some LED shots

[rigleautomotive]

These LED fixtures are the ones I have been doing R & D on for the last 6 months.I am finally pleased with the results of both LPS and SPS growth and color.Pics are a bit blue (tank is not to the naked eye)but as many of you will find,photographing a LED tank is even more challenging then a conventionally lit tank can be and seeing in the digital photo what your eyes see(or perceive) can be 2 totally different things

 

[fishinizku]

Who made the fixtures? Are they for sale?

 

[rigleautomotive]

[violation]

 

[Herk]

You have some very nice acans there

 

[rigleautomotive]

Thanks

 

[psusocr]

Dan,

I hung my lights about 8-9 inches off the water, the middle one is about 10-12 due to my central air vent in the way. I have TOTAL coverage and to be honest i cant tell the difference between the intensity from my 400 watters to these. Im getting great shimmer, my corals have colors ive never seen in them( esp my zoos and lps) with these lights so far and they seem to have no effect at all from the switch to ths point( not expelling any zooxanthellae) still have great polyp extension and im mainting the same bright colors. My photoperiod is still cut down as a precaution but i will be extending it as i continue to observe the corals and judge their reaction.

 

[rigleautomotive]

Dan,

I hung my lights about 8-9 inches off the water, the middle one is about 10-12 due to my central air vent in the way. I have TOTAL coverage and to be honest i cant tell the difference between the intensity from my 400 watters to these. Im getting great shimmer, my corals have colors ive never seen in them( esp my zoos and lps) with these lights so far and they seem to have no effect at all from the switch to ths point( not expelling any zooxanthellae) still have great polyp extension and im mainting the same bright colors. My photoperiod is still cut down as a precaution but i will be extending it as i continue to observe the corals and judge their reaction.

Great to know,thanks for posting.The Apogee par meter does not lie.These LED's are equal or greater in par when compared to a 250 watt MH with similar K value.The savings in energy from less consumption to light the tank along with the much less heat produced will make the investment pay for itself in the first year of operation.Not having to do any bulb replacement for many years will prove these to be very economical in the long run.The combination with actinic VHO is a very interesting match and I am curious to see how this adds to the over all performance of these diodes

 

[psusocr]

Dan,

The evaporation alone was worth the switch, my humidity is way down , my de-humidifier doesnt run 24/7 now and my tank stays at a constant 78-79 degrees wihout any fans blowing....not to mention i dont sweat my butt off when working in my fishroom on the tank.Im also paying very close attention to algae( as far as cleaning my glass goes) i hear it is far less when running LEDS than with halides so im putting it to the test.

I cant really describe what the VHO and LEDS together look like( especially with all blues and VHO's on , no whites) its something special to say the least and im seeing colors i never thought were possible..:lmao::fun4:

 

[spskid01]

Dan do you run these on your main tank? Also about what k would you say these led fixtures are? Lastly how many watt led are in these fixtures

 

[psusocr]

I also dont have to keep my whole house at 74 degrees with my central air system just to cool my tank,,,i forgot to mention that huge plus!

 

[rigleautomotive]

Dan do you run these on your main tank? Also about what k would you say these led fixtures are? Lastly how many watt led are in these fixtures

I do not run them on the DT yet but I set up a system that shares the same water as a MH lit tank.The LED tank is a 20 long .Twin frags (from numerous colonies)were placed in both systems cut from the same mother colony(in each instance) and in most cases the growth and mortality was very similar if not better with LED's.The colors are slightly different in some of the acroporas we are used to looking a certain or particular way but over all these fixtures are about the same par and color(to my eye.I have no way to measure spectrum) as a Radium 20K MH when all led''s are illuminated.They are rated at 120 watts and consume very little power with the amperage being quite low

 

[spskid01]

Good info. Now the big question what's the price per fixture? Does it come with a controler and dimmable?

 

[rigleautomotive]

[violation]

 

[psusocr]

Dan,

Just an update on our convo about how much money im saving with the switch to the LED's. I copy and pasted this from myPPL website . You never realize the long chain effect that running 3x400 watt Halides has on your house until you see the actual numbers...


Your energy charges were $ 309.89 lower for this bill.
Your electric usage decreased for this bill.

 

[rigleautomotive]

Dan,

Just an update on our convo about how much money im saving with the switch to the LED's. I copy and pasted this from myPPL website . You never realize the long chain effect that running 3x400 watt Halides has on your house until you see the actual numbers...


Your energy charges were $ 309.89 lower for this bill.
Your electric usage decreased for this bill.

That is awesome bobby.This will add up to a huge savings at the end of a full year.add that to the fact you will not be replacing lamps like MH and others.These fixtures pay for themselves in a short time.

How is the color rendition compared to MH.Are your corals growing and happy with the LEDs.was there any light shock when you did the switch


TY

 

[psusocr]

Dan,

When im running the whites and bues along with my VHO sticks the color is very hard to tell the difference between the LEDS and the XM 20K's i was running except the LED's have a little more "pop" of color. The color in my corals are much more visible, or in other words, where i used to see browns im seeing greens now etc. They REALLY glow under just actinics and blues as well. The growth is , if not exactly the same, maybe even more on my corals is what im noticing( especially in my caps). Im keeping the LED's 10" above the water in a 31" deep tank and growing acros very close to the sand bed which means these things are DEF. reaching the bottom of the tank. Im VERY happy to say i havent lost one single coral due to light shock or the switch from the MH to LED, i have also not lost any polyp extension, colors etc. and actually picked up some PE in some sticks that seem happier with the LED's. There was no bleaching, mucus release or any sign of stress in any of my corals whatsoever which i was most worried about. I still have the same looking "shimmer" in the tank also and when people see my tank they have no clue i switched the lights . My temp swings used to go from 77-84 with the halides, now my temp has not gone below 78 or above 79 which is pretty neat.