LED lights

[Ron99]

I have some on my Pico and they are great. I have a few last parts in the mail right now and then I am starting in on building a 48" LED fixture for my 75 gallon. LEDs give you control over your lighting spectrum, excellent PAR and possibly even better penetration than MH with less energy consumption and less heat to deal with.

[Bugsy]

I have a pico as well, may i ask how many gal is your pico??

which fixture do you have??

is it the 18"??

What corals do you keep in this pico??

Do you have a picture of your tank?

I have rics, zoas gsp and anthelia and I currently have the 9" coralife 18 watt pc on this tank. I was looking at getting a new fixture the 12" coralife 36 watt pc but then these lights have been recommended by some and other say they are not strong enough for saltwater tanks with corals.

[LeeR]

im thinking about ordering one of these with my tax refund money

http://www.fish-street.com/maxspect_...ategory_id=126

[the marine apprentice]

thats a pretty cool led set up. what one you gonna get?

[LeeR]

g1 180W its like a 250W mh.. i think the clams will be happy

[the marine apprentice]

me and a buddy are diggin into a diy led set up right now. and we figured over the lifetime of the lights it will payfor itself 10-15 times over, compared to MH setups.

[LeeR]

oh right on. what sort of parts are you using?

[lodidodi]

Has anyone heard anything about the Maxspect led lights? It seems interesting especially for that price.

http://www.fish-street.com/maxspect_...ategory_id=118

[BlueAbyss]

Stupid Orbitech.


Sorry, just throwing that out there

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by BlueAbyss

Stupid Orbitech.


Sorry, just throwing that out there

I hear you brother

Originally Posted by lodidodi

Has anyone heard anything about the Maxspect led lights? It seems interesting especially for that price.

http://www.fish-street.com/maxspect_...ategory_id=118

They look alright but I have a couple of concerns which would keep me from buying one. Firstly, they are not adjustable. You can't dim the LEDs or the blue and white separately. to adjust brightness or colour temperature. secondly, i don't really like the approach of using a few really high wattage LEDs rather than a good array of 3 watt emitters. That will lead to some really bright hotspots and areas of extremely high PAR that could bleach some corals right under those emitters and then the PAR will drop off alot more outside those hotspots. May be okay if you want to put your high light SPS right under those LEDs and then lower light stuff in other areas of the tank.