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Old 05-27-2011, 05:05 AM
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Here is a short video of it in action

http://www.denpaul.ca/SALT/INWATTERSTINGRAY.wmv
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It looks really nice, did you have the LEDs set at full or only 50% on those pictures? I know its a long shot, but do you think you can get some par reading? Btw I would really dial down the intensity on the unit, we don't want to burn any of the corals.
Thanks for doing the review, love to see more.
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That looks awesome!
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It looks really nice, did you have the LEDs set at full or only 50% on those pictures? I know its a long shot, but do you think you can get some par reading? Btw I would really dial down the intensity on the unit, we don't want to burn any of the corals.
Thanks for doing the review, love to see more.
Absolutely agree 100%. From my own experience with switching to LED (from metal halide in fact), I had a major bleaching event due to the increased intensity of the LED light. (could also have been spectrum change, I guess, but the color temp looked around the same to me and I realize the appearance of it can also be deceiving for color temp) Lost a couple of corals in fact. LED's are very deceptive - they don't look as bright to you when you enter the room but I have a feeling that's because the light is very directional.
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So what was the total cost for the fixture?
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All the pictures were taken with the LEDs at the 50% range. May lower them a bit as well but figured I'd start there.

Total cost including shipping, taxes, and duty would be about $1650.
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Damn that's a good price, I totally would have gone that route if I had known. The fixture and the tank look great!
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Sorry I don't have the ability to do par readings but they have some that they did at there site.

www.inwatter.com
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PAR readings are here

http://www.inwatter.com/stingrayLightTest.htm
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