D2daJAZ
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I have been told the future is LEDs, that being said, I could not wait to sample this product on my various tanks. There are two models of strips, the stunner which is more of a accent/moonlight, and only 6 watts. As well as the Panorama that is 12watts and can according the the mfg be used stand alone, in one of their fixtures that holds 6 12w strips, or as a supplement to other lighting. They come in 8000k white/453nm blue combo, or all blue for supplemental shimmer lighting. The stunners come in I believe 6 colors, stay tuned for a review on those next week when I can get my hands on some. This review deals with the single strip 12w Panorama in 8000k white/453nm blue.
Here are some pics:
The unit:
Lit up:
Mounted on acrylic piece to facilitate ease of install in the canopy of a 72"x18"x24" 125g:
Acrylic piece with strips mounted in canopy of a 125g excuse the cloudiness, this was after the water change and cleaning
:
From across the room, just the LEDs on the 125:
Through the acrylic eurobrace on a 29: deep 275g tank:
Please note the room was very dark, and there were no other lights on.
All in all I will have to say they are pretty cool pieces of lighting. On large, deep tanks though I feel they would be best suited for a swim tank, or some low light loving corals. The look on the 29" deep FOWLR was very unique and made for a very nice display. As supplement to say T5s, they are pretty sweet, as that is what they are on with on the 125 above. The 125 has an Aquatic Life 8x39w T5 fixture with moonlights and built in controller (Stay tuned for a review of this as well) and I think needs two more panoramas to get the full shimmer that I am looking for. They do add shimmer, and the more units you add the more shimmer you get. On a nano or smaller shallow tank, I think they will work just fine and you can tweak the colors by adding different colored stunner strips to the fixture or stand alone Panoramas. More pics to come next week when I play around with the strips above some corals, to see what kind of color we get as well as some stunners to see how much you can tweak the colors.
Let me know if you have any questions, and stay tuned for some more reviews.
DJ
Here are some pics:
The unit:
Lit up:
Mounted on acrylic piece to facilitate ease of install in the canopy of a 72"x18"x24" 125g:
Acrylic piece with strips mounted in canopy of a 125g excuse the cloudiness, this was after the water change and cleaning
:
From across the room, just the LEDs on the 125:
Through the acrylic eurobrace on a 29: deep 275g tank:
Please note the room was very dark, and there were no other lights on.
All in all I will have to say they are pretty cool pieces of lighting. On large, deep tanks though I feel they would be best suited for a swim tank, or some low light loving corals. The look on the 29" deep FOWLR was very unique and made for a very nice display. As supplement to say T5s, they are pretty sweet, as that is what they are on with on the 125 above. The 125 has an Aquatic Life 8x39w T5 fixture with moonlights and built in controller (Stay tuned for a review of this as well) and I think needs two more panoramas to get the full shimmer that I am looking for. They do add shimmer, and the more units you add the more shimmer you get. On a nano or smaller shallow tank, I think they will work just fine and you can tweak the colors by adding different colored stunner strips to the fixture or stand alone Panoramas. More pics to come next week when I play around with the strips above some corals, to see what kind of color we get as well as some stunners to see how much you can tweak the colors.
Let me know if you have any questions, and stay tuned for some more reviews.
DJ
