OgreMkV Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 My rich uncle gave me a few bucks (like he does every year about this time) and I bought my wife a new laptop and me a new set of lights for the tank. I've been researching the heck out of metal halide and LED lamps for a month now. Finally... I gave in. I found a really great price on a 160W LED unit. It's the G2 16) on this page: http://www.fish-street.com/product_p...hp?item_id=454 There are 2 30-Watt white bulbs (about 20K) 14 3-Watt white bulbs (about 10K) 14 3-Watt blue (420nm) 4 1-Watt violet moon lights. Each color bank (and the big whites) are independently programmable. I've got the plans drawn up for a solid glass top. Going Monday to have that made. The unit should be here on Tuesday. From the pictures I've seen (on other forums), it is epically bright. I'm planning on running it without the 30W whites for several weeks, the turning them on, just for a while at first, then building up time. I'm also planning on adding a few more SPSs in prominent locations. Full report forthcoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Very nice! I think they have this for like $600 on MarineDepot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 what kind of lights do you have on the tank now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OgreMkV Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 These lights are fairly new. They were just introduced last month. I haven't seen a lot of them around. One of the few places that has them is in Germany and it was $135 shipping to get them here. The current tank light is a 96W PC bulb that's dual 10K and actinic. I'll have before and after shots for next weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OgreMkV Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 Very nice! I think they have this for like $600 on MarineDepot. MD has the panorama. I was looking at that, but this was slightly cheaper and seemed to have better PAR values. If anyone has a PAR meter, then I'll be willing to put up test results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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