Your take on SB reeflights

saltyfilmfolks · Mar 8, 2018

Scottsquatch said:
This is the kind of meat I was looking for!

Cherry wood for beef and apple wood for white meats and lamb.

Meters for led.

Scottsquatch · Mar 8, 2018

What KIND of meter do you recommend? I was gonna get a par meter, but I have been hearing that they don' work accuratel on LEDs.

saltyfilmfolks · Mar 8, 2018

Scottsquatch said:
What KIND of meter do you recommend? I was gonna get a par meter, but I have been hearing that they don' work accuratel on LEDs.

The seney is good. Well tested. There’s a BRS video on it.
The other option is a $15 lux meter.
Depends on how hard core you are about it.
And your wallet. Lol.

Lux conversion if you don’t know , is a comparative Light reading basically. 100 par from most Led is 6000 lux approx.

oreo54 · Mar 8, 2018

https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/sq-520-full-spectrum-smart-quantum-sensor-usb/
Cheapest-best meter.. Need a Windows laptop/computer..

W/ a USB power supply can log then download..

saltyfilmfolks · Mar 8, 2018

oreo5457 said:
https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/sq-520-full-spectrum-smart-quantum-sensor-usb/
Cheapest-best meter.. Need a Windows laptop/computer..

W/ a USB power supply can log then download..

I’ll just go with best on that one.

The seneye is under 200. Tests very we’ll for what it is. An optical sensor rather than a true light meter.

William Swartout · Mar 8, 2018

I have 2 sBox Pro 32" Timer units hanging over my 125 gal (72" long). I have them set at 25% white channel and 50% blue channel and there is more than enough light to grow anything I have put in there. I can hear the fans but they are not bothersome.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 8, 2018

I have a pair of the 16" wifi extremes and they are quiet, produce nice colors and growth.
I have no complaints with them and super easy to tweak and program from the phone

rosshamsandwich · Mar 8, 2018

SBReefLights , meh. The fixture looks like crap, big bulky, fat, and cheap looking. It looks like a polished turd. also it's a 50% markup compared to cheaper chinese black box fixtures. a more expensive shiny turd.

Velcro · Mar 13, 2018

DEATH BY SNU SNU said:
SBReefLights , meh. The fixture looks like crap, big bulky, fat, and cheap looking. It looks like a polished turd. also it's a 50% markup compared to cheaper chinese black box fixtures. a more expensive shiny turd.

If you took the time to research, you would find that the SB light is an improved version of a typical black box (ie Mars aqua). Much better spectrum both visually and for photosynthesis. Much better heat sink. Much better drivers. Sure, the exterior is ugly, but if you run a canopy it doesn't really matter.

Velcro · Mar 13, 2018

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prhoades2 · Mar 13, 2018

saltyfilmfolks said:
Cherry wood for beef and apple wood for white meats and lamb.

Meters for led.

Agreed

vetteguy53081 · Mar 13, 2018

Velcro said:
If you took the time to research, you would find that the SB light is an improved version of a typical black box (ie Mars aqua). Much better spectrum both visually and for photosynthesis. Much better heat sink. Much better drivers. Sure, the exterior is ugly, but if you run a canopy it doesn't really matter.

I have these and the pic shows the results. Have better colors and growth VS. Radion Gen 2's that I had.

rosshamsandwich · Mar 13, 2018

Velcro said:
If you took the time to research, you would find that the SB light is an improved version of a typical black box (ie Mars aqua). Much better spectrum both visually and for photosynthesis. Much better heat sink. Much better drivers. Sure, the exterior is ugly, but if you run a canopy it doesn't really matter.

Yea you're right about Canopy being a must have for this ugly thing. Unfortunately I don't have a canopy and I have to look at the ugly thing all day. The heat sink is not really a heat sink though, unless you count the "license plate" as a heat sink? Are they meanwell drivers?

And I'm not crazy about the single Red, single Green, and single Orange LED... Do you think I could get away with substituting those LEDs for a blue LED without any adverse effect on the corals? If so, which blue led would you recommend? Royal Blue Blue, which nanometer? Thanks in advance!

vetteguy53081 · Mar 13, 2018

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DEATH BY SNU SNU said:
Yea you're right about Canopy being a must have for this ugly thing. Unfortunately I don't have a canopy and I have to look at the ugly thing all day. The heat sink is not really a heat sink though, unless you count the "license plate" as a heat sink? Are they meanwell drivers?

And I'm not crazy about the single Red, single Green, and single Orange LED... Do you think I could get away with substituting those LEDs for a blue LED without any adverse effect on the corals? If so, which blue led would you recommend? Royal Blue Blue, which nanometer? Thanks in advance!

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DEATH BY SNU SNU said:
Yea you're right about Canopy being a must have for this ugly thing. Unfortunately I don't have a canopy and I have to look at the ugly thing all day. The heat sink is not really a heat sink though, unless you count the "license plate" as a heat sink? Are they meanwell drivers?

And I'm not crazy about the single Red, single Green, and single Orange LED... Do you think I could get away with substituting those LEDs for a blue LED without any adverse effect on the corals? If so, which blue led would you recommend? Royal Blue Blue, which nanometer? Thanks in advance!