AI SOLs are the best light in the world, here's why...

jorjef · #1 03-08-2012, 01:54 AM

Cus my fish tell me so.... they do, really

fishytime · #2 03-08-2012, 03:31 AM

white.....like those 70's shoes and 80's pants.....I hear they make a great doorstop

Aquattro · #3 03-08-2012, 03:50 AM

The best lights are my 400w Radiums, but SOLs are a great second runner up.

MarkoD · #4 03-08-2012, 04:18 AM

Living at the equator and having a green house with a tank in it

Bblinks · #5 03-14-2012, 06:36 PM

I have posted this in several different places since there are so many thread about AIs.

Anyways as you can see with the lens it really makes the AI's a par monster. I know the radion has a better spectrum as it covers the red and green a lot better then AI's but from my personal experience, I would rather take intensity over full spectrum since almost all my sps has really taken off under the intense lighting. I guess the choices are "fuller spectrum" without the intensity or 3 spectrum with high intensity.

Aquattro · #6 03-14-2012, 06:46 PM

Have you thought about adding a couple of red bulbs to the collection? I figure that's what I'll do, should cost a couple bucks. Apparently it can bring out some fish colors, not that I have any fish...

Bblinks · #7 03-14-2012, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Have you thought about adding a couple of red bulbs to the collection? I figure that's what I'll do, should cost a couple bucks. Apparently it can bring out some fish colors, not that I have any fish...

Funny that you mention it. I am contemplating on doing 2 stripes of 72 x 2 mix clusters of red, green, uv, and cw so I can get my lighting as close to a "full spectrum" as I can! I figure until we can find out what these coral(sps) needs in what specific spectrum it would be better to emulate the sun to the best of our ability by using everything that is available to us but not the extend of turning our tanks into a disco ball.

On the other hand, we really don't know if the coral do need red or green spectrum of light and from the way my sps has reacted from the ai and its intensity almost lends me to think that intensity is more important then spectrum. Is adding all those other lighting and making the top of my tank into a octopus of wiring worth the effort?

Whats your thoughts?

Oscar · #8 03-14-2012, 07:53 PM

Bblinks:

I notice from your signature you also have a 29G cube. Would a single AI Sol work for the cube? And at what height?

Bblinks · #9 03-14-2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Oscar

Bblinks:

I notice from your signature you also have a 29G cube. Would a single AI Sol work for the cube? And at what height?

Yes, most definitely. I would hang it 6 to 10" awl with 70 degree lens. I think you should check out the AI nano as well since they have higher power leds. I am however running DIY 24 cree 50\50 mix of blues and whites supplimented by 2 greens and 2 red on the cube right now and the only reason I did that is to keep the biocube's original canopy.