390G Zoanthid & SPS Reef System

[lorenz0]

nice, looking forward to how these bad boys look. lol chem class, just finished my lab...

[asylumdown]

I am rather excited to see these new lights. I'm very, very, very strongly considering lighting my entire tank with them.

ETA: also, are you at the UofC? I'm here right now reading your thread instead of reading this massive volume on Ecological planning in an urban context. #fail for school.

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

nice, looking forward to how these bad boys look. lol chem class, just finished my lab...

Ever have Diana Garrett? If no, consider yourself lucky. That lady made like 2 people cry in my last lab class, evil evil lady...

Originally Posted by asylumdown

I am rather excited to see these new lights. I'm very, very, very strongly considering lighting my entire tank with them.

ETA: also, are you at the UofC? I'm here right now reading your thread instead of reading this massive volume on Ecological planning in an urban context. #fail for school.

So far couldn't be happier with them, the design is amazing and the versitility is unreal! The program is a little hard to get used too but all in all they are great pieces of equipment.

Who wants to read THE MERCK MANUAL or THE BURGESS MANUAL when you can read my reef manual . No though @ MRU.

[Zoaelite]

LEDS:




FTS:


Few new zoas under the lights:










Managed to grab a quick actinic while using the demo mode (Shows all the single modes in sequence), I will try and grab a few more when It swaps over tonight.

[Zoaelite]

Heyyy Daryll, wanna make a bet ?




Even though I'm pretty sure your right on the ORA Supernatural :\

[asylumdown]

think you'll end up going full LED at any point? what's your impression of them compared to your halides?

[carnut]

How big is the lighting footprint? Same as your halides?

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by asylumdown

think you'll end up going full LED at any point? what's your impression of them compared to your halides?

Eventually i would love to ditch the rear halide system, 6 of these fixtures costs around $5200 though so It won't be happening any time soon. All in all I'm already in love with these things, the color spectrum and versatility absolutely blows the MH/T5 combo out of the water.

Funny enough the tank dropped to 75°F yesterday as the heaters were turned way down (The metal halides provided enough heat to keep the tank warm). Fixed that so the tank should be running around 78°F today.

As far as growth goes only time will tell, these things do make for VERY easy reaquascaping compared to the previous fixture.