Marsaqua 165's

[Jej34]

Ahhh What the heck, I just ordered two 165's
Will take my T5 off line for a while giving it a shot, not much to lose at $179 for the two units, I'm hearing a lot of good reviews.

I report my findings

 

[zaekor]

Subbed. Would like to see the results of these lights.

 

[Jej34]

It's time for a t5 bulb swap ( getting Old at 120.00)
Figured why not. I saw some pretty impressive member pics of their reefs using the 165's

 

[Harris3005]

I've subscribed too. I've been looking at these recently and they seems to get great reviews. Look forward to seeing how you get on with them.

 

[Jej34]

I'll have them this upcoming Friday or Monday (hopefully Friday so I can mess with them over the weekend.

I'll keep you posted.

 

[Jej34]

Looks like I get them Friday, I'll post pics and my thoughts on them.

 

[Maritimer]

I have one of the 300w units, and although the blues produced aren't as deep and rich (more of a "windex" tone) as I'd dream of, and the dimmer has to be turned by hand and doesn't come up in the morning like a natural sunrise, the light does keep corals alive - and for the price, I can't justify an upgrade. Probably going to scoop up a second unit for the in-process tank upgrade.

~Bruce

 

[Jej34]

I have one of the 300w units, and although the blues produced aren't as deep and rich (more of a "windex" tone) as I'd dream of, and the dimmer has to be turned by hand and doesn't come up in the morning like a natural sunrise, the light does keep corals alive - and for the price, I can't justify an upgrade. Probably going to scoop up a second unit for the in-process tank upgrade.

~Bruce

Yeah, a timer/auto dimmer would have been nice but for 89.00 each, I'll turn the thing on myself

 

[Jej34]

 

[Nick92515]

You can always mod these, in switching out the blues for different leds. lot of people end of removing the reds and green .

 

[Jej34]

 

[Harris3005]

They look really smart! How big is your tank? I have a 450l bowfront that is 5 feet in length, do you think I'd need three of these?

 

[Jej34]

My tank is a 72 gallon bow. 48"

3 might be better for you but I'm not sure how these perform growth wise yet.

 

[Jej34]

 

[mookinpie]

In that first picture how high did you have them cranked too? 50% [emoji817] %??

 

[Jej34]

Maybe 60%

 

[mookinpie]

Thinking about getting these

 

[mookinpie]

I have a long one with three fans [emoji817] leds 3watts per, it doesn't cover my hole tank like I'd like it it's about 4'8 long with 3feet deep think two will cover my set up?

 

[mookinpie]

My tank measurements

 

[Jej34]

My tank is also 48* long and the two smaller units are doing well so I can't see why two of the longer units wouldn't work for you. if you raise the 1 unit you have, you still can't get the coverage?