ATI Straton LED Light - Comments, Review, PAR, Coverage, Discuss...

[Superlightman]

This are the straton or straton pro.

 

[Kyl]

There's new firmware out for both the original and new pros, UI looks a bit nicer. Updated both units fine.

 

[Roli's Reef Ranch]

I have a similar setup (for halides) of aluminum rail.

That's how I hung my CCG2s. Smart man.

 

[beesnreefs]

There's new firmware out for both the original and new pros, UI looks a bit nicer. Updated both units fine.

Newer than 2021.4?

 

[beesnreefs]

This are the straton or straton pro.

Mine are the original Stratons. As far as I know we can’t get the Straton Pro in the States

 

[Kyl]

Newer than 2021.4?

ATI Essentials Pro VS Essentials + „Was ist der Unterschied?“ – ATI Aquaristik – Reefing Made Simple

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That is the home site for ATI.DE. ATI HQ has been very odd at releasing firmware in a proper, concise place for much of the fixtures life, but they are getting better. The NA site still lists some old firmware, they don't seem to be in the loop on much coming out of HQ in regards to the Straton tbh.

 

[beesnreefs]

ATI Essentials Pro VS Essentials + „Was ist der Unterschied?“ – ATI Aquaristik – Reefing Made Simple

atiaquaristik.com

That is the home site for ATI.DE. ATI HQ has been very odd at releasing firmware in a proper, concise place for much of the fixtures life, but they are getting better. The NA site still lists some old firmware, they don't seem to be in the loop on much coming out of HQ in regards to the Straton tbh.

Thanks for sharing this! I was looking at the NA site.

Looking forward to installing the latest firmware!

 

[zachtos]

One would do it. You might have slightly less PAR at the way ends, but not bad.

I've been running these 3 ATI straton over my 300G SPS for a year or so now. I'm still struggling to determine if the coral are happy or not. Some are full colors, others are quite pale. I try to keep nutrients up and all trace via ICP.

Currently I measure about 200-250 PAR in most coral zones, and 300-400 near the top of some mature colonies. I used to have ATI T5 fixture, which gave double the PAR, but I'm told LED is not a 1:1 conversion, but I thought the straton with diffused is different. Can anyone elaborate????

 

[zachtos]

I'm beginning to wonder if I should have went with four fixtures instead of three... for my Red Sea S1000 (82.7"x26.75"x25.6") predominately SPS mixed reef. ATI recommended three.

I run 3 ati straton my of my 300G DD, similar dimensions (wider for me), but I added 6 LED bars from reefbreeders, 2 blue, 4 uv, mostly for night viewing and supplment.

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

Zachtos, if I remember correctly, you had some bleaching when you first added the Stratons, didn't you?

If the pic you attached is current, it almost still looks like the corals are adjusting. Stratons are great, but I don't think we will ever replicate T5 or metal halide with LED. It just isn't going to happen.

 

[zachtos]

Zachtos, if I remember correctly, you had some bleaching when you first added the Stratons, didn't you?

If the pic you attached is current, it almost still looks like the corals are adjusting. Stratons are great, but I don't think we will ever replicate T5 or metal halide with LED. It just isn't going to happen.

If so, then I can't recommend LED over T5. I have not been happy with results by far.

 

[oreo54]

If so, then I can't recommend LED over T5. I have not been happy with results by far.

Odd question. Do you have a brother named Jeremy?

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

If so, then I can't recommend LED over T5. I have not been happy with results by far.

Hi Zachtos,

I agree with you on T5. Sorry to hear that you haven't had good results. You have a beautiful system.

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

If so, then I can't recommend LED over T5. I have not been happy with results by far.

@zachtosdo you have a picture right before you switched to the Stratons and a pic that is current? Would love to see. Thanks.

 

[zachtos]

@zachtosdo you have a picture right before you switched to the Stratons and a pic that is current? Would love to see. Thanks.

Not a fair comparison for photos, as a bunch of corals died after changing to the Stratton. Some corals thrive, others just get pale and die.

 

[Superlightman]

Mine are the original Stratons. As far as I know we can’t get the Straton Pro in the States

I'm waiting to see what the new straton pro can do,as the original,were disappointed my German friends that the beginning jump on the hipe,now all sold them and coral farmers in France not use them because. They say the spectrum is not good enough.I think there is a reason why ati stop this mode so quickly.

 

[oreo54]

I'm waiting to see what the new straton pro can do,as the original,were disappointed my German friends that the beginning jump on the hipe,now all sold them and coral farmers in France not use them because. They say the spectrum is not good enough.I think there is a reason why ati stop this mode so quickly.

Odd since the published spectrums are not that much different between the 2.
The diffuser vs reflectors is a much bigger change.

Crude composite but very close. Standard is the "normal" colored curve vs the reverse for the PRO.
Curves normalized to each other.

Addendum Reference for orig

ATI Straton analyzed in our DaniReef LAB - Let's See the Performance

We had the opportunity to test the new ATI Straton thanks to Jonathan, who just bought three of them for his tank. We analyzed the PAR and created th

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[dbq5anlxj]

People have great and colorful sps tank with blackbox light. I wonder how much difference a modern reef light can make.

 

[Hurricane Aquatics]

From the graph Oreo just posted, there isn't much of a change. I have an ATI Straton and I researched the Pro version.

The Pro looks to have the same LED layout, and as Oreo said, it uses reflectors instead of a diffuser. Reflectors are the way to go for LED.

 

[beesnreefs]

From the graph Oreo just posted, there isn't much of a change. I have an ATI Straton and I researched the Pro version.

The Pro looks to have the same LED layout, and as Oreo said, it uses reflectors instead of a diffuser. Reflectors are the way to go for LED.

Can you help me understand why reflectors are better for LEDs?