InWatter Stingray LED Review

TJSlayer · #1 06-01-2011, 02:09 PM

Well after the fist week here are my observations so far:

- Less algae film build up on glass (had to clean 2 times instead of three or four) I beleive this is simply be cause of the more focused light.
- Temperature swing on tank is pretty much non-existant now. Wasn't bad before with the T5's but was still about 3-4 degrees from moring until it peaked, very slowly but still there.
- Color - incredible - so far everyone wh has seen the tank is comenting on how good it's looking and asking what I did. (People that I haven't told about the light to get their reaction) But the color is really nice very happy with it there as well.
- Positive coral responses - so far everything is responding very well to the light, I even have a small piece of a yellowish green leather that shrivelled up many months ago and became detached, it has still been in the tank for 6+ months and I was just going to throw it out as it a colorless blob, but I have noticed that it's starting to grow again, so I will keep a close watch on this. Would be pretty cool if it recovers.

Any questions just ask.

Todd

TJSlayer · #2 06-08-2011, 10:12 PM

Well just finishing up week two and everything's doing great, cleaning glass twice a week as opposed to every second day, and corals are all responding great.

Scooter Blenny sits around more than usual now doing nothing so not sure if he's sun tanning, sick or just not happy about the light.. But otherwise everything else is loving it....

Skimmerking · #3 06-08-2011, 11:27 PM

Todd how high is the recommended height for the LED and what was the cost for a 48" fixture would a 36 " light 4 feet thought about doing 2x 48" or 2x 36"

TJSlayer · #4 06-08-2011, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

Todd how high is the recommended height for the LED and what was the cost for a 48" fixture would a 36 " light 4 feet thought about doing 2x 48" or 2x 36"

Light with the supplied legs sits only about 2" above the rim of the tank, on mine works out to about 3.5" above the water. Comes with a hanging kits and if hung I think even the 36" unit would cover a 48" tank and the 48" would do a 5 footer or 6 footer...

If it was heavily SPS dominated then you would probably be better off with the appropriate fixture for the width, but hard to say....

Kelly at the reef shoppe has them for a great price but the 48" would be around the $1600 mark...

Skimmerking · #5 06-09-2011, 01:13 AM

ya my tank is 96x24x24 and its all lps

TJSlayer · #6 06-09-2011, 06:29 PM

Really Hard to say then as that's a pretty big tank. I don't think you'd come close with one of any type of fixture unless it was a 6 footer.....

But you would probably be better of with two units to cover the width, front to back and depth shouldn't be an issue but if you raised it too high, I think your par values would start to suffer. The 55 degree optics will help with the depth , and because of the arangement the coverage is excellent with no spot light effects.

Two 36" ligts may also work but then your also loosing 60 watts per unit which is 25% of the output. So I think I'd be further inclined to look at 2 48's myself.

But I would also contact Bongy at Inwatter myself to check his thoughts....

Bblinks · #7 06-08-2011, 11:28 PM

Thanks for the up-date. keep them coming.