My Chinese 120W LED's Review thread! Lowered the lights, post #192

So, I sprung for some of these 120W LED's, made my TaoTronics.

I read some reviews, and thought I'd take the plunge. No, they don't come with a dimmer, etc.

They came packed really well in closed cell foam, double boxed, etc.
It does have seperate power cords and swiths for each color.
It states it is 130W when both the blue and white are on.
It states the blues are 460-470, and WOW, does my DT liook different with these on! Everything 'pops'!
It has 25 blues and 30 whites- with just the blues on, everything is WAY different! My Yellow tang- ain't yellow anymore. the Oc. clown and the Black sebae clown look almost the same color, and my Peach Zoos are REALLy peachy- with just the blues on.

The whites are 12-14000, and are they bright!
I do have two of them over my 6ft, 125. I'm glad I didn't get three! I do0n't see ever needed more than two on my DT.

I built a stand/hanger for them today and installed it all.
Being the DIY'er that I am (not on the lights however), I used some vertical 2x4's behind my tank, made kinda of a double inner 'H' that stands behind my tank.
From them I used prefabbed white powder coated shelf brackets for my hangers. I got them perfectly in the center of the tank, hanging from the hanger wires provided with the light purchase.

All in all, I'm really happy. NO more PC's, and new bulbs every year, etc.

The intensity is VERY bright.
I have the Center of the lights (where the LED's are) right at 8 inches off the top of my DT. Like most, with a sump the level of the DT never changes.

I'll post some pics tomorrow. I did try them tonight, but now it's after hours for my DT, and I don;'t want to shock them.

Here's the link to the ones I purchased:
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be careful about acclimation!

 

Yes, agreed on the acclimation. The fish were pretty freaked out at first.

With the lights up off the water and a slight surface current, it actually gives a nice
'flicker' I've heard about.

I'm soo glad i did this. They were so easy to hang once ai fashioned a good-permanent way to do it.

Before, my PC's rested on the top rims and yep, they have been in a time or two.

 

I dropped my fair share of PC lights in my tank lol! Glad im not the only one.

 

please post pics

 

I've seen great results from folks using these lights. Going from pc's fitness leds you must have a huge difference in light. Your energy bill will be a bit less too I am sure.

So only 2 on a 6 footer and it has good coverage? Pics please, inc how farapart you have the black boxes.

 

Congrats on your purchase. Keep a close eye on your corals for a while. LEDs are super intense and require a substantial acclimation time. Post some pics too!!

 

You can stop by and see my Chinese boxes. Same deal, two on a six foot 125. Really nice colors. Everything is doing great so far.

 

Pics

I treated it as 2 lights, 2 x 3ft tank, so 36inches between the center of the lights. I posted a pic of my hanger.

The blues look even more blue thru the optics of my Iphone 4.

 

Thanks for the encouragement.

I checked out your thread, nice DT's!