Reef Brite LED's available in Canada

[tparsons]

Reef Brite LED's Voted one of Reef Builders
Best Aquarium Products of 2010

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/12/31/r...ducts-of-2010/

[phi delt reefer]

what kind of leds are on the blue only strips? are they 3w Royal Blue leds?

[PFoster]

We are fully stocked in the following sizes:

8" White
8" 50/50
8" Actinic
*these are perfect for Biocubes!
Just take out the cf's and drop in a Reefbrite!

12" White
12" 50/50
12" Actinic

24" White
24" 50/50
24" Actinic

36" White
36" 50/50
36" Actinic

48" White
48" 50/50
48" Actinic

[Ryan]

So anyone been running these for a while now? I have a 48x22x17 tank am thinking of doing the LED swap or a LED T5HO combo.

Still unsure about LED's for daylight.

[Slick Fork]

Originally Posted by Ryan

So anyone been running these for a while now? I have a 48x22x17 tank am thinking of doing the LED swap or a LED T5HO combo.

Still unsure about LED's for daylight.

I've had them on for a year and 3 or 4 months. My setup is 2 reefbrites (1 50/50 and 1 daylight) and 2 t5's. OK for softies/lps anywhere and a few sps in the top 6" of the tank.

I was happy with them until 1 string of LED's on the daylight strip failed 3 weeks out of warranty, retailer asked for coverage seeing as it was so close but the manufacturer said "tough luck". Because of this exceptionally poor customer service I would say pass on them.

[PFoster]

Originally Posted by Ryan

So anyone been running these for a while now? I have a 48x22x17 tank am thinking of doing the LED swap or a LED T5HO combo.

Still unsure about LED's for daylight.

For your frag tank, what corals do you propogate in there?

Personally for sps I still prefer a combo of either MH + LED or T5 + LED as opposed to LED only.

For LPS we use exclusively Reef Brite LED's on our propogation tank. They have been running there for 2 years and they work amazing! Great growth and amazing coloration!

[PFoster]

PM Sent Slick Fork.

[Ryan]

No this is my display tank. Sps, LPS, mushrooms and zoas. I am running 2x 250 hqi but find them too strong.

[PFoster]

What lamp do you run for your halides?
And the reflector?

For keeping sps, call me old school but IMO T5's and halides are still the way to go. Then supliment with LED's as the pop that you get from Reef Brite LED's is just out of this world and WAY better than any other LED that we have ever tried.

Here are a couple tank shots from Hookup in Ottawa. He posts on RC and on our local forum, but not here so much so I will post them up.

Here is a true super man montipora (not the indo variety)



Here is the same piece when the Reef Brites are on:


I can post some more of Hookups pics up if you would like. He has a pretty insanely nice tank. He runs an 10 lamp ATI power module and these pics were taken with a single 48" regular Reef Brite added on, not even the XHO!

We are planning on modding his existing fixture by removing the 2 lamps that are controlled by the one plug and mounting some Reef Brites in their place so as to maintain the super sleak look of the fixture.... Not sure if it will work but we will see.

[Ryan]

Thats what I may have to do then. Go with T5 for daylight with actinic suppliment.

I am running the phoenix 14 in Lumenbright pendants and galaxy ballasts. The bottom of the pendant is probably 5 or 6 inches from the water surface, 8-10 inches from the top of the corals. The bulbs is even higher. I was thinking of trying 20k but I dont need 250w over an 17" deep tank.