My Reefbrite LED's - update... 1 unit failed

Milad · #1 09-21-2010, 08:56 PM

how much were they?

rstar · #2 09-21-2010, 11:03 PM

Tagging along, would like to see some pictures of the light over the tank!

Slick Fork · #3 09-22-2010, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Milad

how much were they?

The first one was an arm, second was a leg...

I picked them up from Oceanic, here's the link. Very satisfied with the customer service throughout the purchase process.

http://www.oceaniccorals.com/store/i...wCat&catId=139

I will try to get some shots of them on the tank tomorrow night but no promises!

lockrookie · #4 09-22-2010, 05:42 AM

tagging for future retrofit.. i like it

Slick Fork · #5 09-22-2010, 06:58 PM

One thing the pic's don't show very well is how nicely these sit in the tek fixture. Looking at it from the side they are almost flush, sticking out less then a 1/4" from the bottom.

I will try and get some shots of the tank tonight

Slick Fork · #6 12-05-2010, 06:27 AM

So it's been a while but in my defense I was moving...

Anyways, here's the long overdue shots over the tank

This Next one is with all the lights on, Daylight and 50/50 LED Plus the T5's

Next is T5's plus the 50/50. It's very blue, I am thinking about replacing the actinic bulb with a fiji purple. But we will see.

Finally, the 50/50 all by itself. I can't seem to get the white balance right on this one. It is purpley like that in real life but not quite THAT purple.

Overall I am very pleased with the lights so far. Keep in mind when looking at the shots that the LED's are a full foot shorter then the tank (6" on either side) so I think they do quite a good job of lighting everything up. The few Corals I do have under there seem to be faring quite well with the exception of the zoanthids and I have recently moved them as they may have been getting too much light.

Slick Fork · #7 12-07-2010, 05:51 AM

In case anyone wanted to see the "shimmer" that the LED's produced, this little video shows it better than the photo's

This was with the T5's and the 50/50 LED on.

Slick Fork · #8 10-23-2011, 06:32 PM

So, after slightly over a year of running the all-white unit has crapped out. One bank of LED's only running at about half the brightness. Retailer tells me they can't/won't do anything for me since I'm out of the warranty period, even though it's only by a matter of weeks.

To say I'm disgusted is an understatement, I get that things fail, but to have something this expensive fail so soon after the warranty is up and then have them say "tough luck" stinks. For that reason alone I would NOT recommend these to anybody.

Now I am not sure what I'm going to do, I don't have the cash to replace it or the knowledge to try to fix it.

I need this like I need a hole in my head