Looking for Led's...

[Smitty]

Hey ladies and gents...I've been doing a lot of research on led lighting and decided to get a led fixture. My main reason is because of the heat scare(90* and more temp) I had last summer, which killed many of my corals. So if anyone has any suggestions, other than me building it myself(no time), let me know. Thanks guys. :)

 

[Smitty]

What do you all think about the marineland reef capable light 24"-36"? Amazon has them for a good price.

 

[SeaBee]

YOu need red in the spectrum, so just be careful of that. A lot of people are spending a lot of money on led's, just to have thier sps's brown out.

 

[Smitty]

Thanks for the advice Seabee. :)

 

[SeaBee]

The light needs to be able to give you a sunburn in order to work for the corals.

 

[slm32123]

They say each fixture replaces a 150 watt mh. and i can believe it after watching their videos. But as for the red, i would imagine you could just get probably 2 T5 bulbs like ATI's midday sun, to supplement with. or like a 3000k bulb

 

[Smitty]

Are you saying that no led's will be sufficient enough by itself to support sps's?

 

[Smitty]

Hey Seabee, I'm looking at the wavelength(nm) chart online, and this fixture does register in the red wavelength zone(630-700) using a 10,000k 1 watt led bulb. So I'm thinking it may be sufficient. :)

 

[SeaBee]

Just do your homework is all Im saying, Im not putting down anybody or anything. If you're going to drop coin like that, it better be researched is all I mean. We had LED's on some stuff at the store and it went brown, bad hair algea too, it was the light. Feel that heat under a T-5 or MH? Thats the infared, and corals need it, just like a suntan, we cant see the infared rays, but you can feel them, and its not because we are too close to the sun, its invisible rays.

 

[Smitty]

Ok thanks.. :)

 

[Bifferwine]

Parrotchute uses the AI LEDs on his tank, and has been very happy with them.

 

[Smitty]

Parrotchute uses the AI LEDs on his tank.

Is that the brand or does AI stand for something? Help me out here Biff. :)

 

[little_fish]

Im pretty sure this is the company. I know this is the brand NorthStar just got

AI - life illuminated

 

[Bifferwine]

Im pretty sure this is the company. I know this is the brand NorthStar just got

AI - life illuminated

Yes, that's the one! :)

 

[Smitty]

Thanks ladies.

 

[little_fish]

Your welcome. But i cant seem to find the chart that says how many unit you should need for a specific tank size.

But Northstar got 3 to cover his 180 gal. So im guessing one unit would be more than enough for a 29

 

[fastrd400]

Check out reef bright LED's. I have a buddy that has been running them for over a year with issues at all.

 

[Smitty]

Thanks Fast...let me check em' out.

 

[Smitty]

What about this system?...the lightbulb colors can substituted to reef lighting colors(white/blue)
Sunshine Systems GlowPanel 45 28w Plant Grow Light - GP1-98567 - Light Bulb Surplus

 

[Smitty]

Ok guys...and gals...I just placed my order and will receive it by next week sometime. This is what I got.
Ecoray 60D High PAR LED Light | LED | PetSolutions