About led lighting

[eric3carlsoc]

I HAVE A 72 INCH METAL HALIDE WITH 3 250 WATTS AND 4 96 WATTS SUPER BLUE

IM LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD CREE 3WATT LED STRIP LIGHT TO ADD
ANY SUGGESTIONS

i KNOW ABOUT THE CURRENT USA TRUELUMEN PRO AND EXOCITICS STUNNER AND PANORAMAS ALL OF THEM ARE onLY 1 WATT PER LED

I NEED SOME LED STRIPS THAT ARE BETTER BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF SPS CORALS.
any suggestions would be appreciated


any help would be appreciated

 

[MounteeFrag]

Not sure you are going to find that in a Strip Light. I am assuming you are looking to add just more light? If you have the room you might try the Chinese LED's off of Ebay.

 

[gregr]

A few years ago I switched from 3x250 MH/T5 actinics to Chinese LEDs (Eshine) and the tank thrived. Yes those LEDs are not ideal with only two colors and a very basic dimming system but my corals grew like mad and had darn good color. Very slightly less saturated than they were under metal halides but still beautiful and I have lots of pics to prove it I ended up buying Ecotech Radions recently since they were on sale and I wanted more options (color channels and profile customization). We'll see how much of an improvement I see. They're only running at 30% now but when I put them at 100%... whoa that's a lotta light!

 

[Ron Reefman]

Have you looked at BuildMyLED as a possible supplier? I've talked with them at both the 2012 and 2013 MACNA shows and they are good guys and make a good product. Their leds are long single rows of leds and you can make them any color you want. I'm not sure they offer cree leds, but to me, that isn't really much of an issue. I use only leds (no more MHor t5) and they are NOT cree leds and my corals are doing very well.