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Originally Posted by wayner
Very Nice Mike - Can you share any changes that you've noticed in your SPS since switching to LED?, how long has it been now since the switch from Halide?
Thanks
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Thanks Wayne, my view on LED so far is that they've made some corals look better and some corals look worse so its a mixed bag. I think the growth is similar as I am dosing the same amount of 2 part daily to maintain parameters as I was with the halides. I think i've been running them for a couple of months now.
Also things still seem to be changing so I don't think the full impact of the change has been realized on the tank.
Overall I would say that I am happy with the lights for sure. Way less power (now only max 300W instead of 1150W), no more bulb changes, and I get almost half the evaporation that I used to get.
With that being said if I wasn't concerned about the cost of running and maintaining a halide system and dealing with the heat issues I would still run halides. Probably 400W. I find that I just prefer the look of a quality halide bulb more than an LED look but I think the LED's look better than the crappy Ebay halides I was running recently.