Reef Brite LED's - Now Taking Orders!
- Thread starter Jeremy B.
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I just ordered a 48" blue reef brite from luke with 2 blue specials and a blue plus, I can't wait to get it! If I like this blue one I'll order a 50/50 for sure. Maybe I'll try and post some pics (If I can get my tank looking respectable again). ;-) My husbandry kinda fell off over the last 6 months (the tank's been up for over 5 years).
mnswreefer
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+1. ....
jc-reef
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-Update-
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I installed a 48" RB LED blue strip over my 90g to compliment my 6-T5 set up a little over a month ago. My T5 set up consits of 2 separate light canopies [a 2 bulb & a 4 bulb]. Over the course of the month I have been pretty amaized how much my corals flourecence have improved during the dusk period when only my RB blue strip is running.:spin3: After following other reefers whom have had pretty good results with multiple RB LED modules and my noticeable improvement in florecent corals with the RB blue strip, I ended up ordering (thanks Jeremy - nice to meet you at MACNA) 2 additional modules...a 2nd RB Blue and a 50/50.
I decided that a LED/T5 combo will give my corals & my eyes the best of both worlds. I ended up removing my 2 bulb-T5 light canopy and installed the 2 new LED strips that I ordered. One thing is nice with the brackets that come with the strips is that you have complete flexibility in the direction/angle of the lighting...you can overlap from opposite angles and end up lighting ALL sides of the corals!!!
After firing it up, it was pretty damn nice looking!! I noticed that with 3 LED strips and the 4-T5 canopy running simultaneously...my corals seemed a bit taken back as there was now a ton of light. I ended up connecting each LED strip and my T5 canopy on separate timers so each LED runs shorter time periods with all 7 lights on together for only 2 hrs for now until I can light acclimate my tank.
I am looking forward to how my corals react to the combo set up over the course of the next few months....
Here is my layout --
Front
RB Actinic Blue (angled 45 deg toward back)
RB 50/50 (angled 30-45 deg toward back)
KZ New Generation
KZ Super Blue (or ATI Blue+)
KZ Fiji Purple
ATI Aqua Blue Special (may switch to ATI Blue+)
RB Actinic Blue (angled 45 deg toward front)
I have the RB 50/50 set up as my 'dawn' and it gives a really nice multi colored shimmer to the tank....kinda like what you would see during sunrise!!!
:beer:
-Update-
I installed a 48" RB LED blue strip over my 90g to compliment my 6-T5 set up a little over a month ago. My T5 set up consits of 2 separate light canopies [a 2 bulb & a 4 bulb]. Over the course of the month I have been pretty amaized how much my corals flourecence have improved during the dusk period when only my RB blue strip is running.:spin3: After following other reefers whom have had pretty good results with multiple RB LED modules and my noticeable improvement in florecent corals with the RB blue strip, I ended up ordering (thanks Jeremy - nice to meet you at MACNA) 2 additional modules...a 2nd RB Blue and a 50/50.
I decided that a LED/T5 combo will give my corals & my eyes the best of both worlds. I ended up removing my 2 bulb-T5 light canopy and installed the 2 new LED strips that I ordered. One thing is nice with the brackets that come with the strips is that you have complete flexibility in the direction/angle of the lighting...you can overlap from opposite angles and end up lighting ALL sides of the corals!!!
After firing it up, it was pretty damn nice looking!! I noticed that with 3 LED strips and the 4-T5 canopy running simultaneously...my corals seemed a bit taken back as there was now a ton of light. I ended up connecting each LED strip and my T5 canopy on separate timers so each LED runs shorter time periods with all 7 lights on together for only 2 hrs for now until I can light acclimate my tank.
I am looking forward to how my corals react to the combo set up over the course of the next few months....
Here is my layout --
Front
RB Actinic Blue (angled 45 deg toward back)
RB 50/50 (angled 30-45 deg toward back)
KZ New Generation
KZ Super Blue (or ATI Blue+)
KZ Fiji Purple
ATI Aqua Blue Special (may switch to ATI Blue+)
RB Actinic Blue (angled 45 deg toward front)
I have the RB 50/50 set up as my 'dawn' and it gives a really nice multi colored shimmer to the tank....kinda like what you would see during sunrise!!!
