PopularGrow Blue LED Supplemental

ksr1026 · Jun 14, 2017

Has anyone tried these out?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Popular...Light-Bar-Fish-Tank-Plant-Coral-/201916388095

Look like it's a new product. Seems like a quality build, but I'm not an expert on housing parts/power supply. Giving it a go just based on the price. Using it as blue supplemental with ATI fixture. We shall see!!!

dragon99 · Jun 14, 2017

Not sure about the LEDs they use, 470nm is a little high, 450nm is the blue you really want for color pop in corals.

If you don't want to pay for reefbrite XHO's, take a look at the sbreeflights.com sbar.

ksr1026 · Jun 16, 2017

Pulled out of the box and held over the tank. First impression is the light is strong and color is perfect. Should install this weekend and will get a better look and feel for it.

luke33 · Jun 16, 2017

dragon99 said:
Not sure about the LEDs they use, 470nm is a little high, 450nm is the blue you really want for color pop in corals.

If you don't want to pay for reefbrite XHO's, take a look at the sbreeflights.com sbar.

Funny you link that....compare the two

luke33 · Jun 16, 2017

ksr1026 said:
Pulled out of the box and held over the tank. First impression is the light is strong and color is perfect. Should install this weekend and will get a better look and feel for it.

The only thing I've heard about these is that they are not pulling the wattage advertised, if you have a killawatt then check it. But if it's only for the blue pop then who really cares

I think these are a great option to those who aren't looking to spend 5 hundos for blue pop.

ksr1026 · Jun 16, 2017

Yeah - at the end of the day I just want the blue pop that can penetrate and the unit lasts a decent amount of time without diodes going out randomly.

ksr1026 · Jun 18, 2017

Red flag.

Mounted to my ATI fixture, plugged it in and nothing. It didn't come on... pulled it off and tried, but still nothing. Emailed company looking for another driver to try. Might have our answer about the product though...

luke33 · Jun 18, 2017

ksr1026 said:
Red flag.

Mounted to my ATI fixture, plugged it in and nothing. It didn't come on... pulled it off and tried, but still nothing. Emailed company looking for another driver to try. Might have our answer about the product though...

Well that stinks! I have a dual unit, same make and it pulls 72w......suppose to be 216w. But the par 30" below is over 300 so can't complain. But it works

hope they do you right

glagunda · Sep 11, 2017

ksr1026 said:
Red flag.

Mounted to my ATI fixture, plugged it in and nothing. It didn't come on... pulled it off and tried, but still nothing. Emailed company looking for another driver to try. Might have our answer about the product though...

Curious any update on the led?

ksr1026 · Sep 11, 2017

3 months in and the lights have worked great. No issue with the new driver.

sdejesus4 · Jul 12, 2018

Any pics of the setup?

sdejesus4 · Jul 12, 2018

Any pics on the setup. I just purchased 2 of these myself.

KRAKENREEFAQUATICS · Jun 27, 2020

sdejesus4 said:
Any pics on the setup. I just purchased 2 of these myself.

Whats ur update on them

Reefmon · Feb 11, 2022

These lights just came across my radar. Any update? Does anyone else have input on these lights? Thanks

TysonH · Mar 23, 2022

Reefmon said:
These lights just came across my radar. Any update? Does anyone else have input on these lights? Thanks

I just ordered one for some pop on my new setup that's cycling. I'll update on this thread in a couple months

Reefmon · Mar 23, 2022

TysonH said:
I just ordered one for some pop on my new setup that's cycling. I'll update on this thread in a couple months

I ended up getting them. They are great to give your corals the pop in color they need. Gives the tank a blue look though..kind of like a diluted windex color if that makes since