New Lumen Bright Reflector. ... any info on them

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cool man and thanks for your sugestions....I think i'm going to stay with my 175's for now. As far as the actinics only reason why I'm going with the VHO's is I like to have some extra coloring befor and after the MH's come on and turn off, and to me, the VHO colors is amazing. Reflectors arent really an issue because of some bulbs with reflectors build into the bulb.....granted its not the same, but actinics really dont do much for most of our corals, so there really us no need for the reflector. I figure with 3-175 and the VHO's, I'll still be under wattage than going with 3-250's, wayyy under the heat issues and definately close to PAR, if not beating some 250's :) As far as raising the reflectors, thats really not possible. The canopy was buit as a flip top so I'm limited with raising. I think once the 3rd gets installed, there will be a lot of light bouncin around.
 
Bubbletip2,

the 92 callon corner is a bowfront, but dimensions are 48 1/2"x34 1/4"x25 1/8".

I am looking to keep sps and lps mostly.

Thanks
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11165990#post11165990 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bubbletip2
Nice find for sure Joe. Great looking Naso. Have you gotten Lightroom for photo editing yet? You should give me a call soon so we can talk shop.

Jim
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Jim I tried it for 30 days its awsome...Im trying to get the boss here to order it for our store....
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11166038#post11166038 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by glxtrix
cool man and thanks for your sugestions....I think i'm going to stay with my 175's for now. As far as the actinics only reason why I'm going with the VHO's is I like to have some extra coloring befor and after the MH's come on and turn off, and to me, the VHO colors is amazing. Reflectors arent really an issue because of some bulbs with reflectors build into the bulb.....granted its not the same, but actinics really dont do much for most of our corals, so there really us no need for the reflector. I figure with 3-175 and the VHO's, I'll still be under wattage than going with 3-250's, wayyy under the heat issues and definately close to PAR, if not beating some 250's :) As far as raising the reflectors, thats really not possible. The canopy was buit as a flip top so I'm limited with raising. I think once the 3rd gets installed, there will be a lot of light bouncin around.
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Totally understand. To each their own. Some people like the dawn/dusk effect you get from VHO's or T5's. Just as long as you are not requiring that light for growing coral. For me, I would rather have more room in the canopy and not have to replace a bunch of bulbs and purchase the extra ballast for the VHO's. I actually had an Icecap 660 and sold it because I did not want to bother with the extra bulbs.

Sorry I misunderstood what you were trying to do. I thought you were upgrading to 250's. Just for reference, I run a 250w 12K bulb on my 30g cube and have a 7 inch Lumenmax 3 reflector(Diamond Light design) and keep it 8 inches from the water. My temp stays between 78.5 and 79.5 - sometimes goes over 80 during the summer. Good luck with the new lighting set up. I would love ot see how you get the VHO's in? Keep us posted.
 
yeah the VHO ballast was pennies to everything else, lol. I picked up an ARo ballast for 30 bux, got free end cap and stand offs, bulbs are in the mail as we speak :) Yeah these arent for any growth at all, some research shows there is little growth from the actinic side of lighting, but it does make the colors pop nice :) yeah as of now, I'll be stayin with my 175's....an upgrade to 250's could happen, hell i never rule out anything, lol. but prolly wont, unless I can find one that out performs my 175s in color and par. Which I'm sure is out there, but the need isnt that great right now. Heh yeah the VHO's are going to be tight, who knows it might now work and I might just have to go with some moon light options....oh well, guess we'll see. Thats the fun of reef keeping....the trials and tribulations, LOL!!!!
 
I have been calling my reflectors lumen arcs but see they are lumen brights from this thread...

We recently did a "reef crawl" around the Buffalo, NY area and had a PAR meter that was taken around so was able to get PAR readings on my tank. This is a 220 so 6' long with three lumen bright reflectors each with a 400w MH bulb. The center bulb is a 20K Hamilton, the outside bulbs are 12k Reflex bulbs.

This image was 5 shots taken vertically and merged together, the slight dark area on the left side is just a poor editing job when merging them.

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These PAR readings were surprisingly high.
 
