LED Lighting for a 240 gallon cube

[Macropora]

What would you recommend to light a 240 gallon cube? It's 48" L x 48" L x 25" H. Thinking of keeping a mixed reef with SPS and LPS corals and lighting it with LED hood or pendant. Haven't made up my mind yet. I like the look of the new DIF LED pendants just unsure which model would work on the setup that I have. I like the bluer look to bring out the colors. Also wondering are the LED chips interchangeable and is there a fan to keep the ballast and the LEDs cool? Just wondering in case I purchase something and decide the look isn't for me anymore and want to swap out the LED chip for another color spectrum. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you.

[mga345]

The DIF-100 is your best choice for this tank.
It can cover 48" X 48" with the 120 lens.
If you like the bluer light you can choose the 20000K.

I would add a DIF-50B to give the actinic before and after the main lighting (the DIF-100).

Moshe
Orphek Israel

[mr.wilson]

As Moshe stated, the Dif 100 is the best choice. I would use two with 120˚ lenses. The 20K multi chip is blue enough for most peoples taste. The chip is easily swapped out in the future. If you want a really blue colour we can provide a chip we use for retail stores to showcase coral fluorescence and pigmentation.

The Dif 100 multi chip has a more natural shimmer and the colours mix more evenly than traditional LED arrays.

[Macropora]

The DIF-100 is your best choice for this tank.
It can cover 48" X 48" with the 120 lens.
If you like the bluer light you can choose the 20000K.

I would add a DIF-50B to give the actinic before and after the main lighting (the DIF-100).

Moshe
Orphek Israel

As Moshe stated, the Dif 100 is the best choice. I would use two with 120˚ lenses. The 20K multi chip is blue enough for most peoples taste. The chip is easily swapped out in the future. If you want a really blue colour we can provide a chip we use for retail stores to showcase coral fluorescence and pigmentation.

The Dif 100 multi chip has a more natural shimmer and the colours mix more evenly than traditional LED arrays.

Thanks for the info. Do you know if there will be a dimmable version of these pendants in the near future?

[mr.wilson]

Thanks for the info. Do you know if there will be a dimmable version of these pendants in the near future?

Yes there will be a dimmable version available in a few months.

[Macropora]

Yes there will be a dimmable version available in a few months.

Great! Keep us posted...