New LED fixture 3w. Green Element EVO Reef LED Light Fixture

[RuGlu6]

Green Element EVO Reef LED Light Fixture
http://www.aquatraders.com/EVO-48-LE...ht-p/56234.htm

This still looks like MarineLand knock off, but now its 3W.
I just spoke to someone the other day and he told me that he had SPS growing under Two marine land fixtures. I know MarinLand is only 1W.

Could this be a good light ?
Any thoughts on this new fixture would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Specs below. Link above.


Fixture Size: 46.50" x 5.00" x 1.00" (Add 0.65" in height with bracket installed)
LEDs Count: 32
4320 Lumens
Super energy efficient 3 watt high output LEDs
24x 10,000K LED
8x Actinic 460nm LED
Use 96 watts


Features:
Best design: slim, light, and yet, contemporary
A three ways toggle on/off switch functions as (1) White/Act. Blue, (2) Off, & (3) Act. Blue as lunar night
Extends up to 51" in length with brackets installed
Individual & replaceable lenses
An external high power transformer

[toytech]

3 watt leds are much better but with so little blues its going to look very white , ive got 50/50 on blues and whites and i dont run the whites at full and thats just to get a 12k look.

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by toytech

3 watt leds are much better but with so little blues its going to look very white , ive got 50/50 on blues and whites and i dont run the whites at full and thats just to get a 12k look.

What brand LED you are using, do you have 1W or 3W?
But thank you for pointing this out.
I was going to try their 1W all blue submersible Reef Bright anyway.
Do you think these 36" LED 3W reef EVO + 12x1W Blue submesible will be enough for SPS dominated 36" tank?

[toytech]

Mine are diy kits from aquastyle led online , using 3 watt bridgelux leds.I dont think that combo would be best for all all sps tank (depends alot on depth).Not to say that your sps wont grow but i think colors will be crappy.

[RuGlu6]

Wow LEDs are cheap there! only a few $ too bad i dont know how to build myself. AquaStyleOnline
http://www.aquastyleonline.com/categ...-Lighting/LED/

But anyway,
My tank is standard 65 Gal 36"Lx18"W x24" deep.
I was thinking about getting the above combo to wait out the summer heat.


How many LEDs do you have total ? is your tank 48"W x 24" deep?
How is your SPS color say after 6 month after with the LED's?

[RuGlu6]

ttt

[chris88]

i was looking into these as well for supplemental lighting. i would love to know more about them but there is nothing out there yet. If anyone knows where there is a video or some pics of it in action i would love to see it. i think i am going to order one and if its decent quality ill grab another.

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by chris88

i was looking into these as well for supplemental lighting. i would love to know more about them but there is nothing out there yet. If anyone knows where there is a video or some pics of it in action i would love to see it. i think i am going to order one and if its decent quality ill grab another.

Well same here not enough info.
But price is good and i don't care if they are not dimmable or controllable...
I am not a big fan of fancy $900 controllers, to me they are just fancy glorified timers that's what they are.
These new led lights are now 3W and individual lenses are replaceable. I personally spoke to someone who had SPS growing under old Marineland 1W x2 fixtures.
So with these 3W we have much better chance.
More so now we hear about SPS being bleached under LED's because there is too much light. Honestly i would like to know what is the difference between one 3W LED and the other?
Can anyone chime in?
Other then fancy features (ipad control etc) is there really a difference?
Why do we need Green and Red LED? what are these for? We newer had these colors before. All we had was MH DE or SE and some actinics, now we are being drawn in to something else... doesn't seem to ever stop.
So why spend $2K+ if i can pay ~$320 and have two fixtures with 3W LED?
I would really want to know.

[chris88]

I had been in contact with aqua traders and they haven't been very helpful. Thê said the product was to new so they do not have much feed back on them yet. They couldn't even tell me what LEDs they were using or the type of optics. I also asked if the bulbs or optics were replaceable or removable and the person I was speaking with didn't know.

If the LEDs are decent quality then the light output and par will be very good for the price. The color is a bit to white but it will have a nice shimmer.

Red and green LEDs are helpful but not essential. They help full the narrow spectrum the white LEDs have. They also help with the visual look of the corals and are usually used to mimic the look of Mh bulbs.

I think I am goig to bite the bullet and try one of them out. It's cheap enough that if they suck I won't be to ****ed.

If anyone else has any more info on these please chime in.

[arash53]

I bought their 1W version for my nano-cube 29 gallon and I did not like it.
It only covered right under the fixture and the color them was pretty yellow.

Charles at CANADIAN AQUATICS import their products . will ask him if he already ordered this one and I could see it.