Kessil A80 / Nano and SPS / Please advise before I pull the trigger

[GoVols]

Lets find out ill put one in there tomorrow!!

Lol...
Tagging!!!!!!!!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Based off this thread and one or two more I've read, I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on the A80 with the Kessil controller. Tank gets set up next week.

 

[GoVols]

Based off this thread and one or two more I've read, I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on the A80 with the Kessil controller. Tank gets set up next week.

Base on this thread.
I think you'll be very happy.

 

[Mele__Reef]

@GoVols @Robin Haselden //The A80 is a great light! However, based on par intensity I don't feel like it's would grow a tank with SPS successfully. It will do great for LPS and softies. You also have to keep in mind you would have to purchase the special controller separately. I really wish I would have gone with the AI PRIME HD. It comes with the built in wifi controllers IPhone/Android capable. If your heart is set on kessil I'd upgrade to the A160 its will definitely grow SPS. After all as a hobbyist you and I know sooner or later that 14gal peninsula will soon be a 100gal lol. So wouldn't be a bad idea to already have a strong light you can use in the future and 1 less light you have to buy.

Kessil A80:
SPECS:
A80 $129
Spectral controller:$100
Gooseneck mount:$30
TOTAL:$259

Vs

AI Prime HD: (Built in Wireless controller/ create custom Ramp ups// full spectrum
$225
Mount:$30 (you can DIY a mount for half the price if your handy)

TOTAL:$255

 

[SashimiTurtle]

@GoVols @Robin Haselden //The A80 is a great light! However, based on par intensity I don't feel like it's would grow a tank with SPS successfully. It will do great for LPS and softies. You also have to keep in mind you would have to purchase the special controller separately. I really wish I would have gone with the AI PRIME HD. It comes with the built in wifi controllers IPhone/Android capable. If your heart is set on kessil I'd upgrade to the A160 its will definitely grow SPS. After all as a hobbyist you and I know sooner or later that 14gal peninsula will soon be a 100gal lol. So wouldn't be a bad idea to already have a strong light you can use in the future and 1 less light you have to buy.

Kessil A80:
SPECS:
A80 $129
Spectral controller:$100
Gooseneck mount:$30
TOTAL:$259

Vs

AI Prime HD: (Built in Wireless controller/ create custom Ramp ups// full spectrum
$225
Mount:$30 (you can DIY a mount for half the price if your handy)

TOTAL:$255

I already have a 75g that will more than likely magically transform itself into a Reefer P650 next year... The 14g nano is to house my coral beauty angelfish. I know, you're thinking"A coral beauty will never fit in a 14g nano!" Well, it's the size of a quarter...

My female clownfish wants it dead, so I made a acclimation cage out of a 2 liter bottle. It'll be happy in the 14 until it grows up some.

 

[Mele__Reef]

I see nothing wrong with that. My clown is very territorial it's actually funny. I had a yellow tail damsel and the clown hated him since day 1. Lol...

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Yea, the only problem with the clown is it's about 4" long and the angel is 1". Took a chunk out of it's tail, more than 2/3s was missing. I have a 1.5" six line in there and she ignores it...

 

[e572]

Grabbed a piece of birdsnest its the easiest so lets see how it does and ill put something a little more fineky in in a few weeks if it does well.

 

[GoVols]

Grabbed a piece of birdsnest its the easiest so lets see how it does and ill put something a little more fineky in in a few weeks if it does well.

Tagging

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Well guys I decided to use a wall timer for now and get the A160WE instead of the A80. I'll buy the controller later so I can use the ramp and all the other cool features. T minus 2 days until the tank gets wet!

 

[GoVols]

@e572
How high is the a80 above your water line and do you know what the intensity of the a80 is at.
I'm ;Writing down this study.

 

[e572]

I'll measure tomorrow I use the gooseneck for the setup so it's where it puts it at and its full blue full intensity [emoji1]

 

[GoVols]

I'll measure tomorrow I use the gooseneck for the setup so it's where it puts it at and its full blue full intensity [emoji1]

Lol,
I cooked my birdnest with my a80/t5 hybird.

 

[e572]

Ill keep that in mind it looks great today ill see what tomorrow brings I have no t5

 

[Nano101]

I am pulling the trigger this Friday and ordering the A80 for my 4g Pico. Starting off without the controller

 

[e572]

Six and seven eights from the light to the top of the tank.

 

[GoVols]

Six and seven eights from the light to the top of the tank.

...
Duly Noted... ;Writing

 

[GoVols]

@MrMichael @e572 @Amele8 @Robin Haselden
Just an fyi...

My Red Hot Chilli Pepper is still growing and on fire 20" down.
My birtsnest is recovering and I got about 100 new spikes coming out of it.
So, I just pulled the trigger on a $320 4.5" pink and red Acro colony from Divers Den (WYSIWYG)
My green Acros are still growing so I just went all in.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

@MrMichael @e572 @Amele8 @Robin Haselden
Just an fyi...

My Red Hot Chilli Pepper is still growing and on fire 20" down.
My birtsnest is recovering and I got about 100 new spikes coming out of it.
So, I just pulled the trigger on a $320 4.5" pink and red Acro colony from Divers Den (WYSIWYG)
My green Acros are still growing so I just went all in.

Nice, I went with the bigger A160WE... I'll share the beginning of my tank.

 

[HolisticBear]

So, I just pulled the trigger on a $320 4.5" pink and red Acro colony from Divers Den (WYSIWYG)

Go big or go home. Congrats, very exciting.