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04-16-2012, 03:15 PM
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i was looking into these as well for supplemental lighting. i would love to know more about them but there is nothing out there yet. If anyone knows where there is a video or some pics of it in action i would love to see it. i think i am going to order one and if its decent quality ill grab another.
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04-17-2012, 05:24 AM
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But price is good and i don't care if they are not dimmable or controllable... I am not a big fan of fancy $900 controllers, to me they are just fancy glorified timers that's what they are. These new led lights are now 3W and individual lenses are replaceable. I personally spoke to someone who had SPS growing under old Marineland 1W x2 fixtures. So with these 3W we have much better chance. More so now we hear about SPS being bleached under LED's because there is too much light. Honestly i would like to know what is the difference between one 3W LED and the other? Can anyone chime in? Other then fancy features (ipad control etc) is there really a difference? Why do we need Green and Red LED? what are these for? We newer had these colors before. All we had was MH DE or SE and some actinics, now we are being drawn in to something else... doesn't seem to ever stop. So why spend $2K+ if i can pay ~$320 and have two fixtures with 3W LED? I would really want to know. Last edited by RuGlu6; 04-17-2012 at 05:27 AM.
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04-17-2012, 02:50 PM
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I had been in contact with aqua traders and they haven't been very helpful. Thê said the product was to new so they do not have much feed back on them yet. They couldn't even tell me what LEDs they were using or the type of optics. I also asked if the bulbs or optics were replaceable or removable and the person I was speaking with didn't know.
If the LEDs are decent quality then the light output and par will be very good for the price. The color is a bit to white but it will have a nice shimmer. Red and green LEDs are helpful but not essential. They help full the narrow spectrum the white LEDs have. They also help with the visual look of the corals and are usually used to mimic the look of Mh bulbs. I think I am goig to bite the bullet and try one of them out. It's cheap enough that if they suck I won't be to ****ed. If anyone else has any more info on these please chime in.
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04-17-2012, 04:43 PM
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I bought their 1W version for my nano-cube 29 gallon and I did not like it.
It only covered right under the fixture and the color them was pretty yellow. Charles at CANADIAN AQUATICS import their products . will ask him if he already ordered this one and I could see it.
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04-17-2012, 05:07 PM
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Retailers usually have minimal knowledge about products unless they set up a tank and use it. So, our collective advantage is that we can share our experience on here. If this looked yellow did you supplement with blue LED or actinics? So what happened did you keep this 1W fixture? What kind of corals do you have under it? How long did you have it for? How did the corals do under these lights? Thanks in advance.
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04-17-2012, 05:25 PM
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If this looked yellow did you supplement with blue LED or actinics?
Yes I did add one T5 actinic and a BLUE LED strip, but my problem was coverage ,I have to buy another one to cover my tank So what happened did you keep this 1W fixture? I sold it for 20% less What kind of corals do you have under it? on That time I only had softies and they were doing OK under the fixture How long did you have it for? I had it for 3weeks and I sold it and bought 4x18W T5 version from aquatraders How did the corals do under these lights? it was good for softies on my tank (18"x18"x18"),but again my problem was coverage The other thing I have to mention, is it didn't have separate switch for blue only so you cant really use two timer one for blue one for white which is not good !
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