How Many Mitras?

Aqua-Digital · #1 04-10-2013, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

Sorta depends how big and high a persons rock and colonies are.

EXACTLY!

The Mitras has the coverage to easily do 36x32 but if you have lots of rock and hang overs, and big colonies, no amount of LED will stop this shading.

waynemah · #2 04-10-2013, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Aqua-Digital

EXACTLY!

The Mitras has the coverage to easily do 36x32 but if you have lots of rock and hang overs, and big colonies, no amount of LED will stop this shading.

4 strategically placed units might be the key then...

kien · #3 04-10-2013, 08:05 PM

so it seems the consensus is you should either go with 3, or 4 or 5 or 6 lights. I'm glad we all come together to figure this one out!

Aqua-Digital · #4 04-10-2013, 08:09 PM

Start with 3-4 this is all you really need, if you wish to go higher I am not going to stop you

Bblinks · #5 04-10-2013, 08:37 PM

All I am saying is if you are running 8 radions now and you switch to 3 mitras it will seem dim. When I had it over my tank at 100% its has the same coverage as 2 ai sol units and that is it. If you have a lot of lps with some sps in the tank then ya three will probably suffice but if you are heavy into sps then just prepared for the extra cost in case you feel that coverage is less then optimal. I know I wasn't happy with the light coverage with only 6 ai units on the 300 and even with 9 it still didn't meet my expectations. Again different people different strokes, this is merely my opinion. You can always start with 3 and throw some radions back on if the coverage isn't great.

FishyFishy! · #6 04-10-2013, 09:20 PM

I say scrap the LED's and throw some MH's on there !!!!!!!!!!!!!

asylumdown · #7 04-10-2013, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by FishyFishy!

I say scrap the LED's and throw some MH's on there !!!!!!!!!!!!!

haha, I would burn my house down, or at the very least cook my tank. The tank is built in to a wall, so the lights are inside the wall space above it, which is completely enclosed. Even with a 90cfm fan evacuating air in the space where the lights are and sending it outside 24/day, 8 radions is enough to heat the space above the tank up enough to warm the water in the tank 1.5 degrees C over the course of a day. If it was an open top tank, I probably would have gone with halides in the original design.

Aqua-Digital · #8 04-10-2013, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bblinks

I know I wasn't happy with the light coverage with only 6 ai units on the 300 and even with 9 it still didn't meet my expectations

Totally different lamp against the Mitras you just cant compare the coverage intensity or spectrum that's why they are sub $500 and you need so many.

There is no way you can put an Ai SOL against a Mitras.

Aqua-Digital · #9 04-10-2013, 09:40 PM

Best advise if you want mass end user input is post on these two forums

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2220972
and
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ghlight=mitras

Bblinks · #10 04-10-2013, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Aqua-Digital

Totally different lamp against the Mitras you just cant compare the coverage intensity or spectrum that's why they are sub $500 and you need so many.

There is no way you can put an Ai SOL against a Mitras.

Spectrum lacking for sure but coverage 2 to 1 is very similar. As far as intensity goes AI sols are par monster. Don't knock it because its a sub $400 lamp. It will grow sps just as fast if not faster then any other lighting system out there. They just don't reflect certain color of the coral due to missing spectrum.