Ebay LEDS

old salt · Dec 22, 2014

Has anybody tried any of the Chinese LEDs on EBAY?

EZMAC114 · Dec 22, 2014

I have 3 over my 180 FOWLR and I just got another for my 36 reef tank. I love the ones over my 180 but haven't mounted the one over the reef tank yet.

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RUGDOG · Dec 22, 2014

I ran 3 over a 220 for 3 years with good success.

mwbeach · Dec 22, 2014

Do you have a link to them on eBay?

tonkaoz · Dec 23, 2014

i have 3 over my 220 also and one over my 29 they work good . I hooked then up to a $30.00 home depot timer and they work great

DTdr2 · Dec 23, 2014

mwbeach said:
Do you have a link to them on eBay?

2nd that. I was looking at the OceanRevive ones, and Santa wouldn't mind saving a few bucks [emoji383] [emoji389]

EZMAC114 · Dec 23, 2014

DTdr2 said:
2nd that. I was looking at the OceanRevive ones, and Santa wouldn't mind saving a few bucks [emoji383] [emoji389]

These are the two types that I have

This is the one for my reef tank that hasn't yet been installed.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00LV...qid=1419377118&sr=8-32&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

And this is the one that I have 3 of over my 180 and love them! They are just blues and whites though.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=261666477170

tonkaoz · Dec 23, 2014

the ones I got were full spectrum

Themaddhatter · Dec 23, 2014

Those look tempting. Anyone try them over a Reef?

EZMAC114 · Dec 23, 2014

Themaddhatter said:
Those look tempting. Anyone try them over a Reef?

A couple of the LFS's by me have them over their reef tanks

Themaddhatter · Dec 23, 2014

I'm about to start a Reefledlab build for my 125 gallon Reef, hopefully with their new True Spectrum controller, but that'll cost more then these by far. I may try 3 of these in my 100 gallon FOWLR and try raising some corals in there...

KorD · Dec 23, 2014

What are the detentions of the light? I am looking at one for a small tank

OceanRevive · Dec 24, 2014

Be very careful buying aquarium leds on Ebay. There are some very reputable brands sold there, like ours, EverGrow, ReefBreeders and others. But there is a lot of unbranded junk sold there as well. One company in China was trying to take over the low end of the market and was/is selling fixtures at under $90 that others sell for $120 or more. The cheap fixture works when you first get it. But it has cheap fans, virtually no heatsink, isn't very likely to last very long and they don't support their product. The latest rumor we've heard is that they are going out of business.

Buying cheap is a gamble. And you can get a winner sometimes, but it's still a gamble.

Themaddhatter · Dec 24, 2014

Do you have a link to your products?

sherita · Dec 24, 2014

I've got the eBay lights over all of my tanks, including my prop system. I swear by them. Dimmable, full spectrum, USA seller, and reasonably priced. My corals love them and grow like mad. The seller I buy from is ecotachi on eBay.

220g mixed reef
75g sps/monti
90g zoa garden
75g shoom/softy tank

They are all under the ebay leds. And I could not ask for better growth or color. Love 'em.

jzaso · Dec 24, 2014

I replaced my 500+w V-HO T5 setup on a established 90gsps with two of the ebay fixtures (topledseller 165w full spectrum dimmable) been six months and very impressed - great growth and color have two more in my shopping cart going to start converting the 20 bulb 300g- for the cost of bulbs and ballasts over the year I can purchase three new led units every year-

Dr.Reefgood · Dec 24, 2014

DTdr2 said:
2nd that. I was looking at the OceanRevive ones, and Santa wouldn't mind saving a few bucks [emoji383] [emoji389]

I purchased an OceanRevive T247 few months back. I couldnt be happier with it. I love the way it looks and the corals look happy as well. I would purchase it again.

Themaddhatter · Dec 24, 2014

I have a 72x18x22 tank that that has 2 cross braces on top. Could I get away with 2 fixtures above the tank, or do I have to do 3 to prevent shadowing?

Themaddhatter · Dec 24, 2014

sherita said:
I've got the eBay lights over all of my tanks, including my prop system. I swear by them. Dimmable, full spectrum, USA seller, and reasonably priced. My corals love them and grow like mad. The seller I buy from is ecotachi on eBay.

220g mixed reef
75g sps/monti
90g zoa garden
75g shoom/softy tank

They are all under the ebay leds. And I could not ask for better growth or color. Love 'em.

Which model word you recommend for my 125? And would 2 work?

jzaso · Dec 24, 2014

Shadowing is a issue and the braces will add to that effect-sort of depends on what you want to keep and where in relation to the lights- the two I have on the 48" fill the tank well with a bit of spill over all around at 12" above the water I do get a low par area (shadow) in the center from the brace-the fixtures I have are 16"lg