reefbreeders photon V2 is OUT...reviews here. - Page 3

oldbones · 02/20/2016, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by dread240

I can tell you buying the 32 for my 36' tank was kind of overkill. I have light spilling on each end. I could see the 32 covering a 4' tank fine.

There is pretty good shimmer on it. I'm going to try and get some videos tomorrow but I don't even have internet yet at this house and my future fish room was used by the previous owners as the land of forgotten christmas decorations so it's a hot mess in there

Thank you for that, I have been pondering the 32" or 24" to go over my 34" 56g tank.

cbodey · 02/20/2016, 01:35 AM

Will do

oldbones · 03/02/2016, 11:54 AM

Nobody has one in hand yet?

Devaji108 · 03/03/2016, 10:51 AM

I have seen a few ppl on here with them..and I will be getting one in a week or two.
from what I see ppl really like them, but with the 6 channels of control there a lot to play with. the good and bad a guess. so setting up your custon program might take some thinking...

vjhjk · 03/03/2016, 11:28 AM

Is this light similar to a evergrow product or is it a stand alone unit built fully by reefbreeders? The photon v1 series was the same as the EG2040 line.

Ron Reefman · 03/03/2016, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by vjhjk

Is this light similar to a evergrow product or is it a stand alone unit built fully by reefbreeders? The photon v1 series was the same as the EG2040 line.

It's made by EverGrow with the led layout by ReefBreeders. The EG unit has less blue and more white, why, I don't understand!

gcarroll · 03/03/2016, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Reefman

It's made by EverGrow with the led layout by ReefBreeders. The EG unit has less blue and more white, why, I don't understand!

That would be because in the rest of the world, they like their tanks using whiter light. I have talked to several European companies who all claim that blue dominated fixtures just don't sell as well there.

paul87 · 03/05/2016, 09:40 AM

Got my 24 v2 the other day. It is nice. It has a really good shimmer compared to my old 120 black box. Here are some cell phone shots at about half intensity.

paul87 · 03/05/2016, 09:42 AM

Woods didn't mean for those photos to be so huge! Here is a real quick look at them and the shimmer they produce. Once again it's at half intensity.

https://youtu.be/7OrkmviUQ9Y

oldbones · 03/05/2016, 10:39 AM

How does the shimmer in your video compare to what you see in person?

Devaji108 · 03/05/2016, 02:30 PM

nice thanks for posting the vid. I know it will help alot of reefers out.
yeah those are big pics haha
I was wondering what the controller looked like..again thanks

paul87 · 03/05/2016, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by oldbones

How does the shimmer in your video compare to what you see in person?

It's pretty much the same in person.

paul87 · 03/05/2016, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Devaji108

nice thanks for posting the vid. I know it will help alot of reefers out.
yeah those are big pics haha
I was wondering what the controller looked like..again thanks

Not a problem. I'd like to see some more reviews on these lights along with the programming they chose.

oreo57 · 03/05/2016, 09:48 PM

Ok.. a confusing point..

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Channel 2; 4 Semi LED 520nm Green.

Is listed in the "description"..

BUT if you download the "pattern"

Quote:

Semi 3w 495nm

So which do they use? Green or Cyan?

paul87 · 03/05/2016, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by oreo57

Ok.. a confusing point..

Is listed in the "description"..

BUT if you download the "pattern"

So which do they use? Green or Cyan?

Channel 2 is definitely green.

Sonyardo · 03/05/2016, 09:56 PM

Tagging along for updates

dread240 · 03/06/2016, 11:33 AM

They use the cyan

paul87 · 03/06/2016, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dread240

They use the cyan

Mine are green. Here it is with just channel 2 on.

This would be cyan.

paul87 · 03/06/2016, 01:22 PM

Unless there version of cyan is really green looking?

Bpb · 03/06/2016, 01:57 PM

It would be nice if led builders only advertised their diode layouts in terms of wavelength. Not color name. It confuses the customer and gives them license to mis label a diode intentionally to make their fixtures sound more appealing. Like calling violet "ultra violet" or green "cyan".

Devaji108 · 03/06/2016, 04:50 PM

anyway you can resize those pics?

paul87 · 03/06/2016, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Devaji108

anyway you can resize those pics?

