My 180 Gallon Reef with (new ReefBreeders LED) PHOTON32 with par#'s and video review (1 Viewer)

[BILLYO382]

Ok let me start of by saying the box the unit came in was well packed and protected. Build quality is nice and solid, light has a little weight to it about 18lbs i believe. The programming of the unit is very easy and the remote is a nice option to use. My light fixture is mounted 8" above the water and is VERY POWERFUL...LOL. check out the youtube video link below for more info. Just trying to show the PAR of these led's and the power of them. I currently am running my blue channel at 25% and my white channel @ 15% and moonlights at 2% with minimal ramping up & down in-between. Lmk what you guys think and thanks for looking. Excuse the unskinned tank in video. lol

My tank specs are as follows:

180 Gallon Glass Tank 4' long x 3' wide x 2' tall
Was running 2 - 48" long MH fixtures (each with 2 x 250 hqi 14k's with 2 x t5 super actinic bulbs) Now just running 1 fixture and Photon32 (4ft layout)
4 - vho bulbs, 2 super actinic and 2 white
SRO 3000int skimmer
2 little fishies 3 sep reactors (bio pellets,carbon, gfo)
pm calcium reactor
mag 24 return pump
18watt turbo twist uv light
15gal refugium
2 x tunze 6105, 1 mp40 ,2 Aqueon Powerheads -one 1400pgh & one 600 gph powerhead

Front View of my tank showing leds on left and 14k 250 watt hqi on right

Left side of tank showing leds with 25% blues and 15% white/colors

Leds over my tank hanging from 1/2" conduit with stock bracket kit

Par #'s for my Photon32 hung 8" above water

Youtube Video Link (couldn't get it to embed, if somone would help me with this it would be appreciated thanks)

ReefBreeders LED PHOTON32 fixture over my 180 Gallon SPS Reef Tank - YouTube please turn video to 720hd bear with youtube..lol I shot the video with an hD camera soo yeah

 

[reefer]

interrested to see how these work for you.

 

[SeanM]

Are you saying the fixture is putting out that much PAR at only 15% power on your whites and 25% power for blues? The fixture has only blues and whites and is adjustable, right?

 

[madehtsobi]

[video=youtube;J57lLmuZNTE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J57lLmuZNTE&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[BILLYO382]

Are you saying the fixture is putting out that much PAR at only 15% power on your whites and 25% power for blues? The fixture has only blues and whites and is adjustable, right?

Lol yes it is putting out that much par. .. lol. Lol At my YouTube link. An Yes it is 3 channel automated adjustable and has multiple colors. I meant the Blues are on 1 channel the white/colors on another and the moonlights on the other. All are dimmable etc. Very nice fixture with remote control too. I'm loving it.

 

[BILLYO382]

interrested to see how these work for you.

Me too. I've heard great things about it. An loving it

 

[Ostentum]

Yeah my value series is putting out 800 par 14" under the water a d 500 at. 24" deep at 100%. No disco effects either. They did a good job with the led layout.

 

[flipside]

Howlee shiite!

 

[Jasonc]

Billy - keep a super close eye on ALK and CA. They have a tendency to raise quickly due to your corals not calcifying as they get used to the new light. It may not be that big of an issue as you still have MH on half your tank but just wanted to make you aware.

Super nice tank!

 

[BILLYO382]

Yeah my value series is putting out 800 par 14" under the water a d 500 at. 24" deep at 100%. No disco effects either. They did a good job with the led layout.

Yep I turned them up to 100% and was seeing 1200+ par at water level and 900 in middle, they are stupid powerful...lol... and definatly no disco effect. the color balance and optics is perfect. Was watching a mr. saltwater tank video about his radions and lol when I saw he only ran his at 20% tooo...so these leds are very bright... on a side note he's waiting on a remote to come out for them.. knock on wood, mine already does... lol joking just saying..get it together eco tech..lol here's the video im talking about

http://youtu.be/ob1PYQ9buKY?t=8m51s

 

[BILLYO382]

Billy - keep a super close eye on ALK and CA. They have a tendency to raise quickly due to your corals not calcifying as they get used to the new light. It may not be that big of an issue as you still have MH on half your tank but just wanted to make you aware.

Super nice tank!

Ya I am aware of this, but great point here. thanks for the heads up for sure. An thanks for the compliment on the tank

 

[SeanM]

Billy - keep a super close eye on ALK and CA. They have a tendency to raise quickly due to your corals not calcifying as they get used to the new light.

Dang, I did not know this. Thanks for the heads up

 

[fishcraze_1]

Seen several tanks with these. Side by side . There's one on RC. RB look better than radions. Way cheaper too.