The real Black Box light study

[Manose]

The real problem is people think if a light is made in China it is a "Black Box" and that is far from the truth. Another misnomer is the belief that the lights have no expensive RandD, as quiet a few companies have a very specialized and sophisticated internal research and development.

I would like us to stay on topic here as I'll have some more testing completed at the end of the week.

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

Thank you for doing this.

 

[ReefWithCare]

The real problem is people think if a light is made in China it is a "Black Box" and that is far from the truth. Another misnomer is the belief that the lights have no expensive RandD, as quiet a few companies have a very specialized and sophisticated internal research and development.

I would like us to stay on topic here as I'll have some more testing completed at the end of the week.

I wish you would test ocean Revive [emoji28]

 

[Manose]

I wish you would test ocean Revive [emoji28]

I probably will as we are really early in testing.

 

[Jonreefer]

so I have 2 of those Aquarium System Solutions ASML-01 coming in. the 30w ones
I am moving to a 40B and wanted to add some more light so I will be running my XR30 pro G2 and one of these lights on each end of the tank. Was figuring they were probably as good or better than the a160 going by the output of the 70w version ver the kessil 360

 

[Manose]

so I have 2 of those Aquarium System Solutions ASML-01 coming in. the 30w ones
I am moving to a 40B and wanted to add some more light so I will be running my XR30 pro G2 and one of these lights on each end of the tank. Was figuring they were probably as good or better than the a160 going by the output of the 70w version ver the kessil 360

Basically you would be supplementing the XR30 so I would not think you will see any difference in those vs. the a160's

 

[Jonreefer]

yea its just supplement for the outer edges where the XR30 would fall off some

 

[Fish_Sticks]

A pair of 165w Galaxy Hydro black box leds from ebay ran above my 75g the past two years. Overall the equipment has done well, but theyll turn into rust buckets if you dont clean them and wipe them down with oil. If I had to imagine using these in a hood,.. rust, rust would be everywhere.
They need to be dismantled and cleaned every 6 months to remove dust, too.

Im looking forward to the results from the ~100 dollar dimmable rectangle boxes, and Sbreefs. Galaxy hydros arent for sale anymore. I think they changed the name to evergrow 165w + wifi. Theyre about 110$

They dont have any violet leds, just blue. So everything looks pretty blue and rediculous.

 

[Aquius]

I probably will as we are really early in testing.

Glad to hear it. One of my LFS's and my favorite basement seller use Ocean Revive's. They say they could have gone a more expensive route, but they are just good at producing coral growth and color. I finally picked up two myself for my frag tank after noticing at my last frag swap that about 3/4 of the booths were running them.

 

[dantimdad]

The real problem is people think if a light is made in China it is a "Black Box" and that is far from the truth. Another misnomer is the belief that the lights have no expensive RandD, as quiet a few companies have a very specialized and sophisticated internal research and development.

I would like us to stay on topic here as I'll have some more testing completed at the end of the week.

The other hilarious thing is that people always use the word "cheap" with Chinese. Where do they think their expensive lights are made?

 

[Jonreefer]

The other hilarious thing is that people always use the word "cheap" with Chinese. Where do they think their expensive lights are made?

shhhhhhhhhhhhhh...Dont you know everything at Ecotech is made in house by them

 

[dantimdad]

shhhhhhhhhhhhhh...Dont you know everything at Ecotech is made in house by them

No that's a secret. They put the made in Taiwan sticker on the side to throw us off. Oh wait, that's Kessil. LOL!

 

[wesman42]

No that's a secret. They put the made in Taiwan sticker on the side to throw us off. Oh wait, that's Kessil. LOL!

I for one, look forward to the continuation of the results we're seeing.

I hope this drives more people to actually explore other options, considering price gouging in this hobby is rampant.....and people are stupid enough to go for it.

 

[A sea K]

I for one, look forward to the continuation of the results we're seeing.

I hope this drives more people to actually explore other options, considering price gouging in this hobby is rampant.....and people are stupid enough to go for it.

+1! I certainly have limitations in my spending and not to say I could not afford the brand name however I simply cannot justify the prices they are asking (and getting) therefore most of my big ticket items are gathered through the classifieds which is getting more competitive as more people turn to this option as well.

 

[Manose]

Going to meet @dantimdad and @Katrina71 tomorrow at the shop where we are testing all these cool lights. I am so stoked and excited to meet people from the forum.
In honor of them coming to the shop I have taken the time to remove the Lumini Pixie 150's from my tank(I am going to be running the K7 lights instead) and bring them to test.
Also got some great news about that light we ordered to test and it will be here Tuesday-
https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...alleryofferlist.normalList.269.52a84369S3plsr

Looks like some fun times ahead;Joyful


Also anyone interested in the lights I have tested already wait till I post them on the R2R market or pm me directly.

 

[dantimdad]

Awesome!

 

[crusso1993]

Going to meet @dantimdad and @Katrina71 tomorrow at the shop where we are testing all these cool lights. I am so stoked and excited to meet people from the forum.
In honor of them coming to the shop I have taken the time to remove the Lumini Pixie 150's from my tank(I am going to be running the K7 lights instead) and bring them to test.
Also got some great news about that light we ordered to test and it will be here Tuesday-
https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...alleryofferlist.normalList.269.52a84369S3plsr

Looks like some fun times ahead;Joyful


Also anyone interested in the lights I have tested already wait till I post them on the R2R market or pm me directly.

Safe travels to @dantimdad and @Katrina71.

All of you have fun! Looking forward to the upcoming updates about the lights but, more importantly, you guys all meeting!

 

[Manose]

Safe travels to @dantimdad and @Katrina71.

All of you have fun! Looking forward to the upcoming updates about the lights but, more importantly, you guys all meeting!

Maybe sometime we can have a real Black Box thread get together and have a bbq or somrthing.

 

[Katrina71]

I'm very excited to see what these guys do!

 

[Rakie]

What is this stuff called by the way?