The Light has arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Thread starter LtPiper
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cerreta
Premium Member
Wow, your lace rock looks great under the Solaris. If you are willing to spend $2300 on lights, then get some coral in this tank and put these lights to use.
BTW, I have personnaly experimented with 1watt version LEDs and they do not live up to the life expectancy of 11 years.
You should invest in LUX meter to determine what the bulb intesity is now and in the future. I would be curious to know the LUX of these lights. My 250watt MH run 32k LUX compared to T5 at 14k Lux and VHO at 9k LUX.
My LED 1 watt light strips, while looking good, only produce 5k Lux and they fail to equal the MH or T5 lights when trying to grow corals.
Any idea what the PAR rating is?
BTW, I have personnaly experimented with 1watt version LEDs and they do not live up to the life expectancy of 11 years.
You should invest in LUX meter to determine what the bulb intesity is now and in the future. I would be curious to know the LUX of these lights. My 250watt MH run 32k LUX compared to T5 at 14k Lux and VHO at 9k LUX.
My LED 1 watt light strips, while looking good, only produce 5k Lux and they fail to equal the MH or T5 lights when trying to grow corals.
Any idea what the PAR rating is?
firefish2020
New member
Could not agree more, temp controllers are a must have IMO.
LtPiper
Active member
Everything I've put in the tank so far has had a positive response. One leather that's in the tank has turned in to a totally new animal. It's gone from pink to a nearly dark purple and has what were short little polyps to these long extended ones. Doesn't even look close to what it did a couple weeks ago under PC's. A group of zoas have also transformed from reaching for the sky to short fat wide polyps as well. I'll try and get some good updated shots of the tank soon.
xinumaster
reef addict
Thinking of getting one too but, do you think solaris will work on a 30in deep tank?
firefish2020
New member
Personally I can tell you even 2X150 DEs are pushing it on a 120.
There is no way that that system can handle a deep tank yet, it will in a few years Im sure, but right now I dont see it casting enough light to the lower zones at all. Maybe if you were trying to do a deep water tank but thats about it. Just some friendly advice before you potentially make a costly mistake.
There is no way that that system can handle a deep tank yet, it will in a few years Im sure, but right now I dont see it casting enough light to the lower zones at all. Maybe if you were trying to do a deep water tank but thats about it. Just some friendly advice before you potentially make a costly mistake.
xinumaster
reef addict
ltpiper how did is you tank? From your pictures it looks like it can handler a deeper tank than yours.
Wow, I must say after seeing the lights on your tank Lt, I wan't to know more. I have a 250w over my 50 and that seems to keep the temp pretty high.. so I had to get a 1/4 hp chiller.. and my electrical bill shot way way up. 400$ light and 800$ chiller.. not to mention the 50 bucks a month on electricity... LEDs seem to be looking better and better.. But I would really like to see some good results with some BTA's and maybe some sps before I take the leap 
H.crispa
New member
Just looking around, 3watt LEDs can be purchased various places. I'll bet a creative DIYer could retrofit a regular hood with little trouble and a couple hundred bucks. Sounds like a fun project, but personally my plate is a little full right now.
BTW-- what in the world is a "heater" and why would you need one?
BTW-- what in the world is a "heater" and why would you need one?
xinumaster
reef addict
I think the heater is used to stabilized the temp.
