Blue channel only is too harsh for my taste, though. I want to soften it a bit. Even when I run the whites at minimum power, it's too white. So here's my question:
Has anyone added a few whites (maybe 4) to their blue channel to soften it up a bit? The alternative would be to add more blues, I suppose, to my white channel? I already switched out the red and green LEDs for UV LEDs.
I should mention that I'm running my blues at 40% currently by themselves to allow my new corals to acclimate.
I have the same experience as ginoandres. I run my Blues only for most of the day and only turn on whites for a little bit. My acans also seem to like just Blues better.
Thinking of doing a mod that ray mentioned.
Do I need the white channel on more for growth?
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Thinking of doing a mod that ray mentioned.
Do I need the white channel on more for growth?
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it's not if you will have some shadowing. You will have some for sure and probably a lot. I think the max a 300 watt can cover is 38x24. You should have gotten 2 of the 165 Watt models as these would be perfect at 24x24 coverage for each fixture.
Have to you seen the Mod. that Dartolution did on page 35? He swapped a number of whites for violets, similar to what you had in mind. Can you upload a pic so we can see what yours looks like? I'm curious with my 40B getting ready to set up what different light combos look like
SNAKEMANVET
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How do you daisey chain these units. Thanks
SNAKEMANVET
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ok,thanks
garygonzales
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And the last obligatory terrible iPhone FTS, god I need a new camera...
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not sure if your still on this thread but...how did you put your t5s on the mars fixture...like what did you use and hoe did you wire this up....any pics of this??
garygonzales
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or ...has anybody done this to there fixture....
ginoandres
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I haven't, I will check out that mod now.
Here is my 40b with the 300w fixture. It's been up for two months as of today and everything is going well. This is with blue channel only at maybe 40% and an orange filter I use for phone pics.
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zelie_dad
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What do you use as a filter? Dyou have an app?
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ginoandres
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I use a piece of orange cellophane, works fine. Eventually I'll get a gel filter as that will work a bit better.
BigBlueTang
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Hey everyone,
just got these lights monday,
was wondering if there was anyway that I could somehow quiet the fans? They're super loud...
just got these lights monday,
was wondering if there was anyway that I could somehow quiet the fans? They're super loud...
Highweigh
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I think the only way would be to replace them with higher quality fans.
Here's my 300w set up over a 40 breeder. These things are bright! I think I have mine set to like 40% blue 25% white and I feel like it's more than enough.
Also I have them about 16 inches over the tank.
garygonzales
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i have the 300watt lights and mine arent loud at all...hmmm...
BigBlueTang
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I got two 165 watts... Mine are pretty loud, I can hear them from across the room.
