Reef Brite LED's available in Canada

[PFoster]

Yeah LED's are rather pricey, but it is our opinion that the Reef Brite LED strips are VERY well priced especially for a product that is made in the US and NOT in china.

Here are some prices for you:
15" $150-170
24" $205-235
36" $235-270
48" $270-300

So at their current price you are coming in at just above $1000 for LED's today!

We have a couple of tank builders in the Toronto area that are already using the Reef Brite's and installing them as the sole source of lighting on tanks up to 30" deep. I dont have any pics of this yet though as the tanks are still a work in progress but I will see what I can do for you.

Please note that you can not purchase these from us, but we would be happy to ship them to your local retailer.

Also for a fixture type setup you can buy a bracket to attach you Reef Brite LED strips to. The bracket allows you to start with say 2-3 strips and add more in as your tank and budget allow. Additionally if you already have halides you could either suspend one reef brite LED strip on either side of the light for suplimentation or you could buy one of the brackets to attach both stips too. And if you are looking for a new halide reflector, Reef Brite has MH pendants already designed to have the LED strips mounted on them to ensure that the fixture looks very clean!

[DiverDude]

Originally Posted by PFoster

Yeah LED's are rather pricey, but it is our opinion that the Reef Brite LED strips are VERY well priced especially for a product that is made in the US and NOT in china.

Here are some prices for you:
15" $150-170
24" $205-235
36" $235-270
48" $270-300

So at their current price you are coming in at just above $1000 for LED's today!

Mmmmm....not quite ! In some applications, absolutely; in others (i.e. deeper tanks) probably not -yet.

I think Ron99 has the right view on this in that until the manufacturers start publishing PAR numbers, the consumer will always be left trying to compare apples to oranges.

From a business perspective, I understand how it can be appealing for a marketing department to obfuscate details to a degree but if LEDs are really going to make quick headway in the market, aquarists will need (and hopefully demand) data that will allow them to select an appropriate product for their setup.

Perhaps as a distributor, they may take some of these comments from you and actually listen ? One can only hope !

[PFoster]

I have already emailed Reef Brite to request any info that they have on PAR output. We do have a copy of the spectral output of the strips, but right now its a printed copy with a small graph.
As for PAR output, these strips are supposed to have double the PAR output of an ATI Blue Plus with reflectors, but as for actual numbers I dont have those on hand at this time. I dont suppose anyone here has a PAR meter?


Here is a link for the Reef Brites being used as a suplimentation on a large tank for you:
http://reefbuilders.com/2010/01/04/r...-feet-of-reef/

And here is another link to them in action on a deep tank with tons of halide lighting:
http://reefbuilders.com/2009/12/18/r...ep-reef-tanks/

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

We have sold a few of these ReefBrite strips and so far I have been pretty impressed. We have a few in stock and a few more on the way from Reef Wholesale if anyone is interested in purchasing.

[PFoster]

Do you have a pic of one of these running on a tank Ian?

I do have a comparison pic I can post.
Here is a picture of one of the acans in our coral bed. On the right side you see what the piece looks like under a ATI Power module running with 4 Blue Plus lamps only (whites were off for the pic).
The left half is the ATI Blue Plus + 1 Reef Brite LED strip.

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by PFoster

Do you have a pic of one of these running on a tank Ian?

I do have a comparison pic I can post.
Here is a picture of one of the acans in our coral bed. On the right side you see what the piece looks like under a ATI Power module running with 4 Blue Plus lamps only (whites were off for the pic).
The left half is the ATI Blue Plus + 1 Reef Brite LED strip.

Wow, great pictures, the increased fluorescing of the Coral is very noticeable. I don't have any comparisons but I can work on getting some for you. There was an article on Reef Builders not too long ago that showed a 300+ gallon tank lit by nothing but ReefBrite strips.

[PFoster]

Originally Posted by PFoster

Here is a link for the Reef Brites being used as a suplimentation on a large tank for you:
http://reefbuilders.com/2010/01/04/r...-feet-of-reef/

And here is another link to them in action on a deep tank with tons of halide lighting:
http://reefbuilders.com/2009/12/18/r...ep-reef-tanks/

Are these the ones you were thinking of?

[burrows14]

I have one 48" blue on order from Ian and should have it running within a couple of weeks Cant wait to see how these look!. Ill be using them as actinics only and am not expecting any par out of them but it would be a plus. I will be runing them with 2 250w xm 10k's

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by PFoster

Are these the ones you were thinking of?

Oops! yeah, how observant of me.....

[PFoster]

LOL, well I did have quite a few posts pretty much back to back so it was easy enough to miss.