Maxspect JUMP LED for 4 foot tank?

[cwerner]

Hi Folks,

I'm looking at replacing my 4 bulb T5 fixture with some LED modules since my wife is really bothered by the light spill on the T5 with how it is mounted since I don't have a canopy. It looks like the new MaxSpect JUMP 65w LED fixtures are a pretty good price/performance module, but I want to make sure it would provide adequate PAR for my tank.

I have a 4 ft x 18 inch 75 gallon Marineland tank and I'm hoping that 2 of these will light the tank for Softies/LPS along the bottom of the tank and maybe some SPS along the rock nearer the top of the tank.

 

[40g Nano]

2 should be good.
I just installed one on my 2 foot tank
I like it so far

 

[cwerner]

Thank you! These seems to be hitting the price/performance price point for what they are. The AI Primes and Red See Reefers appeared to be comparable, but they don't come with a fixture and the Maxspects are 10% off right now.

 

[40g Nano]

Of course they go on sale the day I get them

 

[Jdjohnson89]

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Of course they go on sale the day I get them

Black Friday sale I just got two for my 55 gallon hopefully they work good

 

[40g Nano]

I finally figured out the app

 

[cwerner]

I finally figured out the app

Was it pretty complicated? I work in IT and I'm pretty tech literate, but no one is immune to poor UI design.

 

[40g Nano]

It has a premade mode and a custom mode

I wanted a more blue look so i turned up UV and Royal blue and turned yellow and red down

It isnt too complicated but at first I couldn't figure out how to set it on a timer

 

[cwerner]

Well I received the lights yesterday and got them setup. My overall impressions are good, though the Syna G Cloud app could certainly use some work. I can't even so much as login to the app. I've had to bypass all of the cloud features since the app simply crashes. Very disappointed in that.

The lights themselves appear to be well constructed and I really appreciate that they come with a mount unlike most other options. My only complaint with the mounting system is that on my rimmed tank the plastic mounting piece is not quite wide enough to fit over the plastic rim of my Marineland tank. Not a nock necessarily, but it doesn't note that it doesn't fit rimmed tanks.

The lights themselves look pretty good. The picture attached is at only 20% power as I am getting the tank acclimated.

 

[40g Nano]

The app isn’t bad, it may just take a bit to figure it out imo

 

[cwerner]

The app isn’t bad, it may just take a bit to figure it out imo

Yeah I've gotten most things to work, but I literally can't login to the account I created, the app crashes every time. I'm not sure if that's specific to something with my phone or my account, but it is annoying because I can't do some of the web options like grouping my devices to sync their configuration settings.

 

[40g Nano]

I just don’t make an account

 

[cwerner]

I feel the need to update this thread. They dropped the app version 1.08 and ever since the app has worked flawlessly.

Some hiccups are bound to be expected with a brand new release and they were quick to resolve this issue.

My wife likes this light a lot more than my old t5 fixture and I'm pretty impressed. Seems like a great feature set with a good price.

The fans on them are completely silent. I have to put a hand by them to feel air movement to see if they are even on right now.

My only question at this point is longevity, which with active cooling LED's historically has been really good.

Color me impressed.

 

[reefd00d]

Can yall post your light schedule? Along with dimensions of the tank and reef style (softies, lps, sps, mixed)?

 

[cwerner]

Honestly I'm a pretty new reefer, so I just went with their EZ setup with th 20k light spectrum. I'm battling the ugly phase right now so once I have something dialed in I'll be sure to post. I also plan on renting the Par meter from BRS at some point.

 

[Crashnt24]

I didn't even know this light existed... huh TIL

 

[Ravsta]

It has a premade mode and a custom mode

I wanted a more blue look so i turned up UV and Royal blue and turned yellow and red down

It isnt too complicated but at first I couldn't figure out how to set it on a timer

Hi mate,

Any chance you could provide some basic instructions? I'm struggling with the same at the moment.

Thank You

 

[40g Nano]

So at 11:00, they turn on(not really any fancy stuff like ramping) and at 7:00, they turn off

at 10:50, I put levels at 0. At 11, I set my desired spectrum, and I do that until 7. At 7:10, i set all levels to 0

hope this helps

 

[40g Nano]

Picture of my spectrum

 

[Ryandip]