Ai led

[kenconnect]

im thinking of switching my lights to AquaIllumination new LED lights which is Phoenix. i have a 57 rimless oceanic 36"x18"x20" and also have the digital aquatics reefkeeper controller. my question is how many Module will i need and can i control them with my controller. you can take a look @ my tank thread to see how my aquascape is set up. any info will be helpfull

 

[CONSTANTNE]

I have two sol blues over a 36 inch tank and its more than enough.

 

[FlyTekk]

Ken im going to put 3 AI Sol whites along the front bar of the AI rail set. Then on the back bar i want to hang a 72" heatsink from Rapidled and diy blue and royal blue leds to that. In this way the nice Sols hide my DIY leds. :0)

My Understanding is that you can control with you reef keeper as i have one aswell. I will use channel A on RKL for Sols and B for Blue DIY Leds. One guy told me that i would have to mod the mini data cable to connect with RKL dimmer cables. Not sure how true this is.

 

[NYreefNoob]

flytek as a ex owner of the sol whites just make sure you get enough blues for the addition as the sol white is really a 10k appearance and not a crisp white 10k

 

[FlyTekk]

Got it thanks! I was planning about 62 Blue and Royal Blue leds on 60 or 80 degree optics. Ken lemme know if you need help with Leds.

 

[INNEED]

i would go with ai blues but thats just me

 

[FlyTekk]

I tried the whites on my tank and they over powered my diy leds. Probably because i use predominently blue and royal blue leds and the white sol is mostly white. I thought they were all white. but its actually 1 blue for every white. The tank looked a little yellow due to the AI's power. Looked like a 10k halide was in there. When my big setup is done ill dim the whites a little and add many more blue leds. As for the fixture it looks like apple made it. HOT!

 

[FlyTekk]

will send you videos ken!

 

[kenconnect]

kool send it me