badAZZlars' 125 sps reef build (Updated FTS)

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by wayner

Very Nice Mike - Can you share any changes that you've noticed in your SPS since switching to LED?, how long has it been now since the switch from Halide?

Thanks

Thanks Wayne, my view on LED so far is that they've made some corals look better and some corals look worse so its a mixed bag. I think the growth is similar as I am dosing the same amount of 2 part daily to maintain parameters as I was with the halides. I think i've been running them for a couple of months now.

Also things still seem to be changing so I don't think the full impact of the change has been realized on the tank.

Overall I would say that I am happy with the lights for sure. Way less power (now only max 300W instead of 1150W), no more bulb changes, and I get almost half the evaporation that I used to get.

With that being said if I wasn't concerned about the cost of running and maintaining a halide system and dealing with the heat issues I would still run halides. Probably 400W. I find that I just prefer the look of a quality halide bulb more than an LED look but I think the LED's look better than the crappy Ebay halides I was running recently.