What's a good large coverage LED light?

[m0nkie]

Booooooo traitor

I have 3 MH on my mix reefs still. haha. doing sps tank on 600gal is too much for me. I enjoy having bigger fish. ordered an Emperor, Queen, bunch of dwarf angels and Moorish Idol

 

[m0nkie]

Thanks guys. pretty much comes down to Radions vs Coral care.

I'm thinking 4 lights to start with.

I have Radion G4 on the sump. I'm sure G5 will provide results. but this tank will be mostly large fish and whatever coral they don't eat. so I guess I'd like a whiter color tank. similar to MH color. I'm curious how white the Coral Care looks.

 

[m0nkie]

Switching to LEDS didnt save me any money. Just had to pay more electricity for heaters. If its budget LEDS you're looking for, maybe buy the AI SOL set from Byschovin? Things grows everything perfectly fine.

Like HerseyB said, Orphek LEDs are ok. Burns out quick. Terrible app. QC isnt there.

dang.. my tank is indoor so it should be fine temperature wise. It's been consistently hot with T5 or MH. 80s in summer. with fans I'm keeping it at 78ish. LED can cool off a few degrees.

hoping this will drop the $500 monthly down a little

 

[wishntoboutside]

I’m not speaking from feeling. I’m speaking from cold hard data. If you want I can put up the data to support my statement or you can trust me.

Greg,
Just giving you a hard time because I can-). Although BRS does test their products an independent company that tested products in lighting would be a much better one to believe. I do think ETM products have improved every generation and their newer light was designed well. Still looking a long term results of these and the coral care lights. I think having a fixture the is UL listed above an aquarium is amazing and to this day unheard of for leds. I do think the ETM lights are better designed for an American aquarium compared to the Phillips as theirs is around a 14k look. To many that color is good others want tones of blues. Money no object I would do coral care lights and led light strips with blue but I don’t know much about the strips as I have never used them. They appear popular for many even with ETM lights
What I will never understand d is how a company like ETM makes a light that is rectangular and it gets compared to a square light spread ... this makes no sense at all. Another reason why independent company’s should be reviewing this products. BRS does a great job on their some of their videos others are just to sell products and can be biased due to their margins or lack of. End of day all of us are beta testers on many new products. Then it gets discontinued and we realize how good it was.