LEDs - Good, Bad or just another addiction?

[pecan2phat]

Either your head looks like a scientific calculator or you got some nogg there :lol:

Boy I do not miss LI, my electrical rate up here including all surcharges is 10.2 cents a KW in the winter & 13.2 cents in the summer.

 

[alrha]

you're right Pierce!!!

Groceries $180.....Amusement Park tickets $120....LED's $1,200 seeing the look of I'm going to get you from your wife when you spend that money on LED's priceless!!!

For everything else there's mastercard

ha ha, the cost is not the LEDs, its everything else that becomes "If you can spend $2000 on a light bulb, I can buy myself _______" next thing you know she will have a new fur coat, designer bags, and god knows what else.

 

[Macropora]

How is your large Derase Clam doing under LEDs and how long has it been with that type of light? Do you notice a change is growth rates as compared to when you had MHs?

 

[pecan2phat]

The Derasa looks fine but I cannot give you any results for growth since these lights have only been running for about 5-6 weeks. The first 4 weeks was an acclimation period so they not at 100%

 

[cali_reef]

I plan to wait until I have used up my inventory of XM and Radium bulbs (5+ years ) before I get into LED, at which point they should be cheaper than MH systems.

 

[moliken]

a great read. keep us posted. what about croceas or maxis under leds?

 

[lanacane214]

pecan is that the powder blue tang i sold you im in malverne remember? if it is i want him back:biggrin:

 

[pecan2phat]

The croceas & maximas are doing well although the 2 croceas in the front left need to be cut & moved. They are shaded too much by the rock. That is the problem with placing clams on starboard, they do not always bounce back when you need to cut their byssal threads.

George right?
Yes that is your PBT. He turns out to be a hybrid (Powder blue x Powder brown). you can tell from hardly any white in the chest area and yellow in the caudal fin.

 

[Galantra]

Warren, I must say thanks A lot for this info been waiting to hear someone views so far with LEDs

 

[KuyaMark]

Warren I am very happy with my Pacifin Sun Led's as well it's worth every penny!

 

[pecan2phat]

So I cut the 2 clams on the front left and moved them to where they are not shaded:

Someone asked me if they can keep clams on the bottom of a 24" tank. These clams were just moved but they have been under these lamps for the past 6 weeks so I would say yes

Think these guys would not treat my Deresa as sleeping bed :ugh:

2mp camera on the iphone takes better LED lit tank then a 10mp nikon, colors are truer, go figure :scratch:

 

[pecan2phat]

One thing that I would like to see on future fixtures are 80 degree focal optics. The 120 degree spread currently causes too much algae on the glass. I have to clean the glass every other day now. Also would like to see only blue LEDs setup for the moonlight feature like on the Solaris fixtures.

 

[DHaut]

nanotuners.com carries an LED spot for $120 that fits in a standard edison light socket - great for nanos. I use one over my custom 9g.:

http://www.nanotuners.com/product_info.php?cPath=74&products_id=623

 

[rickytsui]

Warren have u see any diff color on your sps when u switch over to led?

 

[editour2]

Warren,
very informative.
Frank

 

[pecan2phat]

Ricky,
The colors were IMO good prior to the change over. If I had to nit-pick, I would say that the blues aren't as vibrant as with the MH/VHOs, not off by much but enough that I can tell. On the flip side, I do see accelerated growth on the SPS tips.

 

[rickytsui]

do u have any red in your led setup?

 

[pecan2phat]

No reds Ricky. The only commercial fixture that I have seen out there with red LEDs is the Thortek. Really did not see the purpose of the red LEDs that they placed on just the ends of the fixture though.

 

[rickytsui]

dont red make your coral color show more . i undersand that when u use any type of blue u can make blue pop out alot and some coral we keep is red so when u have a few red led wont the coral color pop out more?

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

No reds Ricky. The only commercial fixture that I have seen out there with red LEDs is the Thortek. Really did not see the purpose of the red LEDs that they placed on just the ends of the fixture though.

ECO Lamp also has red in their RGB bulbs.