Glctrix, what ballasts are you using? i am looking to do the exact same thing on my 6' 2' 2' tank. i was looking at 3 175w MH bulbs with the same bulbs. I want to use the LB to get the light to the bottom of the tank. Im sure you have posted yuour tank size but how deep is it again?
 
Thanks. Acropora Nut (Mike) talked me into the Lumenarc III's but my local supplier had gotten these for a good deal and mentioned his supplier did not get the Arc's anymore.

Hopefully my tank will grow in to look even close to what some of these tanks look like.
 
Yeah Kurt,

Mike had been using LumenArcs for the past two years up until a couple months ago. After the TOTM came out, Mike decided to try out the LumenBrights. Mike is one of the first reefkeepers to test these LB's out. Both of us have been working on tweeking the placement and use of them optimally.

No one is saying the LumenArcs are a bad reflector. They had their place in the market. Hey, Mike and I had both been using them prior to the launch of the LumenBrights. I still have my Diamond Light designed LumenMax 3 reflector over my cube.

Here are a couple of the previously posted shots of Mike's tank. Mike and I both feel these LumenBright reflectors are the wave of the future in lighting design. We are both very impressed with everyone's results. Thank you everyone for posting your findings. I just bought a meter and will be posting soem PAR values for everyone shortly.

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I just unloaded my two mini LumenArcs in about ten minutes today on the used goods forum. I am happy you got the LB's instead of the LAIII's Kurt so you don't have to unload them too. Great looking tank and thank you for sharing your results. Holy cow, 1200 at the surface and 200 underneath a ledge(now that is what I am talking about. That light has to be coming from some other angle. Not something I think you would find with a LAIII. ;)

Jim
 
Mikes tank is even more lit up after installing 3 large lumenbrights. The frogspawn is lit up like a Christmas tree. Under the ledges are also getting way more light than before. Jim you really need to hed on over to Mikes and get some updated shots. Mike really does have the best /most natural lighted tank I have seen yet.
 
Cheers JR
Thanks mate for the info.
The mini's seem the way to go given my tanks are 30in wide.
Will email Tony at reef Exotics with my request.
Also will save about $300 in postage.:)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11170287#post11170287 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sonofstarstamps
Cheers JR
Thanks mate for the info.
The mini's seem the way to go given my tanks are 30in wide.
Will email Tony at reef Exotics with my request.
Also will save about $300 in postage.:)
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Jim,
I did not mean to infer the Arc's were bad, and more than likely would be happy with them if I had them. It was dumb luck getting the LB's a few months ago instead.

The 200 under the ledge where the sun coral hides from the light is directly under the left light but I think the 200 reading is coming in from the center reflector setup. There is a deeper cave on the right side that if I remember correctly was getting readings of 50. Light still gets in there just no real direct shine.

The 12k bulbs on the outside are 3 mos old, the 20k bulb in the center is only 2 or 3 weeks old.

I have actually burned a few sps frags, and need to start new frags at the bottom of the tank working them up over time.
 
drudude - I use the ARO ballasts from hellolights. Not sure wether they are the best, but they work great for me :) My tank is 55x24x24....As you can see in my pic, the anemones to the right arent getting that much light, the rose is actually moving to the left some to get more light, I think that thing is going to be SUPER happy once the 3rd reflector gets put in....should be thursday. Hey Jim and JR, I measured my lights, the bottom of the LB is just under 8" from water, so that put the bulb around 11" I'd raise them a but more but as stated earlier, that just cant happen with my hood...oh well. Perhaps its better seeing how the lights are only 175's. Man I cant wait to get that 3rd one installed....my tank is going to zing! Julio, dont be confused about T5's, they are super powerful growing machines! If done right and have the proper setup, T5's will out perform most lighting setups! And husbandry has a lot to do with it too. T5's are nice, not to mention they last a lot longer than MH's and have very little bulb degeneration over that period. To each is own tho with lighting, I'm a MH guy all day :)
 
burton you could hang it from the ceiling, you'll just have to use some creative thinking. There is a center hole in the reflector and the mogul has a hole as well it comes with 2 eye hooks, something could deinately be done!
 
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