What LED units do you all have?

[Steveg229]

I am almost ready to make the switch to LED's to replace the t5's on my 90. I have a couple options in mind, but am wondering which units you all are using and any recommendations. I want something programmable and cost is a definite factor as well...

 

[Sakura2282]

I have the Marineland reef capable lighting system with timer. They are good for LPS Corals and mushrooms I don't have SPS Corals, so I cannot say how good they are for them. They only have 1 watt white and blue actinic leds. Very basic lights I guess.

 

[bjohanson1234]

I have a kessil A150w over my 30 gallon
http://www.kessil.com/aquarium/A150.php

On a 90 gallon tank, you would probably need either 2 or 3 of these.
You might also have to upgrade them to the a360w for penetration of depth

 

[Jml32788]

I have the Reef Breeders Photon 24. So far so good. Only complaint is that when the power goes out the custom lighting schedule resets.

 

[ninjafish]

I am running a 48" NanoBox unit on my 90, but I run a hybrid LED/T5. Dave will custom build whatever you want down to the color of the paint on the unit, and currently runs all of his units with the coralux storm controller . I think he will be offering the Bluefish controller in the very near future as well.

Check him out and shoot him an email , he will fix you up.

http://nanoboxreef.com/

 

[lilmatty5dimes]

i'm running the reef builder value fixture hooked up to my apex to control everything.

 

[fastrd400]

Radions on my 120 and a kessil A 350 on my frag tank.

 

[Northstar24]

I have been running the AI Sol's over my 180 for about two years now. I'm currently debating an upgrade to the Hydra 52's once AI finally gets around to releasing an upgrade path for previous customers

 

[reeffreak]

I'm running the Maxspect Razor 160w 16k light.Too strong for my zoa,ricordea and LPS corals.I'm only running daylights at 40 percent and blues at 60 percent hung 12'' inches above the tank.Fully programmable from 0-100%.Very sleek,sexy even and comes with 3 types of blue(purple,blue,teal) and two types of daylights(yellow whitish,orange I think).

http://www.marinedepot.com/Maxspect...t_Fixtures-Maxspect-0M1131-FILTFILDTS-vi.html

 

[rrbigdog]

I have the Reef Breeders Photon 24. So far so good. Only complaint is that when the power goes out the custom lighting schedule resets.

I also have the Photon but the 32 version. Just save the custom schedule and it will not reset to factory..... Love the light. Found this speadsheet on another forum to simulate a natural light schedule.... giving it a try.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sed9mw71qthtepm/Light intensity program.xlsx

 

[Jml32788]

I also have the Photon but the 32 version. Just save the custom schedule and it will not reset to factory..... Love the light. Found this speadsheet on another forum to simulate a natural light schedule.... giving it a try.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sed9mw71qthtepm/Light intensity program.xlsx

I always save any changes I make and I saved the initial setup. But, it still resets every time the power goes out for any period of time. Thanks for the spread sheet though. That will come in handy.

 

[Nonfamous]

Running the cheap eBay ones I picked up two years ago. $168 each and they are great! Never an issue to this point with the lights. I have a thread here somewhere about these.

 

[Big K]

Just got my Photon 48" hung a few days ago. I have gotten jackshit done since then because I've been "ooooh" and "ahhhhhh"ing over how awesome it looks!

It took a bit of figuring out with the schedule and controller but now it's rocking along. Much nicer than my 6-bulb T5.

Thanks for that sheet, Bigdog I was wondering how much higher to crank it after everything gets used to the factory settings (which seem really low).

 

[JohnVH]

Maxspect Razor 160w 16k great light

 

[Sammydog]

I have the Illumagic Blaze (http://www.illumagic.com.tw/blaze-series.html). Took a little while to get happy with the way I programmed it, but really happy now.

Been running it for 6 months now and love it.

 

[Aquarian]

ReefBreeders value fixture. Love it.

 

[puzzles]

http://www.marinedepot.com/AquaticL...xtures-AquaticLife-AK01263-FILTFILDLK-vi.html

AquaticLife 1.0 Watt Expandable LED Light Fixture

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+10704+24725&pcatid=24725

Marineland Reef Capable LED Lighting System w/Timer

 

[ReeferRob]

DsunYS 2 panel 120W over the 57 rimless. No fan noise,full spectrum controllable and cheap. I run a Rapidled with a Typhon controller over my 130D and the wife has a Steve's LED with Typhon over her tank

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/DSun...sh-tank-light-with-controller/1286820084.html

 

[puzzles]

DsunYS 2 panel 120W over the 57 rimless. No fan noise,full spectrum controllable and cheap. I run a Rapidled with a Typhon controller over my 130D and the wife has a Steve's LED with Typhon over her tank

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/DSun...sh-tank-light-with-controller/1286820084.html

nice tank

 

[bwilhite]

I use 2 ecoxotic Stunner LED Strips programable but only for certain number of hours, not custom but the price is right and they do give a shimmer.