Mars Aqua Chinese LED review (Ebay) - Page 12

Isaacs55 · 09/13/2015, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tonyftlaud

Great video, very helpful.
Where do you buy your diodes from? Id love to change some of my yellowish whites out. Do you notice more shimmer with the 20k installed?

I got mine from ebay. There's a ton out there just make sure to get either epistar LEDs or bridgelux. Some others work too but those are the name brand ones from china. And make sure to get 3watt and not the 1 watts.

They did give me that extra shimmer effect. Taking the optics off really gives you more shimmer effect though.

tonyftlaud · 09/13/2015, 05:18 PM

Thank you Issac
I'm going to order some right now.

Isaacs55 · 09/13/2015, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tonyftlaud

Thank you Issac
I'm going to order some right now.

Sweet! Let us know how they turn out. And make sure to get only the diodes and not with any star base or anything.

dromonk · 09/14/2015, 04:48 PM

How many for a 60 cube tank and how high would they need to be

Swope2bc · 09/14/2015, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dromonk

How many for a 60 cube tank and how high would they need to be

What are your dimensions?

dromonk · 09/14/2015, 05:26 PM

24 inch cube
24x24x24x24

Swope2bc · 09/14/2015, 05:28 PM

One will work perfectly, I would start with about 10" above the tank.

drivingmyself · 09/14/2015, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Swope2bc

I don't know how that functions but it may, if it's anything like an apex

Well I looked into what the apex does and I would assume there will be one at some point in time, if not I'm sure there will be a z wave device sooner than later that I will be able to use using your pictures. appreciate it.

Well I opted to get 4 of them for the 245 gallon, 72 Long x 30 Deep x 24 tall. figured the middle divider on top would block quite a bit of the light if I went with 3.

I was also curious, it sounds like most people use open top setups, does the glass mess with the lights or why no tops? our is open top right now, but she talked about getting glass tops so there isn't as much evaporation.

Swope2bc · 09/14/2015, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by drivingmyself

Well I looked into what the apex does and I would assume there will be one at some point in time, if not I'm sure there will be a z wave device sooner than later that I will be able to use using your pictures. appreciate it.

Well I opted to get 4 of them for the 245 gallon, 72 Long x 30 Deep x 24 tall. figured the middle divider on top would block quite a bit of the light if I went with 3.

I was also curious, it sounds like most people use open top setups, does the glass mess with the lights or why no tops? our is open top right now, but she talked about getting glass tops so there isn't as much evaporation.

From what I've read and been told glass tops become very difficult to maintain due to salt creep and hard water.

dromonk · 09/14/2015, 05:46 PM

Right now I have off brand black boxes on it with very little growth over the pass year

Swope2bc · 09/14/2015, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dromonk

Right now I have off brand black boxes on it with very little growth over the pass year

How strong have you been running the lights? Are they providing the spectrum needed? The lights referred to in this thread are basically off brand black boxes but they are definitely capable of growing even SPS coral.

tonyftlaud · 09/14/2015, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by drivingmyself

Well I looked into what the apex does and I would assume there will be one at some point in time, if not I'm sure there will be a z wave device sooner than later that I will be able to use using your pictures. appreciate it.

Well I opted to get 4 of them for the 245 gallon, 72 Long x 30 Deep x 24 tall. figured the middle divider on top would block quite a bit of the light if I went with 3.

I was also curious, it sounds like most people use open top setups, does the glass mess with the lights or why no tops? our is open top right now, but she talked about getting glass tops so there isn't as much evaporation.

The Glass tops cut down on light penetration but more importantly the closed top hinders gas exchange

dromonk · 09/14/2015, 06:24 PM

I run mine at 70 blue and about 30 white

Swope2bc · 09/14/2015, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dromonk

I run mine at 70 blue and about 30 white

Interesting, I'm not sure why you aren't seeing growth. Could it be something lacking in the water? I would post an independent thread and inquire about the growth rates of your specific corals before buying a new light...

d-man · 09/15/2015, 02:26 PM

Isaac-did you replace any of the greens as well? Was thinking about taking those out for UV diodes.
What color whites did you get?

