What led's for my 25 nano?

natesreef · Oct 29, 2011

Im planning on switching to led's in the near future. I definitely want them to be dimmable and i prefer the higher end led's like bridgelux, cree, and epistar. So far im thinking either the new evolution dimmables or an AI sol blue. Does anyone have recommendations for either, or a different fixture that would work?
Thanks

Wesley42079 · Oct 29, 2011

I've heard the AI Nano's are pretty good. For the AI Sol's, you would have to dim them to 30-40%.

natesreef · Nov 1, 2011

yea i was thinking about the nanos, but i dont know if they will spread enough for a 27 inch long tank

reefhead · Nov 1, 2011

Yeah, i agree the nano would be to small. I have a 24x24x12 and use an ai sol blue w/ controller and it is by the far the best fixture i have owned. The color options are endless. My controller was on back-order for about 17 days and my zoas and sps did fine with it on 100percent. Of course the zoas were on the far edges and shaded but i surprised/lucky. I had an ora red planet about 12in directly under and the tips did bleach some but nothing serious.

Bandomo · Nov 1, 2011

I'm currently running the AI Nano. You definitely won't get a spread of 27 inches. Heck, I don't think you'll even get that spread with one regular AI's (I was using two on my 50 breeder). I would recommend 2 AI nano's. If you have the patience, wait for Black Friday.

natesreef · Nov 2, 2011

I definitely could wait until black friday. Are there usually good discounts for equipment? I dont think i want to pay to get two Nanos and a controller, thats a little bit out of my price range. If i do decide to go with AI i will just mount the sol a bit higher. Ive been hearing about how apollo led is coming out with a dimmable so i may wait to see that. Does anybody have good experience with apollo or evolution?

Spaceman Spliff · Nov 6, 2011

Have you seen the JBJ Nano light getting ready to come out? I am wanting to set up a 25G cube (18" square) and am thinking of putting this light over it. It was originally made by Nanocustoms. It appears the Nanocustoms guy now works for JBJ and they are reintroducing his light. I am considering an AI Nano also but am preferring this light for some reason.

JBJ Unibody LED light is as solid as it is versatile and stylish

Watch a JBJ Unibody LED light being made in the womb of a CNC machine

Spaceman Spliff · Nov 6, 2011

Ecoxotic also has a slimmer Panorama setup coming out soon that looks nice. I like that they offer a magenta led, really gives the tank a good color.

New Panorama fixture from Ecoxotic is a skinny little number

nixer · Nov 6, 2011

Spaceman Spliff said:
Ecoxotic also has a slimmer Panorama setup coming out soon that looks nice. I like that they offer a magenta led, really gives the tank a good color.

New Panorama fixture from Ecoxotic is a skinny little number

I'm not impressed with their magenta. I tried out a non pro panorama and it didn't do much for the look.

Spaceman Spliff · Nov 6, 2011

Did you try a non pro panorama or a stunner strip? I didn't know the older non pro panorama came in magenta. I'm not an Ecoxotic expert though so I could be wrong. If it was a stunner, they aren't really bright so you probably didn't see much difference running them with your daylights.