Coral reefer
Past President
Moved the 120 into my kitchen in order to paint the living room and prep the spot for the 225
What did you do to your tank today?
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tr1gger
Guest
Worked on my water levels for better surface skimming, small water change, filter floss change and cleaned out the back chambers and pump.
Also worked on my milli frag that just refuses to stay in its place on the LR. So, back on a plug it goes! Also cleaned the glass really well and turkey basted the live rocks during the water change.
Also worked on my milli frag that just refuses to stay in its place on the LR. So, back on a plug it goes! Also cleaned the glass really well and turkey basted the live rocks during the water change.
neuro
Webmaster
do you have before and after pics? i would love to see the change. I'm sticking to MH but i've always loved the look of kessils
Lawrence Yang
Guest
put baffles in my sump using coral glue and sheets of acrylic to keep a more and appropriate stable water level for my SWC 180 skimmer! The skimmer is looking GREAT!!!!
Tenny
Guest
Thoughts on the light change? I currently have a Kessil A150W and considering upgrading to a 350 or a ReefBreeders Value Series (D120). From what I can gather spec wise the ReefBreeder is about as powerful as a 350?
Kensington Reefer
Supporting Member
I did replace all of my lighting to kessil 150's, 350's and 360's in the last month or so.
Kmooresf
Supporting Member
Can't speak to the ReefBreeders..........there seems to be a lot of great lighting coming out. I can however speak to the Kessil A350's..........I have 6 (actually 7 now) over my 300 and frag tank. Couldn't be happier. corals respond very well to them.
tr1gger
Guest
The corals are responding and growing MUCH better under my new Kessil than my Reefbreeders LED.
Kessils have some real technology behind them. As well as great coloring.
Reefbreeders are just the Chinese imports with a different tag on them.
I would also like to state that Kessil has top tier customer service and they are located in the Bay Area. My PAR38 was way too purple for me. I can't speak to their dimmable fixtures though. Hope that helps a bit.
That PAR38 I gave you is a reefbreeder.
Tenny
Guest
Thanks for the input guys. I've read good things about the value series reef breeder (dimmable) with great par numbers (esp for the price).
I'm thinking I'll just go with a 350/360 for my DT. May give the reefbreeders dimmable value series (or just the chinese ones as they are about $50 cheaper on ebay) a shot on my frag tank while I get a bit more money.
I'm thinking I'll just go with a 350/360 for my DT. May give the reefbreeders dimmable value series (or just the chinese ones as they are about $50 cheaper on ebay) a shot on my frag tank while I get a bit more money.
rygh
Guest
Be careful of budget LED lighting!
There are three main problems with cheap china LEDs.
1) Lumens per watt can be very different.
2) Spectrum can be way off.
3) Forward voltage can vary a lot.
It has to do with cheaper process, and less testing and sorting.
Run the diodes through fast, and sell whatever comes out, so to speak.
One LED might be great, and the one next to it might be junk.
Even for efficient LEDs, the lumens per watt issue will add up, with long term electricity costs
slowly eating up that initial cost savings.
The spectrum is supposedly an issue if you want violet leds.
But otherwise not really a huge one unless it ends up pushing a lot of red in the whites.
The forward voltage can be a huge problem, or a total non-issue, depending on fixture.
If they run LED strands in parallel ( common to save money ), the voltage difference can mean a big current
difference, which has a positive feedback loop due to temperature.
That can fry your lighting pretty quick.
And don't expect budget lighting to have current mirroring circuits.
There are three main problems with cheap china LEDs.
1) Lumens per watt can be very different.
2) Spectrum can be way off.
3) Forward voltage can vary a lot.
It has to do with cheaper process, and less testing and sorting.
Run the diodes through fast, and sell whatever comes out, so to speak.
One LED might be great, and the one next to it might be junk.
Even for efficient LEDs, the lumens per watt issue will add up, with long term electricity costs
slowly eating up that initial cost savings.
The spectrum is supposedly an issue if you want violet leds.
But otherwise not really a huge one unless it ends up pushing a lot of red in the whites.
The forward voltage can be a huge problem, or a total non-issue, depending on fixture.
If they run LED strands in parallel ( common to save money ), the voltage difference can mean a big current
difference, which has a positive feedback loop due to temperature.
That can fry your lighting pretty quick.
And don't expect budget lighting to have current mirroring circuits.