guy fawkes
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As this is an expensive hobby, I enjoy finding cheaper alternatives and be able to keep nice corals.
These pics are of my 100g set up with a 50g sump. Marine land canister filter, used pumps, fluval led's and one long blue grow bulb. I knew this would hold off most of my coral, had almost no growth as the lights were bought for a 30g, I was able to keep acropora for three months before I moved. So I finally bought these Chinese LED's because the fluval and bulb combo wasn't working well.
So far hanging the lights was a pain, I'm not handy with stuff like this. So after finally hanging the lights. They are super quiet, the color is so so much better than what I had. They are missing the obvious extras like timers, remote adjustments from cell phones, storm or sunset. But that to me doesn't justify the extra money. I have the blues at 70-80% and whites around 30. Hung them around 16" from the water surface. I will admit going from such a low quality lighting to these is a massive upgrade. The colors of the corals are hugely improved.
First pics are with my old light combo
Now with new lights
I will keep updating this. And hope we get some good growth
These pics are of my 100g set up with a 50g sump. Marine land canister filter, used pumps, fluval led's and one long blue grow bulb. I knew this would hold off most of my coral, had almost no growth as the lights were bought for a 30g, I was able to keep acropora for three months before I moved. So I finally bought these Chinese LED's because the fluval and bulb combo wasn't working well.
So far hanging the lights was a pain, I'm not handy with stuff like this. So after finally hanging the lights. They are super quiet, the color is so so much better than what I had. They are missing the obvious extras like timers, remote adjustments from cell phones, storm or sunset. But that to me doesn't justify the extra money. I have the blues at 70-80% and whites around 30. Hung them around 16" from the water surface. I will admit going from such a low quality lighting to these is a massive upgrade. The colors of the corals are hugely improved.
First pics are with my old light combo
Now with new lights
I will keep updating this. And hope we get some good growth
