Marquis
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acolotto said:Maybe amazon? And check the dimmable ones on eBay they ship from china so they might be able to
Can't even find the dimmable ones
acolotto said:Maybe amazon? And check the dimmable ones on eBay they ship from china so they might be able to
acolotto said:They're only USA but I'd say shoot the seller an email and see what they say...also the dimmable ones just search "led dimmable aquarium" on ebay
CleverBs said:It's 580 for two that don't need to be solderd. Theres no need to get defensive what so ever I was just saying that I have read many many bad things about these lights every place other then these lights. To me it just wasnt worth the money to buy something that was obviously low end. The bleaching happens even if it didn't happen in your tank mr x does have a very deep tank compared to a 55g that's why I was saying he should be carful. Just trying to help him out by letting him know thngs that I learned from reading. He can do what ever he wants like I said I seriously considered these lights for my tank until I found other solutions and I was just sharing those with him. The low quality comment was pointed to the fact that they are a low quality led it has nothing to do with the fact they are from china truly but there's no arguing they are low quality or else they wouldn't be 175$ and I'm not suggesting the Cree fixtures are high quality but they will be higher quality. The thing that concerned me the most is that I read the fixture is daisy chained and if one bulb goes out the whole panel goes out.
I don't know if all of this was directed towards me, but I assure you, I wasn't being defensive, just stating my first hand experience.Theres no need to get defensive what so ever I was just saying that I have read many many bad things about these lights every place other then these lights. To me it just wasnt worth the money to buy something that was obviously low end. The bleaching happens even if it didn't happen in your tank mr x does have a very deep tank compared to a 55g that's why I was saying he should be carful. Just trying to help him out by letting him know thngs that I learned from reading. He can do what ever he wants like I said I seriously considered these lights for my tank until I found other solutions and I was just sharing those with him. The low quality comment was pointed to the fact that they are a low quality led it has nothing to do with the fact they are from china truly but there's no arguing they are low quality or else they wouldn't be 175$ and I'm not suggesting the Cree fixtures are high quality but they will be higher quality. The thing that concerned me the most is that I read the fixture is daisy chained and if one bulb goes out the whole panel goes out.
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mr_X said:
I don't know if all of this was directed towards me, but I assure you, I wasn't being defensive, just stating my first hand experience.
What is it that constitutes "low end"? the price? The bells and whistles?
I think that most LED fixtures are way overpriced. These seem to be the only ones priced reasonably. By seeing them in person and running them over my tank, I wouldn't consider them low end.
I know multiple people who have AI SOL blues and they are bleaching everything too. The efficiency of the LED is now a bad thing? People were just raving about halides, and now we find something stronger and it's a fault. what's the point of having something powerful if you can only run it at 30%?
I have a 25" deep tank. a 55 is 21" tall. Are you saying that the extra 4" is a deal breaker for these? In my opinion (and I say this because I don't have a shallow tank like a 21" deep 55) I think you'll be fine.
I don't know there is a reason to not try that test out. But I think I would wait until you had both, then bring them to full intensity over at least a week by using some diffuser, even wax paper, or a piece of white bed sheet under the light would work, to cut the light back and bring it onto the corals in stages.
Sniperhank said:You really think that a week is enough time to bring LEDs up to full power? When I switch over from my 36 to 55, I will be going from 4 T5HO to 2 Radions. I am running the radions on their lowest setting and will have my corals in or close to the sand bed to avoid cooking them and even turning them up 10% a day will only put them at 80% by weeks end...thats if they even need to be turned up that high.
Due to these LEDs not being dimmable, wouldn't say a multi layered screen setup be best so that as time goes by a screen can be removed to slowly increase the intensity?