powerbrite or ecoxotics stunner
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SeaSlug
Hooked On Reef Tanks
IMO on larger tanks you would need 3 watt LED's to get the par value needed to support corals . 1 watt LED's would have to low of a par rating on tanks with depth of 16 inches plus , just my 2 cents , but you could always check with Evil over at nano-reef.com . He has invested alot of time and money testing and building LED fixtures for all sizes of reef tanks .
gotcha. i will have to take a look.
there is a local, "soundwave", who builds diy led units. i am seriously tempted to have him build me something for my display. i recently switched to 400w radiums and it was a big mistake. torched about everything even running just 1 hour and w/ eggcrate. after having the leds over my frag tank i don't think florescent or halide lighting is going to satisfy me anymore anyway.
The Diy thread that i made will help you if you want to build it by yourself and if you need help dont hesitate to ask me there is an other guy that i think is a pro in leds here also
the main reason for me to say this is the advantage that the Diy gives you
-The creed gives more penetration then the powerbrites and more color
-If led goes bad you replace it very easy and thats it. In a powerbrite you will end throwing it on the garbbage
-You could use as many LEDS as you want to
and mix of colors between the 420 and the 460 Nm LEDs
-You could build it like you want to
I have mines an they are sweet
SeaSlug
Hooked On Reef Tanks
Yes ......but we were talking about using them as the only light source , not supplimental lighting , which by the way they do work awesome for supplimental lighting on large tanks .
Re. the IceCap; they aren't the 1W LEDs, but there are a LOT of them in each tube. It gives the same overall effect that Powerbrites too.
My friend runs a Nano Cube with 6 of the Powerbrites (Four 50/50's & Two 460nm). His corals/clams have been thriving for over a year. One thing you need to be careful of is coral burning due to the point-source optic(s). Don't ask me how I know that! :squigglemouth:
grant - check out the finnex led bar. it's got 9 1-watt led's w/ optics and you can set them for 100% or 50%. saw them over twinspots_goby's tank last night and they are very comparable to powerbrites.
honestly i don't have a preference at this point. i forgot to take one of my powerbrites with me yesterday to do a direct compare.
i did notice that it was harder to tell when he turned them on than it is with mine while running the t5s, but there definitely was a difference. his t5 bulbs are overdriven and closer to the water, so that may be the difference there. again a direct comparison is in order.
maybe saturday i will take my powerbrites over to compare.
i believe the coverage area is better w/ the finnex bar. maybe different optics with less focused light.
i did notice that it was harder to tell when he turned them on than it is with mine while running the t5s, but there definitely was a difference. his t5 bulbs are overdriven and closer to the water, so that may be the difference there. again a direct comparison is in order.
maybe saturday i will take my powerbrites over to compare.i believe the coverage area is better w/ the finnex bar. maybe different optics with less focused light.
m and m
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Could some one post a pic of there power brights off? i want theem but want to mount them to my PM some how and im not sure how due to im not sure what they look like up close. So if any one could thanks a bunch i want to see if i can do this and make it look clean.
