Lani LED is finally here!!

[rock_lobster]

Lol I want this guys PR paycheck LOL....

 

[reefwiser]

Hydra's and Radions use a puck config of led's that does provide wide coverage. I removed my Radions and went back to MH 20k bulbs and see growth in my corals everyday now. I dont' think any of the LED designs can compare to MH in a ability to grow corals on a daily basis.

 

[TylerS]

I've been watching this for a while, but the price is way to high.

 

[A. grandis]

I think this is common mis-perception when someone hears something they don't like. In the LED thread he said multiple times that LEDs will work just fine growing coral and coloring up coral. Most LED people skip past the part that they agree with and focus on the part they don't agree with. What I have heard Grandi say more than once is that LEDs work, but in his mind just not as efficiently as T5 or even better MH.

Correct! Thanks for posting that!
Grandis.

 

[Wh00pS32]

So once again how is that different than needing a bunch of radions or hydras or whatever to cover a tank properly?

And a Philips Coralcare is cheaper than a Radion and has more coverage.

The Coralcare is ugly as sin and weighs a ton, fine if you have a canopy to hide it but if your going for a sleek rimless look i wouldn't touch it.

 

[gus6464]

The Coralcare is ugly as sin and weighs a ton, fine if you have a canopy to hide it but if your going for a sleek rimless look i wouldn't touch it.

Yeah it's called proper engineering. No fans and ip65 rated as most aquarium lights should be.

 

[dragon99]

The Coralcare is ugly as sin and weighs a ton, fine if you have a canopy to hide it but if your going for a sleek rimless look i wouldn't touch it.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally like the industrial look it brings. I don't the like the shiny black plastic look many other brands are putting out.

These Lani's look awesome, but covering a tank with them is going to be crazy expensive. Great to see more competition pushing the concept of even coverage though. It's what the LED detractors have been pointing out, a small puck with a lens just isn't the right approach.

 

[gtbarsi]

LEDs on plastic optics suck, nothing new there. Blanketing an entire area with diodes and running them in low power (~1 watt so efficiency is highest) is the European way of designing fixtures. Americans like their pucks on optics. The Lani way among other brands is using LED to mimic T5. Taking a puck design and putting it over a big reflector is using LED to mimic MH. I am still waiting for an LED light to use a tightly packed puck with a giant reflector. Kessil AP700 is the beginning of that but I want something like this:

That is a Ledil Angela reflector. It is a 120mm unit. There is a blueacro puck behind that beast.

@gus6464 is that real, or just a concept? If real I's love to know more.

 

[gus6464]

@gus6464 is that real, or just a concept? If real I's love to know more.

That is 100% real. A guy on nano-reef has 6x of those on his cad artisan 70g. It's absolute overkill of course but his coverage is out of this world with amazing color.
http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/377036-clean-white-stage-70g-mixed-reef/

The pucks consist of 100% Luxeon Z including Luxeon UV. Reflector is Ledil Angela with RZ diffuser lens.