12” Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems

rdz1 · 02-05-2008, 10:37 PM

I see in petsolution.com is selling these claiming they make the water shimmer like halides without the heat. Anybody out there have them yet and how do you like them.

AQTCJAK · 02-05-2008, 10:46 PM

They are good moon lights. They are not ment to grow corals with

michael_cb_125 · 02-05-2008, 10:51 PM

I have them. They would make good moon-lights. I got them to light up a 2 gallon tank. It just does not cut it. I figure for 20 GALLON tank you would need to cover the tank front to back to get enough brightness to grow coral. .And that would cost more than a good lighting fixture. I am using two of them to light the inside of my cabinet.

BigAl07 · 02-05-2008, 10:53 PM

Jack's right. They cast a nice "smooth" glow and YES they do make a "Shimmer" but that's it! It's for your viewing pleasures only and NOTHING more! these LEDS are nothing like the LEDs used in Solaris lights. But they DO cast a very cool shimmer when it's JUST them on. Once you turn on the "other" lights they "shimmer" is over powered. Worth the night time look though

charlestonemt · 02-13-2008, 03:57 AM

One of the main coral display tanks (240?) at one of the local LFS's has 8 of these strips (blue) used as moon lights. I saw it earlier today, and it looks pretty good...especially for the price.

aquaticimports · 02-13-2008, 09:01 AM

Nice to see more charlestionians on here! LED's are great but unless its solaris they will just be accent lighting.

BigAl07 · 02-13-2008, 10:15 AM

aquaticimports is exactly right. The key here was "For the Price". Trust me when I say, "You'll pay dearly for high intensity LED lighting!" Even the individual H/I LEDs are exponentially more expensive than standard LEDs. The good news is that standard LED's do give an AWESOME "enhancement" and great shimmer when they aren't over powered by other lights. I LOVE walking into my living room at night and seeing all 3 tanks lit up with LED moonlights. Very cool indeed.

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rdz1 Limpet Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 138 View Gallery Karma Komment	12” Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems I see in petsolution.com is selling these claiming they make the water shimmer like halides without the heat. Anybody out there have them yet and how do you like them.

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AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,267 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 12” Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems They are good moon lights. They are not ment to grow corals with __________________ A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com

02-05-2008, 10:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
michael_cb_125 Reef Shark Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Charlotte,NC Posts: 5,600 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: 12” Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems I have them. They would make good moon-lights. I got them to light up a 2 gallon tank. It just does not cut it. I figure for 20 GALLON tank you would need to cover the tank front to back to get enough brightness to grow coral. .And that would cost more than a good lighting fixture. I am using two of them to light the inside of my cabinet. __________________ All Fish are "Semi-Reef Safe"

02-05-2008, 10:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 12” Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems Jack's right. They cast a nice "smooth" glow and YES they do make a "Shimmer" but that's it! It's for your viewing pleasures only and NOTHING more! these LEDS are nothing like the LEDs used in Solaris lights. But they DO cast a very cool shimmer when it's JUST them on. Once you turn on the "other" lights they "shimmer" is over powered. Worth the night time look though __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

02-13-2008, 03:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
charlestonemt Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 378 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 12” Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems One of the main coral display tanks (240?) at one of the local LFS's has 8 of these strips (blue) used as moon lights. I saw it earlier today, and it looks pretty good...especially for the price. __________________ Steven 75g reef tank 2 x 175w MH (20,000K) 2 x 48" T-12 VHOs on IceCap balast 50 gpd RO unit with ATO setup Sealife Systems skimmer

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aquaticimports Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 104 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: 12” Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems Nice to see more charlestionians on here! LED's are great but unless its solaris they will just be accent lighting.

02-13-2008, 10:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: 12” Powerbrite LED Lighting Systems aquaticimports is exactly right. The key here was "For the Price". Trust me when I say, "You'll pay dearly for high intensity LED lighting!" Even the individual H/I LEDs are exponentially more expensive than standard LEDs. The good news is that standard LED's do give an AWESOME "enhancement" and great shimmer when they aren't over powered by other lights. I LOVE walking into my living room at night and seeing all 3 tanks lit up with LED moonlights. Very cool indeed. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

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