Pre-planning for upgrading the 8'er, some input on LEDs needed

[Milad]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

Milad,

I have also been thinking about the Eshine 60W Cree fixture to try on a nano to see if I actually like LED lighting over my tank or not. The "blue" light on the fixtures are Cree 455nm Royal Blues. They are also the same fixtures that are being sold by SWC on their web site. Does this help you with being able to recommend or not? Thanks!

Well its using XREWHT-L1-Q5-0000-00D01 3W White.... XREROY-L1-D3-0000-00703 3W Blue

10 of each, with 60 degree optics which is good.

The only issues I see with it is its using some older models. The XRE are much less efficient than the XP-G and XM-L

Also the XP-E royal blue bin its using is very low end. For instance, the one they are using is 250mW flux and the one that we carry and most of the DIY sites are starting to carry is basically two models higher which runs at 350mW flux.

Its better than most of the ones Ive seen. And your corals should do good under it (SPS, etc).