What LED's?
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LuckyReefer123
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Just tried looking up the fixture. It looks nice but i wouldnt go with it for 2 reasons. 1, it does not look like it has a cooling fan in there, and 2, i cant find anywhere where it says its 1watt or 3 watt LEDs. It also looks very simply for its price of $360. I have always wanted this fixture AquaIllumination 12” Sol Super Blue Sol Blue 1xModule LED Light System w/ Controller It has had great reviews and it has so much more for its money with options. This is just my opinion though. See what others think as well. Best of luck.
What tank is this for?
What coral do you have and plan to keep in this tank?
Are you wanting a "fixture only" or are you looking for a DIY system?
You're in luck in that the light you mention is available through one of our Sponsors. ReefLEDLights carries that unit so you may want to contact them directly. Mention you're an RS member and they "might" have an RS discount for you as a member.
Apollo Reef LED SolarBlast Ultra-A available at ReefLEDLights
What coral do you have and plan to keep in this tank?
Are you wanting a "fixture only" or are you looking for a DIY system?
You're in luck in that the light you mention is available through one of our Sponsors. ReefLEDLights carries that unit so you may want to contact them directly. Mention you're an RS member and they "might" have an RS discount for you as a member.
Apollo Reef LED SolarBlast Ultra-A available at ReefLEDLights
Apollo Reef LED SolarBlast Ultra-A
Features:
55 3 watt BridgeLux LEDs
Just 16″ long, 8 1/2″ wide and 2 1/2″ thick!
Utilizing the latest Bridgelux Power Chip LED’s.
Three power cords and three switches for independent control of blue and white LEDs and Moonlights!
Equivalent to a 250 Watt MH
Blue and Cool White on separate circuits
Assembled and serviced in the USA
TylerHaworth
Active Member
No personal experience with these, but a few things stood out to me:
1) Most (all?) of the top LED lights use CREE diodes, this fixture uses Bridgelux - Not necessarily a bad thing, just caught my eye.
2) Not controllable other than off/on.
3) Never heard of them.
4) Priced just barely below the highly regarded and proven AquaIllumination Sol
5) No optics
1) Most (all?) of the top LED lights use CREE diodes, this fixture uses Bridgelux - Not necessarily a bad thing, just caught my eye.
2) Not controllable other than off/on.
3) Never heard of them.
4) Priced just barely below the highly regarded and proven AquaIllumination Sol
5) No optics
Clownfishfan
Member
It must be dimmable or it will cook all coral.
ReefLEDLights
RS Sponsor
If it was me I would definitely look into DIY instead of prebuilt since the cost of getting what's needed is going to be expensive.
Now there are two ways to look at penetration.
1. (just pretend numbers) you have five LEDs, you put very narrow optics on them and they give you the power/punch to get to the bottom of the tank, the negative is that you can get spotlighting with this and shadowing.
2. you can also use ten LEDs with wider optics and then the light will spread and bounce off the glass to get the same amount of light to the bottom of the tank.
to get an idea of what to build consider the phoenix 45 or 55 kits on 2x 18" heatsinks. You can model your own build after the design of the phoenix and just edit out the options you are trying to save money on. etc.
ReefLEDLights
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BTW, great posts everyone! good info 
i've used the ecoray 112's on two different tanks now and i have been really impressed w/them. i found these to be a great value for the money. here is a link to what i've found as the best price on the web
https://www.vaquatics.net/shop/arti...G37jAcaT4BQ&shop_param=cid=1&aid=ECORAY-112D&
i had these on a 24" deep tank about 10" above the water.
https://www.vaquatics.net/shop/arti...G37jAcaT4BQ&shop_param=cid=1&aid=ECORAY-112D&
i had these on a 24" deep tank about 10" above the water.
foxsavage
Member
I've seen a lot of these lately and the best price I could find was here Aquarium Coral Reef Tank black Blue LED Grow Light 120W | eBay for $165.99. I thought the quality on these looked better and they're dimmable CREE LED Saltwater Coral Reef Aquarium Lights, Dimmable | eBay for $269.95. Either way I think you'll need at least 2 or 3, I was considering getting 6 of the latter for a 60" x 24" tank.
PIMPALA
Well-Known Member
the first ones are very "meh" in person. i wouldnt use them.
the second ones are good lights. ive used them on more than one tank. for that deep of a tank, you would need 4 minimum... 5 would be ideal, but i'd use 6 units.