how many mitras lightbar 3's?

[M4sonic]

So im in the process of planning my new tank and decided to go with profilux for my controller, so the lightbar 3 suddenly popped onto my shortlist as well.

my tank would be 100cm wide x 60cm deep by 55cm tall.
the plan is mostly lps and possibly some sps experiments near the top.
I'm also considering a clam on the sandbed.

How many lights would be recommended for this setup?

Thank for the help!

 

[Lasse]

I have a 120*50*50 tank - please see my build thread. I run mitras lightbar 2. I use two 120 deep actinic, one 120 actinic and on 120 deep blue. Total around 300 W. I have a mixed reef. I have grown 4 clams from around 6 cm to around 20-25 cm in this tank and mostly with this light.

Here is mine on full blast. I use nastural white (4500 K) as moonlight - hence it zero here.

The lightbar 3 comes with a little higher wattage compared with lightbar 2.

I would recommend at least three lightbar 3 in the start. If it was lightbar 2 - I had recommend 2 deep actinic and 1 actinic. The RGB Leds make it possible to get a rather white appearance in spite of the fact that this combination is heavy, heavy blue. However the RGB Leds of Lightbar 2 is 4 in every module compared with only 2 of the lightbar 3.

It gives this spectrum (LB 2 - 2 deep actinic - 1 actinic

Compared with LB 3 1 coral pop 2 deep Ocean

LB3 1 Coral pop, 1 deep Ocean and 1 Ocean blue

Its difficult to recommend because its lesser RGB in LB 3 and the RGB is the secret of LB 2:s whitish aperance even with mostly deep actinic.

If you have P4 and GCC - you can go to Light composer - chose empty and press OK

Highlight an combination - press arrow - if two (or more) of the sam sort press multiple times on the arrow. Press OK

Here chose + and 100 % on all and you get the spectra. You can play with the slide bars and at which time i should be active

You can play with this and get a theoretical spectra through the day - but how it looks in real life - you have to test.

If you start with LB3 1 colour pop, 1 deep ocean and 1 ocean blue - you get a spectra most like mine.

BuY a PSU that manage 4 LB 3, a splitter needs for both 3 an 4 bars

Sincerely Lasse

 

[M4sonic]

Wow thanks for all the info!
Maybe a strange question, i can't hang the lights so would need to use the included tank stands, would it be possible to connect the lights to eachother and then only use the feet of the front and back light to hold it up?

Preferably i would like to use an arm on the back of the tank but im thinking that might not be the best idea.

 

[Lasse]

Wow thanks for all the info!

It is a rather unknown lighting equipment - I just want to highlight a solution that for me have been the best I have tested
Here is the way I mount mine

You can probably find solution that fit your needs

I use the default brackets - there is two other forms to - a low and a high version

Sincerely Lasse

 

[M4sonic]

This is a bit of an off topic question, but didn't want to start another thread just for this.

I will have a maxi doser stand alone in my garage and all my sensors in the living room tank/sump, when making automations for the maxi doser stand alone can i use inputs from the sensors and profilux located on my tank?

For example, can i setup a AWC system with the sensors in my sump and the standalone doser in my garage or will they not communicate with eachother?

 

[Lasse]

SA doser can´t communicate with a P4 (as I know) if you not set it into Extended (slave) mode. If you do so - you need a PAB cable between the doser and the P4. PAB communications is possible up to 100 m between PAB ports if I remember right. If you have longer distance between doser and P4 - it will works well if there is another PAB device between the P4 and the Doser

Sincerely Lasse