A8 or NICREW

[shaggydoo92]

Thats a good point thanks so much man!

 

[CBonito]

The Nicrew probably is a good light. But you can get 2 a8se for the cost of 1 nicrew.

That's true! I think the nicrew I was looking at was 400 bucks.
I like to keep my knowledge current as I'll be building a new system soon and I don't want to spend 2500 dollars this time.

The Nicrew and the Viparspectra are "could be" candidates.

 

[CarpetSurfer]

Thats a good point thanks so much man!

Results speak for themselves especially when it comes to big nems. I’ve got the Radion high intensity lens on them and they probably push out 6-700 par. Plus for the price of them even you could grab 2 of these with one as a resident in case anything happened and this be cheaper than or close to 1 single other light. I look at it the same way with my return pump. I can buy 3-4 Jebao WiFi enabled return pumps before I reach th cost of 1 Ecotech pump for example. Plus if you buy Jebao products on Amazon you can get the Amazon warranty for like 3 years for like $20 bucks.

So in a time of crappy warranties and products that aren’t meant to last I’m doubtful of any manufacturers claim they are actually using high quality products or else they would have a good warranty.

Sorry that’s my rant but the light is great

 

[Aaron75]

What is your lighting schedule and intensity?

Just the stock ab+ with blues at 80 dragged out an additional 2 hrs.

 

[shaggydoo92]

Thats a good point thanks so much man!

Results speak for themselves especially when it comes to big nems. I’ve got the Radion high intensity lens on them and they probably push out 6-700 par. Plus for the price of them even you could grab 2 of these with one as a resident in case anything happened and this be cheaper than or close to 1 single other light. I look at it the same way with my return pump. I can buy 3-4 Jebao WiFi enabled return pumps before I reach th cost of 1 Ecotech pump for example. Plus if you buy Jebao products on Amazon you can get the Amazon warranty for like 3 years for like $20 bucks.

So in a time of crappy warranties and products that aren’t meant to last I’m doubtful of any manufacturers claim they are actually using high quality products or else they would have a good warranty.

Sorry that’s my rant but the light is great

Oh dint be sorry at all i appreciate all yhr info that is so good to know and the logic makes 100% sense!

Is that a giant clam???

Tank looks amazing!

 

[CarpetSurfer]

Thats a good point thanks so much man!

Results speak for themselves especially when it comes to big nems. I’ve got the Radion high intensity lens on them and they probably push out 6-700 par. Plus for the price of them even you could grab 2 of these with one as a resident in case anything happened and this be cheaper than or close to 1 single other light. I look at it the same way with my return pump. I can buy 3-4 Jebao WiFi enabled return pumps before I reach th cost of 1 Ecotech pump for example. Plus if you buy Jebao products on Amazon you can get the Amazon warranty for like 3 years for like $20 bucks.

So in a time of crappy warranties and products that aren’t meant to last I’m doubtful of any manufacturers claim they are actually using high quality products or else they would have a good warranty.

Sorry that’s my rant but the light is great

Oh dint be sorry at all i appreciate all yhr info that is so good to know and the logic makes 100% sense!

Is that a giant clam???

Tank looks amazing!

Thank you! It’s about 5-6inches so definetly not small but in thinking of getting an even bigger one but I have a gigantea anemone coming in next week so I’ll have to see how much space it takes up.

 

[shaggydoo92]

Thats a good point thanks so much man!

Results speak for themselves especially when it comes to big nems. I’ve got the Radion high intensity lens on them and they probably push out 6-700 par. Plus for the price of them even you could grab 2 of these with one as a resident in case anything happened and this be cheaper than or close to 1 single other light. I look at it the same way with my return pump. I can buy 3-4 Jebao WiFi enabled return pumps before I reach th cost of 1 Ecotech pump for example. Plus if you buy Jebao products on Amazon you can get the Amazon warranty for like 3 years for like $20 bucks.

So in a time of crappy warranties and products that aren’t meant to last I’m doubtful of any manufacturers claim they are actually using high quality products or else they would have a good warranty.

Sorry that’s my rant but the light is great

Oh dint be sorry at all i appreciate all yhr info that is so good to know and the logic makes 100% sense!

Is that a giant clam???

Tank looks amazing!

Thank you! It’s about 5-6inches so definetly not small but in thinking of getting an even bigger one but I have a gigantea anemone coming in next week so I’ll have to see how much space it takes up.

Hopefully that's not one of the ones that moves around and stings everything! Haha

 

[CarpetSurfer]

Thats a good point thanks so much man!

