thoughts on led lights for deep reef tank? - Page 2

adamPL · 04/20/2015, 06:44 PM

What about Kessils A360N (narrow one), anyone know tanks with them?

Cfabia1 · 04/21/2015, 12:51 AM

I have 2 Radion Gen 2s over my 32 inch deep 80 gallon. I have Sps all the way at the bottom and an anemone. If I turn them up past 75 % my anemone moves under rocks for shade and a birdsnest and an encrusting monti started to bleach three days later, I'm sure LEDs have plenty of power for a deep tank

adamPL · 06/27/2015, 01:12 PM

Any updates, news here?

smb2415 · 01/13/2018, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by adamPL

Any updates, news here?

not even 2yrs in and the GHLs all died. Sent in for repairs and was told they couldnt be repaired. A waste of over $3k. Each one had various issues...some bulbs not working, lost control panels, etc.... Over the course of about 4months all three were down. They offered a discount on a new set

OK yeah let me spend another $3k...MH? may be the way to go.....

I still haven't figured out what Im going to do. Ive been surviving on a cheap LED..... lost pretty much all the softies and corals when the GHLs died.

JZinCO · 01/13/2018, 09:29 PM

You should trial out SB Reef's light. https://sbreeflights.com/36-photon-torpedo
Don't think any reviews have come out yet so you can experiment for RC

smb2415 · 01/13/2018, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JZinCO

You should trial out SB Reef's light. https://sbreeflights.com/36-photon-torpedo
Don't think any reviews have come out yet so you can experiment for RC

Looks like a monster... Not sure I have enough space over tank... I have at most 2'. There also no specs on page.. I'll have to give them a call.

LittleBigReef · 01/13/2018, 10:51 PM

I have a 48x31x31” tank and I run 2 ocean revives 9” above tank on 100 percent blues and 45 percent whites. I grow sps and have leptos and chalices encrusting on the bottom. These lights are cheap *** hell but also do a great job! Def recommend. Save ur money, you could also supplement with some brs retro kit t5’s to cut down on shadowing too.

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JZinCO · 01/13/2018, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smb2415

Looks like a monster... Not sure I have enough space over tank... I have at most 2'. There also no specs on page.. I'll have to give them a call.

Gotchya. At least $/sq ft of coverage, it appears to be a good fixture.
I wonder if a fixture with 5w leds and 40 degree optics would get down 42"..

VanJuKy · 01/14/2018, 02:58 AM

48" deep and thriving with LED's. Yes he has a lot, but look at the size of the layout. A heck of lot of money in lighting though! Love the schools of Cardinals.

ravi197699 · 01/14/2018, 09:23 AM

I am in process for 800 gallon reef with 36" high and I am having 50w chips 15-20k built overseas and I will use optics on those chips to push the light down deep on the sandbed, regular fixtures won't cut it unless I have narrow lenses and have multiple of those,

saf1 · 01/14/2018, 10:54 AM

Could you just go the DIY route using any of the multi channel / chip layout? Or at least build one out and see how it goes from there? I have a 30" T x 30" D x 54" wide 240 gallon and going this route. As of now I'm finishing up 4 mult-channel chips from Blue Acro - using their AcroStar Mega4Z 20k Pro Blues which are 48W I believe. I also will be migrating a similar product using Rapid LED's Boreleas multi-channel although they no longer are being made (probably due to the number of lime LED's they used).

If I need more I'll just add another pair. Probably easier for me though I guess because it is a new tank which I'll be migrating my 40 breeder into later. That is mostly soft with a few LPS corals. Not a SPS type tank.

tlandrum · 01/17/2018, 09:53 PM

Now this is not info for a working tank... but is what my current plan is. It is not cheap, and is a lot of work... but we didn't get 800g tanks because they are cheap and easy!!!

MakersLED
will need:
2 1/2 6 foot of rail (about 14' total, 30/ft)
about 425LED's (9 diffrent types)
20 degree lenses (for all LEDs)

This will work out to about 9A (1100W) of power.

I am planning on a mixture, but plenty of SPS corals. I hope it will work. I am really questioning how much of a chiller I am going to need.

Well, good luck. I need to go ahead and order all mine so I can start putting them together. But if you go this route I would love to hear how it works.

01/14/2018, 10:54 AM	#36
saf1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: California Posts: 2,259	Could you just go the DIY route using any of the multi channel / chip layout? Or at least build one out and see how it goes from there? I have a 30" T x 30" D x 54" wide 240 gallon and going this route. As of now I'm finishing up 4 mult-channel chips from Blue Acro - using their AcroStar Mega4Z 20k Pro Blues which are 48W I believe. I also will be migrating a similar product using Rapid LED's Boreleas multi-channel although they no longer are being made (probably due to the number of lime LED's they used). If I need more I'll just add another pair. Probably easier for me though I guess because it is a new tank which I'll be migrating my 40 breeder into later. That is mostly soft with a few LPS corals. Not a SPS type tank. __________________ -saf1 Current Tank Info: 210 gallon mixed reef

04/20/2015, 06:44 PM	#26
adamPL Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middletown,NJ Posts: 474	What about Kessils A360N (narrow one), anyone know tanks with them?

04/21/2015, 12:51 AM	#27
Cfabia1 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: California Posts: 140	I have 2 Radion Gen 2s over my 32 inch deep 80 gallon. I have Sps all the way at the bottom and an anemone. If I turn them up past 75 % my anemone moves under rocks for shade and a birdsnest and an encrusting monti started to bleach three days later, I'm sure LEDs have plenty of power for a deep tank

06/27/2015, 01:12 PM	#28
adamPL Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middletown,NJ Posts: 474	Any updates, news here?

01/13/2018, 09:29 PM	#30
JZinCO Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: northern CO Posts: 502	You should trial out SB Reef's light. https://sbreeflights.com/36-photon-torpedo Don't think any reviews have come out yet so you can experiment for RC

01/13/2018, 10:51 PM	#32
LittleBigReef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Rohnert Park Posts: 240	I have a 48x31x31” tank and I run 2 ocean revives 9” above tank on 100 percent blues and 45 percent whites. I grow sps and have leptos and chalices encrusting on the bottom. These lights are cheap *** hell but also do a great job! Def recommend. Save ur money, you could also supplement with some brs retro kit t5’s to cut down on shadowing too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

01/14/2018, 02:58 AM	#34
VanJuKy Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 260	48" deep and thriving with LED's. Yes he has a lot, but look at the size of the layout. A heck of lot of money in lighting though! Love the schools of Cardinals.

01/14/2018, 09:23 AM	#35
ravi197699 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 567	I am in process for 800 gallon reef with 36" high and I am having 50w chips 15-20k built overseas and I will use optics on those chips to push the light down deep on the sandbed, regular fixtures won't cut it unless I have narrow lenses and have multiple of those,

01/17/2018, 09:53 PM	#37
tlandrum Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Ada, OK Posts: 26	Now this is not info for a working tank... but is what my current plan is. It is not cheap, and is a lot of work... but we didn't get 800g tanks because they are cheap and easy!!! MakersLED will need: 2 1/2 6 foot of rail (about 14' total, 30/ft) about 425LED's (9 diffrent types) 20 degree lenses (for all LEDs) This will work out to about 9A (1100W) of power. I am planning on a mixture, but plenty of SPS corals. I hope it will work. I am really questioning how much of a chiller I am going to need. Well, good luck. I need to go ahead and order all mine so I can start putting them together. But if you go this route I would love to hear how it works.