Has Anyone used LED Supplimental Actinics and Metal Halides?

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by NU-2reef

I have stunner strips and trust me they are not noticeable with halides on. As a moon light it works fine.

I also have one of those aqua traders LED strips, and I use it as moonlight only on a small tank. You can barely see the blue light in a dark room when the lights are off. So those are out of the question.

But as for the stunner strips, I suppose the panorama pro ones are supposed to be a lot better, but you pay a good price for them.

I should also mention this will be on a 155 Gallon 6 foot bowfront SPS reef, so they are gonna have to be decent lights.

[Nano]

I think your halides will drown out the Stunner strips, I recently put on on my AI SOL (and the power is only about 35%) and I can't tell a difference, its nice for moonlighting, but other then that probably not my smartest purchase

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by Nano

I think your halides will drown out the Stunner strips, I recently put on on my AI SOL (and the power is only about 35%) and I can't tell a difference, its nice for moonlighting, but other then that probably not my smartest purchase

So you think that I should go with T5's?

I'm thinking more for color, and dusk/dawn effects when the halides are off.

[Nano]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

So you think that I should go with T5's?

I'm thinking more for color, and dusk/dawn effects when the halides are off.

well if your looking at leds talk to martin, stunners IMO might not make a difference, panorama pros may. hard to say

[Chowder]

I'm running 3x250w halides and 4 12" blue ecotech panoramas over my 5 foot tank. I origally changed out 2 48" fiji pink T5s . The blues really make my LPS pop. It loks totaly insane with just the blues on.

http://www.modularled.ca/panorama-pro-led-module/

Chris

[gobytron]

I'm with you on VHO.
Nothing looks like 454 actinic and super actinic IME.
its just too bad the power draw and heat from them are so significant compared to t5 or led.

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by gobytron

I'm with you on VHO.
Nothing looks like 454 actinic and super actinic IME.
its just too bad the power draw and heat from them are so significant compared to t5 or led.

Yeah I kinda fell in love with them when I had an older Hamilton fixture that had 2 X 250W halides and 2 VHO super actinics. The color when just the VHO's were on was truely amazing. Haven't seen anything like it in any of my tanks since.

I've also seen a few tanks of the month on Reef Keeper Magazine that rock the VHO's as well, and they swear by them.

[PFoster]

Are you looking for a manufactured mh + LED combo like this one from Reef Brite?



One of our stores up in ottawa has their main display running with halides plus the Reef Brite LED's. Previously they used halide plus VHO but now run the Reef Brites. Now they actually have their timers set to turn the halides off a couple hourse before the store closes so that people can see what the tank looks like with just LED's and its pretty amazing!

I will see if I can dig up some pictures, but it would be on my old lap top.
I snapped some pictures when they did the transfer in feb of 2011 but have since updated my computer.

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

I also have one of those aqua traders LED strips, and I use it as moonlight only on a small tank. You can barely see the blue light in a dark room when the lights are off. So those are out of the question

Which one do you have,? aquatraders 1W or older version 0.3W?

[FishyFishy!]

Originally Posted by RuGlu6

Which one do you have,? aquatraders 1W or older version 0.3W?

Mine is the new 1W Verson. And I used it on a 131 gallon. My AquaMedic Ocean light that is suspended 12" above the tank with the 10 moonlights makes more light than that LED bar. It's horrible.