Any thoughts on the RapidLED Aurora Pucks?

cryptics · Jun 2, 2014

I am considering changing my tanks from T5's to LEDs and I am leaning towards the Aurora pucks. I have two tanks right now Standard 90g (48x18x24) and a Deep Blue 45g Frag (48x18x12). Both I am planning to have SPS, Clams and Nems. I was thinking using the 45g as a test bed and convert the 4bulb T5 to two Aurora pucks using the 100 degree optics. Both my tanks have to have canopies so they will be relatively close to the water. I have 7'' between the water and the top of the canopy in the 45g and 9'' in the 90g. Anyone use these yet? Would love to hear how people like them.

revsgirl · Jun 2, 2014

gtbarsi · Jun 2, 2014

I have no experience with them, for a cool white puck it looks OK. Personally I would be interested in the Borealis Luxeon Z Array. It is a neutral white array which I prefer, and it has the latest Luxeon Z leds including the Lime LEDs that have a lot of people jumping up and down. The array is not quite what I would pick, I happen to really like what jedimasterben did in his post Luxeon Rebel ES 'lime' - pics and PAR.

Hopefully someone out there has some and will share there thoughts. One thing I will point out is that while LEDs provide good primary lighting nothing manages to handle lighting fill like a couple of good T5s. When I eventually get my DYI LED project off the ground I am planning on including a couple of T5s (one in front one in back) to fill in the rest of the tank and spectrum.

cryptics · Jun 2, 2014

gtbarsi said:
I have no experience with them, for a cool white puck it looks OK. Personally I would be interested in the Borealis Luxeon Z Array. It is a neutral white array which I prefer, and it has the latest Luxeon Z leds including the Lime LEDs that have a lot of people jumping up and down. The array is not quite what I would pick, I happen to really like what jedimasterben did in his post Luxeon Rebel ES 'lime' - pics and PAR.

Hopefully someone out there has some and will share there thoughts. One thing I will point out is that while LEDs provide good primary lighting nothing manages to handle lighting fill like a couple of good T5s. When I eventually get my DYI LED project off the ground I am planning on including a couple of T5s (one in front one in back) to fill in the rest of the tank and spectrum.

I was looking at them but my main problem is they do not have any optics made for them. It may also be a little overkill for a 12'' deep tank. They are though the reason why I am not upgrading the 90g. I want to use them for that and will wait for them to create an optic for it