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03-17-2008, 03:24 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Aug 2007
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|  LED Lighting ?
Has anyone seen, compared, read about the
I'm not even sure its out yet, one page says 2006, one page says 2008. Solaris LED Hood PFO lighting Inc > Home ( DNN 4.0.3 )
I am about to make the MH plunge and came accross this.
Thoughts?
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03-17-2008, 10:42 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 39
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Expensive! _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Eheim Ecco Canister filter, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), 80lbs of live rock
Critters: 2 false percula clowns, blue damsel, lawnmower blenny, squirrel fish, 2 anthias, flame hawkfish, copper banded butterfly, coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fighting conch, condy anemone, and lots of misc snails
Corals: Green stripe mushrooms, blue mushrooms, candy cane, frogspawn, Green Zoanthids, star polyps, acropora, monipora
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03-17-2008, 12:04 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
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Originally Posted by glblguy  Expensive! |
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03-17-2008, 02:33 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 22
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Yea I believe that it is out now. I was at my LFS and was talking to the guys about it and they said it seemed to be doing pretty well but VERY expensive. They didnt have the tank very stocked and I cant really remember what was in there but I do remember seeing a bubble tip anenome that seemed healthy.
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28 gal bowfront
40 lbs live sand
30+ lbs live rock
external overflow to 5 gal sump
PS75 protein skimmer
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03-17-2008, 02:42 PM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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even tho they are expensive, surely they are energy efficient and save money in the long run. Plus surely they run cool?? this is invaluble in its self _________ | |
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03-17-2008, 04:09 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Phoenix Az
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On a much smaller scale I have been considering adding these to supplement my power compacts.  12? Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems, Lighting | Pet Solutions
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75 Gallon, coralife 125 super skimmer, coralife UV sterilizer, mag 9.5, coralife 48" aqualight 4 X65 watt
Orange shoulder tang, yellow tang, 2 false percula clowns, copperbanded butterfly, 4 chromies, 2 peperment shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp
Hammer head, fuzzy mushrooms, green bubble, star polyp, Kenya Tree Coral | |
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03-17-2008, 04:16 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2008
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The solaris LED are really quite nice, however I've tried the 24 inch model on a 29 gallon tank and it seems to work well with mostly soft corals and fish. The hard corals don't seem to like it that much. A few good points, my electricity bill has dropped over the month and there is a big difference in the amount of heat produced over the tank also before i forget, the moonlight, dusk/dawn and daytime lighting effects are a really positive feature. However being in a country like Jamaica where our electricity cycle is 50hz other than the American 60hz the lighting effects are always off schedule by 10 - 15 minutes a day. Oh well..! | |
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03-18-2008, 05:14 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Yikes, that is expensive, I actually didn't even look at the price page yet.
But I think the electricity and cooling would catch up like everyone says.
But alas, it comes down to fish health and not a full piggy bank...
I will keep looking,,
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