:beer:
jc-reef
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Reefbrite PAR Readings
Reefbrite PAR Readings
I found this quote from another reef forum...which was also quoted from somewhere. I still can't find the original source but here it is FWIW...
""Here is a quote from an independent test of a 24" light strip.
"With a brand new ATI Blue Plus 24", with a smaller SunBlaze reflector behind it, I am seeing around 250 - 275. At the same distance with the ReefBrite I am hitting 485 - 510. I should recant that it's not quite double, or more than double, just depending on the reading. If you've ever used a par meter you know that they jump around a bit when just holding them, and not permanently attached to something""
Reefbrite PAR Readings
I found this quote from another reef forum...which was also quoted from somewhere. I still can't find the original source but here it is FWIW...
""Here is a quote from an independent test of a 24" light strip.
"With a brand new ATI Blue Plus 24", with a smaller SunBlaze reflector behind it, I am seeing around 250 - 275. At the same distance with the ReefBrite I am hitting 485 - 510. I should recant that it's not quite double, or more than double, just depending on the reading. If you've ever used a par meter you know that they jump around a bit when just holding them, and not permanently attached to something""
PlanoReefer
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Would a 4-T5 & 2 Reef Brite strips over a standard 90g be enough light for sps & clams? What bulb/rb combo would you guys recommend?
ryanjiang
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JC, I believe that was done by Jeremy, just in this thread
look into early pages of this thread.Even I don't have PAR meter, I can say since after I installed two RBs I observed bigger growing tips on my sticks
That's what I was talking about, amazing dynamic look of 'dawn', from multi color shimmer & shading. I have my tank on 1 50/50 RB for 4 - 5 hours, that is certainly very 'entertaining' time of viewing my tank.
If you happen to have a Giesmann pure actinic T5 on hand, try combining it with a 50/50 for the dawn and dust, I have done that believe me it is just like dream when you look at your tank, so unreal!
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ryanjiang
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+ 1. Reefer831 that is insane POP!
ryanjiang
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If you can fix with few T5 it is very easy to play around (and swtich a $20 T5 is much affordable than switch a RB) and achieve the look you want.
For example IMO the cold-white spectrum is missing in RB LEDs, you can easily get the spectrum by a ATI blue speical T5.
So my take is to use RB as baseline, 2:1 or 1:1 blue:50/50 , and use T5 to fine-tune the color, a cold-white T5 such as blue special is a pefect mix to above combo.
jc-reef
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+1 I would also add that from reading several threads on LED's, it seems that most LED's are missing some of the spectrum...especially the red. There has been reports of red colors fading on corals in tanks under LED's. This is why, IMO, supplimenting with T5's or Halides is the bet solution until technology improves - which it will in time.
jc-reef
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JC, I believe that was done by Jeremy, just in this thread
Even I don't have PAR meter, I can say since after I installed two RBs I observed bigger growing tips on my sticks
Funny, you are probably right. I did find this 'RB LED vs T5 PAR test' thread from a different site forum but wasn't going to post it here cause I found it rather flawed...the RB's were tested against ATI T5's with an Apogee PAR Meter....but here is FWIW.
http://dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=74474&p=587179#p587179
4-5 hrs!!! Wow. I only have mine at 30 min right now..but will be increasing it as I acclimate my tank cause it sure does look purdy
. I actually have a spare UVL super actinic bulb, but to be honest with you, it does not even compare to a RB all Blue strip. Id rather keep my 4-T5's all at good PAR / growth bulbs (as listed prior post). I may time my dawn with the 50/50 followed by a RB Blue, then the T5's....not sure yet.
Where did you get the dimmable ones?
swegyptian
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I am thinking about replacing the T5's on my softie 150 (which is 30" tall and 48" long). Right now I have 4 x 54w, with two daylight and two actinic. I really like that color more than something on the side of blue. I am thinking about doing three strips. Which ones should I get to keep the color that I like? Would one of each work? Or would that still be more blue?
I'm definitely getting a 48" one to supplement my MH but just not sure what color to get. I have a 48" x 24" x 24" mixed reef tank lighted by a Sunpod fixture with 2 x 250W MH and 18 moonlight LEDs (9 whites, 9 blues). This fixture is hanging 8" above the water surface. My plan is to just put the RB LED on the top front angled towards middle to back of the tank. This way, the front of the acroporas that are mounted closer to the front of the tank will be lighted also. My question is, should I get the 50/50 or the blue?
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