I can from my computer, but not my phone. I will repost some photos an appropriate size when I can. Kinda wish this forum would do that automatically like others.

oreo57 · 03/06/2016, 06:09 PM

Eyeballs are not very good to figure this out here..

and many "cyan" flavors grade pretty close to the green look..
I sampled your photo (nowhere near definitive and depends on a LOT of different digital "trickery") and the green has a heavy blue component.
wrote to RB's yesterday, will hopefully get a definitive answer

paul87 · 03/06/2016, 06:54 PM

Logan from Reef Breeders told me there will be wider optics available soon. Thought I would share that.

paul87 · 03/06/2016, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oreo57

Eyeballs are not very good to figure this out here..

and many "cyan" flavors grade pretty close to the green look..
I sampled your photo (nowhere near definitive and depends on a LOT of different digital "trickery") and the green has a heavy blue component.
wrote to RB's yesterday, will hopefully get a definitive answer

Thanks for sharing! To the naked eye (or mine anyways) I just see green. I suppose there could be a big variation of cyan ranging from a smidgen of blue to slot more.

02/20/2016, 01:35 AM	#52
cbodey Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 6	Will do __________________ Corey B, New to the big tanks. I have no money now for tattoos Current Tank Info: 90 gallon tank, photon v2 lighting,eshopps r200, jebao rw-8

03/06/2016, 11:33 AM	#67
dread240 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Essex, MD Posts: 979	They use the cyan __________________ BRB, Goldfish on fire How much deeper would the ocean really be if sponges didn't exist? Current Tank Info: 75 gallon mixed reef tank

03/02/2016, 11:54 AM	#53
oldbones Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 940	Nobody has one in hand yet?

03/03/2016, 10:51 AM	#54
Devaji108 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jackson Hole Wy Posts: 3,430	I have seen a few ppl on here with them..and I will be getting one in a week or two. from what I see ppl really like them, but with the 6 channels of control there a lot to play with. the good and bad a guess. so setting up your custon program might take some thinking...

03/03/2016, 11:28 AM	#55
vjhjk Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4	Is this light similar to a evergrow product or is it a stand alone unit built fully by reefbreeders? The photon v1 series was the same as the EG2040 line.

03/05/2016, 09:40 AM	#58
paul87 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 291	Got my 24 v2 the other day. It is nice. It has a really good shimmer compared to my old 120 black box. Here are some cell phone shots at about half intensity.

03/05/2016, 09:42 AM	#59
paul87 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 291	Woods didn't mean for those photos to be so huge! Here is a real quick look at them and the shimmer they produce. Once again it's at half intensity. https://youtu.be/7OrkmviUQ9Y

03/05/2016, 10:39 AM	#60
oldbones Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 940	How does the shimmer in your video compare to what you see in person?

03/05/2016, 02:30 PM	#61
Devaji108 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jackson Hole Wy Posts: 3,430	nice thanks for posting the vid. I know it will help alot of reefers out. yeah those are big pics haha I was wondering what the controller looked like..again thanks

03/05/2016, 09:56 PM	#66
Sonyardo Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: OC California Posts: 522	Tagging along for updates

03/06/2016, 01:22 PM	#69
paul87 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 291	Unless there version of cyan is really green looking?

03/06/2016, 01:57 PM	#70
Bpb Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 3,148	It would be nice if led builders only advertised their diode layouts in terms of wavelength. Not color name. It confuses the customer and gives them license to mis label a diode intentionally to make their fixtures sound more appealing. Like calling violet "ultra violet" or green "cyan".

03/06/2016, 04:50 PM	#71
Devaji108 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jackson Hole Wy Posts: 3,430	anyway you can resize those pics?

03/06/2016, 06:09 PM	#73
oreo57 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 1,793	Eyeballs are not very good to figure this out here.. and many "cyan" flavors grade pretty close to the green look.. I sampled your photo (nowhere near definitive and depends on a LOT of different digital "trickery") and the green has a heavy blue component. wrote to RB's yesterday, will hopefully get a definitive answer

03/06/2016, 06:54 PM	#74
paul87 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 291	Logan from Reef Breeders told me there will be wider optics available soon. Thought I would share that.