sifuentes31 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 So how are the coral doing? I saw juicman's led set up and he burned a few and almost all his monti are bleached totally white. He has his turned up all the way though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 Coral seem to be doing great. No bleaching at all so far. Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Man thats good to know. I already made my hood. Just need to buy the LED's. Hopefully next month . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 There are a ton of threads all over about people damaging their coral when switching to LEDs. I'm following this on RC now: sps liking lower light w/leds This is one of the things that has really annoyed me about the way LEDs have been marketed. I have seen 250w MH put out more light than 400w MH and I have seen a 45% variation in output between different manufacturers and color temps in the same fixture and the same ballast. So when a LED fixture is said to be as bright as a certain wattage MH fixture the only way to be sure is to actually measure the light output of both fixtures with a meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 Update.... Coral seems to be growing the same if not better... I have also noticed less algae on the front glass. I would have to clean it every day with the t5s.. now it is optional. I still get some algae, but it is not near as noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 ... I have also noticed less algae on the front glass. I would have to clean it every day with the t5s.. now it is optional. I still get some algae, but it is not near as noticeable. This is good, right? Or do you need the practice? It would have been interesting to take light readings on the inside front of the glass. Presuambly the angle of incidence is less with the LEDs but it would have been nice to think of checking that when we took the PAR readings of the T5s and LEDs. Oh well, I guess I'll point the finger at you for that oversight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 So how are the LED's doing? And your Coral? I'm planning to order my stuff Saturday so just making sure everything is good with your tank..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 LEDs are doing great, and more importantly, my coral are doing great. The color is bright and they are growing like crazy. All 3 of my anemones are loving the light. Sorry I did not reply to this sooner.. I have a camera on my tank if anyone wants to check it out.. http://www.jakesplace.info:9000 user: guest pass: fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I have a camera on my tank if anyone wants to check it out.. http://www.jakesplace.info:9000 user: guest pass: fish i tried both IE and Firefox and no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 We had a power outage... it is back up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bry Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I couldn't get it either. Is your IP updated? (Assuming you have dynamic IP at home). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 sorry guys... server has been up and down all day with the storms.. It is up now.. (9:40pm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radney711 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 That web feed is so cool!! what kind of a webcam are you using I have been throwing the idea around about putting a wireless webcam on my tank so I can see whats going on while I am at work or out of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 It is an HP HD4110 From Fry's..It was around $30.. Software was free.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radney711 Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Awesome! The tank and the lights look really good! could you PM me the site and which LEDs you got? I am planning my big tank and really want to do a LED setup. I have looked at rapid LED a bunch but have never saw those big LEDs Thanks! In the mean time I will use your tank as my second monitor screen saver haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 All the links are posted in the first post on this thread. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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