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Borderjumper 10-08-2010 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Youngster Dan (Post 554505)
Why do you want to change? Just for fun?

pure animal magnetism my friend.. That light is wicked sexy:mrgreen:

Ron99 10-08-2010 05:47 AM

Lack of UV is not really an issue for coral growth but may play a role of some sort in colouration. The jury is still out on that but I can tell you my corals are growing well and looking good under LEDs. I have other concerns about this fixture but that has all been discussed ad nauseum in other threads so I won't go into it here again.

What are your tank dimensions?

Borderjumper 10-08-2010 06:11 AM

One tank is 48x24x 21deep with 2 400W lighting and one is 48x24x16 deep with 1 250w lighting

abcha0s 10-08-2010 06:16 AM

This wouldn't be my first pick for a LED fixture. Seems like it is all marketing hype and LFS talk. Personally, I'm not that impressed.

I really like the Pacific Sun fixtures.

don.ald 10-08-2010 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 554536)
One tank is 48x24x 21deep with 2 400W lighting and one is 48x24x16 deep with 1 250w lighting

so this light will be on another (new) tank. right?

Ron99 10-08-2010 04:34 PM

You may want to wait for more reviews regarding even PAR coverage front to back with wider tanks. Might be an issue with a 2 foot wide tank like yours. I guess it might also depend on your aquascape and location of corals/clams etc.

Pacific Sun units are pricey. Most have no optics and the version with optics is even more expensive.

Skimmerking 10-08-2010 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 554536)
One tank is 48x24x 21deep with 2 400W lighting and one is 48x24x16 deep with 1 250w lighting

Mine is 2x400's 20K Xm's across a 60x24x24

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 554507)
pure animal magnetism my friend.. That light is wicked sexy:mrgreen:

Amen sister , I love the look of it too. and what it can do, see me and Shell are Acans freaks lol

Gooly001 10-08-2010 11:04 PM

Convergence
 
I love the Convergence Technology that Vertex is paving the way for. Making all their aquarium apparatus's compatible and controllable.

Check this out:

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/10/08/v...rolled-iphone/

Cheers,

Paul

abcha0s 10-09-2010 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Ron99 (Post 554587)
Pacific Sun units are pricey. Most have no optics and the version with optics is even more expensive.

Somewhat pricey, but not worth discarding simply based on price.

Vertex Illumina SR1200 LED Lighting Fixture (48 Inch) - $28999.95CAD

Pacific Sun “Phobos” – 2×160W CREE LED & 2×54W T5 - $3199.99USD

Thats about 10% plus US exchange rate.

Considering (in my opinion), it is a much better light, the cost difference is negligable.

Skimmerking 06-28-2011 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Borderjumper (Post 554507)
pure animal magnetism my friend.. That light is wicked sexy:mrgreen:

Im with Shelley


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