mature tanks that have always only used LED's

Reefer831 · Dec 7, 2010

All of mine never looked better. You probably didn't have them in enough light or they were being shaded. LED's have really direct light so it is important to find out where your hot spots are. Mine were being shaded at first an didn't look good, so I moved them and wham more color then ever.

Rickyrooz · Dec 7, 2010

How wide is this fixture?

Reefer831 · Dec 7, 2010

9.5 inches but each bar is on a swivel so you can angle them.

wld1783 · Dec 8, 2010

[video=youtube;Mr3WiPcOyus]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr3WiPcOyus[/video]

hairy_frogfish · Dec 14, 2010

I know a person who designs Led fixtures in France. He tested his LED design before going to market. He has tested a full led from starts with frags given by people from the forum. If he agrees, I'll put a link to his galleryhttp://picasaweb.google.com/JLCuquemelle

hairy_frogfish · Dec 18, 2010

Here is a few link from the guy. He owns a company called Alpheus, and he tested his LED fictures on this tank, gathering frags from forum members.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_243KMT5q4So/TLmYOQoWu1I/AAAAAAAAE_c/qYS7750cw3c/s400/IMG_4931.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_243KMT5q4So/TOAcg3EFdwI/AAAAAAAAFA4/ULjs1XJVy6A/s400/IMG_6929.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_243KMT5q4So/TOAcKSVj6FI/AAAAAAAAFA0/ksb77yDKfcA/s400/IMG_6936.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_243KMT5q4So/TOAcBShJFTI/AAAAAAAAFAw/GHX6SUuHh6s/s400/IMG_6935.JPG

Picasa Web Albums - Jean-louis Cuquem... - gobiodon
Picasa Web Albums - Jean-louis Cuquem... - Boutures
On the first page of the company's website, you can see the tank at start
alpheus eclairages a LED hautes performances pour aquariums

Have fun watching

jerl77 · Dec 18, 2010

WOW love that idea but reef brite are still big bucks i need 5 at 250 a pop wow

Reefer831 said:
5 bar Reef Bright LED light Update: SAME TANK AS ABOVE #4
No white only 2 blue and one 50/50: (didn't have a pic with the whites available)

Blue:

2Sunny · Dec 27, 2010

hairy_frogfish said:
Here is a few link from the guy. He owns a company called Alpheus, and he tested his LED fictures on this tank, gathering frags from forum members. . .

Have fun watching

If ever there was an advertisement for sick corals those pictures are it. I'm not sure I would blame LEDs without knowing a great deal more but I certainly do NOT think those pictures support LEDs as being good for SPS and in particular pinks or reds. The purples look o.k., but the pink seriatopora is dying.

Alpha Aquaculture · Dec 27, 2010

Very interesting input everyone. Glad that LEDs are coming around and tanks are maturing. Props to those who pioneer the new lighting

hairy_frogfish · Jan 5, 2011

2Sunny said:
If ever there was an advertisement for sick corals those pictures are it. I'm not sure I would blame LEDs without knowing a great deal more but I certainly do NOT think those pictures support LEDs as being good for SPS and in particular pinks or reds. The purples look o.k., but the pink seriatopora is dying.

The person was given many frags from many people, in different health shapes. The "dying one" picture is from 2009 is 2 month after start of the experiment, the frag was in much worse state before (see former photo from april 2009, and this one from june 2009). Scroll to the bottom of the gallery and there are some pictures of other birdsnest in 2010. (I think there were several frags of birdsnests)

Looks like growth is quite nice, even for pinks:
Pic from start in 2009:
Picasa Web Albums - Jean-louis Cuquem... - Aquarium

Pic from 2010:
Picasa Web Albums - Jean-louis Cuquem... - gobiodon