Isaacs55 · 09/15/2015, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by d-man

Isaac-did you replace any of the greens as well? Was thinking about taking those out for UV diodes.
What color whites did you get?

I ordered some more 10000k so im going to switch out the greens and reds cuz im not a fan of them lol the green shows up way too much in my water column in my opinion. Im going to try and leep my white channel mainly white with the original blues. And then im changing some of the blue channel leds to UV. Maybe like 5 or 6

d-man · 09/15/2015, 08:09 PM

Which ones did you order again. I'm going to attempt the change

Isaacs55 · 09/15/2015, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by d-man

Which ones did you order again. I'm going to attempt the change

Heres a link to the ebay store. Hopefully the link works.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/5-100pcs-1w-3w...=1179690810009

So I got 5 of the 3 watt 10,000k and 5 of the 3watt 20,000k. The ones that I changed in the video are 20,000k

Isaacs55 · 09/15/2015, 09:23 PM

Also baught some 3watt UV 400nm-410nm.
Heres the link for that.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/5pcs-3W-45mil-...=1715055564015

skchism · 09/15/2015, 09:25 PM

I've been using mine for a month now and they are awesome. My corals really are thriving and some that were suffering before are starting to come back in a spectacular way

skchism · 09/15/2015, 09:29 PM

I also built a custom canopy to fit the lights

skchism · 09/15/2015, 09:31 PM

skchism · 09/15/2015, 09:36 PM

Right now running 25% blue 4% white and slowly ramping up

Isaacs55 · 09/15/2015, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by skchism

What version of mars aqua are those?

d-man · 09/16/2015, 10:32 PM

Isaac, I just ordered 50 of the 6500k and 50 10k. Also 20 of the uv. I have 4 of the 300watt fixtures. I'll test one and see how I like some changes then may do the same to some other leds fixtures I have. My tank is 145"x32x43 so I'll see how the 4 cover, then work from there

09/15/2015, 09:23 PM	#294
Isaacs55 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Riverbank CA Posts: 906	Also baught some 3watt UV 400nm-410nm. Heres the link for that. http://m.ebay.com/itm/5pcs-3W-45mil-...=1715055564015 __________________ Isaac T "It doesnt hurt to Read...Read...and Read some more" "You dont know where you're going, until you know where you've been" New Tank Build: 40 gallon mixed Reef Current Tank Info: 40 gallon mixed Reef, Mars Aqua LED

09/13/2015, 05:18 PM	#277
tonyftlaud Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 40	Thank you Issac I'm going to order some right now.

09/14/2015, 04:48 PM	#279
dromonk Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 85	How many for a 60 cube tank and how high would they need to be

09/14/2015, 05:26 PM	#281
dromonk Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 85	24 inch cube 24x24x24x24

09/14/2015, 05:28 PM	#282
Swope2bc Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,066	One will work perfectly, I would start with about 10" above the tank.

09/14/2015, 06:24 PM	#288
dromonk Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 85	I run mine at 70 blue and about 30 white

09/15/2015, 02:26 PM	#290
d-man Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, ca Posts: 2,732	Isaac-did you replace any of the greens as well? Was thinking about taking those out for UV diodes. What color whites did you get?

09/15/2015, 08:09 PM	#292
d-man Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, ca Posts: 2,732	Which ones did you order again. I'm going to attempt the change

09/15/2015, 09:25 PM	#295
skchism Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 27	I've been using mine for a month now and they are awesome. My corals really are thriving and some that were suffering before are starting to come back in a spectacular way

09/15/2015, 09:29 PM	#296
skchism Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 27	I also built a custom canopy to fit the lights

09/15/2015, 09:31 PM	#297
skchism Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 27

09/15/2015, 09:36 PM	#298
skchism Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 27	Right now running 25% blue 4% white and slowly ramping up

09/16/2015, 10:32 PM	#300
d-man Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: San Diego, ca Posts: 2,732	Isaac, I just ordered 50 of the 6500k and 50 10k. Also 20 of the uv. I have 4 of the 300watt fixtures. I'll test one and see how I like some changes then may do the same to some other leds fixtures I have. My tank is 145"x32x43 so I'll see how the 4 cover, then work from there