my new kessil tuna blue A350W

burgerchow · #1 08-21-2012, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

The A350 Kessil is awesome I just got one myself

Here's a fts. Mine is turned down to 50%

Yeah, they sure clean up the tank. No more large ballasts and large fixtures.
I think they give more shimmer than my halides did

Doug · #2 08-21-2012, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by burgerchow

Yeah, they sure clean up the tank. No more large ballasts and large fixtures.
I think they give more shimmer than my halides did

So it has no external ballast?

burgerchow · #3 08-22-2012, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Doug

So it has no external ballast?

No ballasts, just a small power supply the same size and style as a laptop

Doug · #4 08-22-2012, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by burgerchow

No ballasts, just a small power supply the same size and style as a laptop

Kool. Thanks

mandyplo · #5 08-22-2012, 05:43 PM

I bought two of them a few months back, my first lights ever. I love the shimmer too! Let me know how your corals do under them in a few months. Are you going to be running just the LEDs or an additional light for some UV?

fishoholic · #6 08-22-2012, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by burgerchow

Yeah, they sure clean up the tank. No more large ballasts and large fixtures.
I think they give more shimmer than my halides did

Agreed I love the look of them and the shimmer they give off. Just realized I should of got a pic of the light in my fts

oh well

burgerchow · #7 08-23-2012, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by mandyplo

I bought two of them a few months back, my first lights ever. I love the shimmer too! Let me know how your corals do under them in a few months. Are you going to be running just the LEDs or an additional light for some UV?

I really like them so far, and the corals are doing great. Slowly ramping them up to acclimatize the corals. Started at 50% the first day , then 10% increases daily until I get to full maximum

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #8 08-23-2012, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by burgerchow

I really like them so far, and the corals are doing great. Slowly ramping them up to acclimatize the corals. Started at 50% the first day , then 10% increases daily until I get to full maximum

Much, much slower my friend. What seems dim to our eyes with LEDs is often bright enough for the corals (especially if we're used to seeing MH lights).