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That isnt bad, do you still have your shopping list for your purchase?
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That isnt bad, do you still have your shopping list for your purchase?
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Jimbo662
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Rails - 40-4004-Black-FB - by the inch
45% angle bracket - 40-2563-Black (these are 18"...I'd intended to order 6". I've reordered those #30-2565)
T-bolts - 3302 - Qty 4
End cap - 12260 - Qty 2
Corner connector - 33470 - Qty 2 (attaches horizontal rail to the perpendicular rail)
Cable clip - 12319 - Qty 3
As far as attaching it I was able to drill holes in the back wall of my stand. This way I was able to insert the T-bolts and tighten them to hold the rails in place against the back. There are other options for attaching depending on your set up. I had originally ordered 1 1/4" bolts...had to reorder 1 1/2" and a couple of extra washers for spacers because the top of the stand has a slight over hang. I also drilled a hole just big enough for the hanging cable to fit through so I didn't have to use the top part of the hanging kit.
We've got the 60" in white over a 300g 84"x27"x30"tall. The overflow on the right side of the tank allows for me to use a slightly shorter fixture and keep my depth front to back across the length of the tank. I'm digging it so far. I'll post about our light schedule later this evening.
Where did you order your white Aurora from? I was looking for white to match my Elos stand but could only find the textured charcoal from BRS. I'm so jealous!
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I actually bought it slightly used from an Elos store in Southlake Texas. He had it on a tank in the shop and swapped to some other fixture so I was able to pick it up for a great deal. Funny enough I wanted the charcoal myself but this was far too good of a deal to pass on.
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A couple of days ago I realized my moon lighting wasn't working. Just tested it...setting it to run right now and it's not coming on. Am I missing something? Do you have to activate it somewhere? I don't see anything on any of the tabs.
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I think I just figured out the problem. When I click the moonlight tab and the box pops up I normally just click ok...assuming it would select the #0 Master automatically. Well...I was just playing around with it and this time I selected it then clicked ok and what do you know...the freaking moonlight came on! 
OneWhoPokesBears
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I'm seriously considering getting myself this fixture for my 65 reboot project.
@boxofrocks @Mike_J @Broadfield
What are your current thoughts on the fixture and do you all have before and after shots??? I'm definitely wanting to go more sps.
@boxofrocks @Mike_J @Broadfield
What are your current thoughts on the fixture and do you all have before and after shots??? I'm definitely wanting to go more sps.
Broadfield
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I think I just figured out the problem. When I click the moonlight tab and the box pops up I normally just click ok...assuming it would select the #0 Master automatically. Well...I was just playing around with it and this time I selected it then clicked ok and what do you know...the freaking moonlight came on!
I was just getting ready to tell you that... I had the same thing happen to me the other day.
Broadfield
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My current thoughts, which are the same as my past and future thoughts lol... this thing is amazing! What are you wanting before and after shots of?... old lighting and this lighting?
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I'm loving this light. I've been using Radions for over a year and was hap
I'm loving the light. I've been running Radions for a couple of years. I'd been looking at other tanks with T5s and like the overall look the lights gave. Once you get the hang of the software it's pretty easy. The fixture itself is just gorgeous. So far all the corals are also loving the light from the T5s. I'm still slowly ramping up. I'm currently up to 38% and headed to about 60% to get the par where it needs to be.
I'm loving the light. I've been running Radions for a couple of years. I'd been looking at other tanks with T5s and like the overall look the lights gave. Once you get the hang of the software it's pretty easy. The fixture itself is just gorgeous. So far all the corals are also loving the light from the T5s. I'm still slowly ramping up. I'm currently up to 38% and headed to about 60% to get the par where it needs to be.
OneWhoPokesBears
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I have a gen3 radion currently, but feel like I don't have enough coverage for my tank size and have been really impressed with the more complete coverage the hybrid option covers. If I had a hood I would look at a retrofit.
As far as the before and after; what'd your tank look like with the previous fixture? Your current tank shots look amazing!
Broadfield
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I'm currently running all Giesemann AquaBlue Coral.
I have also ran all Giesemann Actinic Blue and could make the tank look exactly like the all AquaBlue Coral with LED adjustments. So I wouldn't get caught up "too" much on which bulbs you use from a cosmetic standpoint... because you can typically get the color you want by adjusting the LED channels. With that being said, I'm always trying new bulb combinations
When using 2 different types of bulbs are you mix them on the 2 different channels or are you guys using the same bulbs on the same chanels
I'm currently running all Giesemann AquaBlue Coral.
I have also ran all Giesemann Actinic Blue and could make the tank look exactly like the all AquaBlue Coral with LED adjustments. So I wouldn't get caught up "too" much on which bulbs you use from a cosmetic standpoint... because you can typically get the color you want by adjusting the LED channels. With that being said, I'm always trying new bulb combinations
What are your LED settings for each channel with the bulb combination you have?
Thank you.
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Anyone have any par numbers for this fixture ... have a 60 inch in white
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Amazingly beautiful. Between the rimless tank, the clean lines of the aurora and a minimalist tank. Just wow.It's only available in black(it's actually a dark charcoal) in the USA. You could however paint it if you want a different color. Here's mine in the "black":
IMG_4278 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
IMG_4434 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
