Which LED fixtures should I get

[GoFish]

Ping pong balls

[jason604]

Originally Posted by Vancity

Ping pong balls

Lol what kind of lights r those?

[GoFish]

Evergrow It2060. The lenses (optics) were removed and I cut ping pong balls in half and siliconed them over each LED. They used to be too bright to keep chalices but now there's nothing I can't grow


ipad pictures so they look very blue.... this is just moonlights

[jason604]

Give u points for creativity lol. 90deg optics r better for sps right? Or should I go with 120s

[DSlater]

I picked up one of these Chinese "Bridgelux" dimmable LED fixtures 2 years ago. I would say the colour is poor at best. Does not compare to the MH I ran on my other tank or the T5 fixtures I've seen. Also read on other forms that Bridgelux does not produce a 3w led, these are just rebadged. FWIW
Can't say if the quality has improved over this time.

The plus side is that it's pretty much silent and has been trouble free since day one.(knock on wood)

[mihaivapler]

I run 2 everegrow lights and a kessil A350w over my 6 foot tank.kessil is not doing to we'll for sps,it's super for lps,for sps I have the evergrow light's running at 50% oj both channels and the color is really nice and they grow fast under this lights.

[garwood]

i have the it2080 over a 3' x 2' tank and its AMAZING! especially for the price

[jason604]

Ok so I decided on the reef radiance DM-165P+. It's fully programmable via iPhone and has tons of great reviews on many forums. It's 120 deg lens so I will only need 2 fixtures to lit my 5ft tank with sps dominate. Currently has promo for 2fixtures for about $500 which isn't too bad.
http://reefradiance.com/dm-165p1.html

[GoFish]

Originally Posted by jason604

Ok so I decided on the reef radiance DM-165P+. It's fully programmable via iPhone and has tons of great reviews on many forums. It's 120 deg lens so I will only need 2 fixtures to lit my 5ft tank with sps dominate. Currently has promo for 2fixtures for about $500 which isn't too bad.
http://reefradiance.com/dm-165p1.html

Nice find! So it looks like it has manual control knobs and no screen, so you need to use the app for programming? 48 time intensity changes which are in par with Evergrow, but having an additional 24 slots for the moonlights is a nice feature.

Have you placed an order yet? Is it in US dollars? (something To really keep an eye on these days). I'd like to know after shipping price to your door for 2 fixtures in CAD when you figure it out

[jason604]

Just pulled the plug $478 American is just shy of $600 canadian. Holy crap exchange rate!!! I used my American visa so I'm gonna wait till exchange rate gets a lil better before I pay my visa. I believe they are offering free shipping at he moment till tomorrow and free 120 deg optics upgrade.