I can't help it, I love the way that the LEDs make the colors of the corals 'pop'. I like an approximately 10K kelvin look, but I think I'm going to get a couple blue LED striplights for when I really want to see my highly-colored stuff glow. %)
What's Sanjay's Conclusion?
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I can't help it, I love the way that the LEDs make the colors of the corals 'pop'. I like an approximately 10K kelvin look, but I think I'm going to get a couple blue LED striplights for when I really want to see my highly-colored stuff glow. %)
Like Sanjay mention the best fixture for a 120 may be the worst on a 30" cube, there really is no 'best' light; it will be the best light for you based on what you want from the light. This is the toughest part to LED lighting IMO, as one fixture may use 120 degree focal lenses to spread the light but that same setup using 60 degree will focus the light giving greater penetration but darker around the edges. That same fixture can use 3W LEDS but only drive them at 1W making them last longer or drive them at 3W to get a brighter light.
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I have the 4ft KR-92 (acan 102) over my 55G soft coral and carpet anemone tank.
A 30" version of the KR-91 over my 29G tank which is also basically soft corals and some lps.
The reasons there are no SPS in these tanks is not because of lighting but because these are designed to be low maintenance tanks and typically have no skimmers, and no other filteration. The water quality tends to be poor and will not sustain SPS.
I have a Panorama LED fixture from Ecoxotic over the 20G solana tank, that houses a bunch of ricordia, some zoanthids and a elegance coral.
jimidalock
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Let's see some pictures!i,ve been running 3 chinnese made 120 watt led panels for 7 month now on my 180 mixed reef and my sp's have been getting excelent groth more than when i was running 400 halides and much better look i prefer the led's over the halides but thats just my opinion veryone else will have there's but i feel led's can replace halides if reefers will simply accept what the future has to offer and not stuck on old tecknology
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- Garwood NJ
im having a problem with uploading pictures but you can see some pictures i took with my i-phone under my profile djze images
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- Garwood NJ
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- Garwood NJ
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Same conclusion as the Brain( pinky and the brain),,, I think he wants to take over the world,,, using light beams..
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you have a verry good eye yes the one in the middle is a double blue 460 on the ends and the middle white 14k the other 2 panels are double whites on the ends 14k and 20k while the center 460 blue and the wattage is 120 so im running 360 watts but each fixture has 3 independent switches so i can control the whites and blue i can have them made with any color that i want
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