Has Anyone used LED Supplimental Actinics and Metal Halides?

[gobytron]

I'm with you on VHO.
Nothing looks like 454 actinic and super actinic IME.
its just too bad the power draw and heat from them are so significant compared to t5 or led.

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by gobytron

I'm with you on VHO.
Nothing looks like 454 actinic and super actinic IME.
its just too bad the power draw and heat from them are so significant compared to t5 or led.

Yeah I kinda fell in love with them when I had an older Hamilton fixture that had 2 X 250W halides and 2 VHO super actinics. The color when just the VHO's were on was truely amazing. Haven't seen anything like it in any of my tanks since.

I've also seen a few tanks of the month on Reef Keeper Magazine that rock the VHO's as well, and they swear by them.

[PFoster]

Are you looking for a manufactured mh + LED combo like this one from Reef Brite?



One of our stores up in ottawa has their main display running with halides plus the Reef Brite LED's. Previously they used halide plus VHO but now run the Reef Brites. Now they actually have their timers set to turn the halides off a couple hourse before the store closes so that people can see what the tank looks like with just LED's and its pretty amazing!

I will see if I can dig up some pictures, but it would be on my old lap top.
I snapped some pictures when they did the transfer in feb of 2011 but have since updated my computer.

[Chowder]

Here you go halides and leds



Just Leds



Halides and Leds



Leds



On the rest of these doubles first shot is with leds second with out. I don't see much of a diference. You do though when you are looking at the tank and turn them off.









One with halides and leds



Just leds



I havn't figured out how to take pictures with just the blue leds. They always look washed out or supper saturated

Chris

[Chowder]

By the looks of the first two photos I really need to straighten my halides.

[Chowder]

Here's a few shots of SPS for color.






Also I ran the two middle ones which are the panaramas for about a year and a half. The two outers ones I got on boxing day and mounted them at the beginning of January.

Chris

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

I also have one of those aqua traders LED strips, and I use it as moonlight only on a small tank. You can barely see the blue light in a dark room when the lights are off. So those are out of the question

Which one do you have,? aquatraders 1W or older version 0.3W?

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

I had them made at an LED place in New West. It was about $70 for two 6' strips and really bright. Sticky on the back. Plug and Play. He has strips of the LEDs that can be cut to custom size for your tank.

Onstate Technologies, Dan Hsu 604-522-7811

How many watts are your LED's from Onstate?
Is it anywhere on their website?
thx
http://www.onstatetech.com/products/products.htm

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

Which one do you have,? aquatraders 1W or older version 0.3W?

Mine is the new 1W Verson. And I used it on a 131 gallon. My AquaMedic Ocean light that is suspended 12" above the tank with the 10 moonlights makes more light than that LED bar. It's horrible.

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by Chowder

Here's a few shots of SPS for color.

Also I ran the two middle ones which are the panaramas for about a year and a half. The two outers ones I got on boxing day and mounted them at the beginning of January.

Chris

That looks awesome! Thanks for sharing! Colors look very nice.

Are those 4 Panoramic units?