Results speak for themselves especially when it comes to big nems. I’ve got the Radion high intensity lens on them and they probably push out 6-700 par. Plus for the price of them even you could grab 2 of these with one as a resident in case anything happened and this be cheaper than or close to 1 single other light. I look at it the same way with my return pump. I can buy 3-4 Jebao WiFi enabled return pumps before I reach th cost of 1 Ecotech pump for example. Plus if you buy Jebao products on Amazon you can get the Amazon warranty for like 3 years for like $20 bucks.

So in a time of crappy warranties and products that aren’t meant to last I’m doubtful of any manufacturers claim they are actually using high quality products or else they would have a good warranty.

Sorry that’s my rant but the light is great

Oh dint be sorry at all i appreciate all yhr info that is so good to know and the logic makes 100% sense!

Is that a giant clam???

Tank looks amazing!

Thank you! It’s about 5-6inches so definetly not small but in thinking of getting an even bigger one but I have a gigantea anemone coming in next week so I’ll have to see how much space it takes up.

Hopefully that's not one of the ones that moves around and stings everything! Haha

Yep it is but so do all the other carpet nems in there and the magnifica anemone. But I’ve been getting this combo right for a few months now and testing out different nems that work together by holding new ones right up to the others to make sure they all work. I wasn’t sure about the magnifica and carpets but since those are good and the giganteas are closely related to the haddoni I don’t anticipate a problem.

I actually had a gig in the past but some bacterial infection killed it but it did just fine pushed up to my haddonis.

 

[bradreef]

Just the stock ab+ with blues at 80 dragged out an additional 2 hrs.

I run very similar with slight adjustments. I also have high intensity lenses on mine.

 

[shaggydoo92]

Thats a good point thanks so much man!

Results speak for themselves especially when it comes to big nems. I’ve got the Radion high intensity lens on them and they probably push out 6-700 par. Plus for the price of them even you could grab 2 of these with one as a resident in case anything happened and this be cheaper than or close to 1 single other light. I look at it the same way with my return pump. I can buy 3-4 Jebao WiFi enabled return pumps before I reach th cost of 1 Ecotech pump for example. Plus if you buy Jebao products on Amazon you can get the Amazon warranty for like 3 years for like $20 bucks.

So in a time of crappy warranties and products that aren’t meant to last I’m doubtful of any manufacturers claim they are actually using high quality products or else they would have a good warranty.

Sorry that’s my rant but the light is great

Oh dint be sorry at all i appreciate all yhr info that is so good to know and the logic makes 100% sense!

Is that a giant clam???

Tank looks amazing!

Thank you! It’s about 5-6inches so definetly not small but in thinking of getting an even bigger one but I have a gigantea anemone coming in next week so I’ll have to see how much space it takes up.

Hopefully that's not one of the ones that moves around and stings everything! Haha

Yep it is but so do all the other carpet nems in there and the magnifica anemone. But I’ve been getting this combo right for a few months now and testing out different nems that work together by holding new ones right up to the others to make sure they all work. I wasn’t sure about the magnifica and carpets but since those are good and the giganteas are closely related to the haddoni I don’t anticipate a problem.

I actually had a gig in the past but some bacterial infection killed it but it did just fine pushed up to my haddonis.

Oh dang but that is good that you're trying to do what you can I hope that it works out well for you!

 

[Baylott224]

The new 200w Nicrew with the 3 clusters looks like a nice light to me.
And any shots I've seen of them over tanks, the corals look excellent.

There are a lot of people here who have them.

Anyone have any real experience with the Nicrew to speak of?

Yeah id love to hear any real feedback about either light!

I'm using nicrew gen 2 with controller it works really good and they have a deep tank lens too

I've never had any problems disconnects or overheating I have the 150 on a bio cube only running at half

 

[CBonito]

I'm using nicrew gen 2 with controller it works really good and they have a deep tank lens too

I've never had any problems disconnects or overheating I have the 150 on a bio cube only running at half

Yeah, I know there are a few of these floating around out there and I know there are more who are using them and getting good results too. Just trying to get some conversation going so people can share their experience.

I know the Radion is much more popular because it's basically been one of the lights to get, and that's fine.
The copies are very low cost and they work.

But I like to give all the offerings a chance or at least some visibility.

 

[Juano908]

I’m surprised no Nicrew Gen2 users have not chimed in.
I’ve been running a 50w Nicrew on my Nuvo 10 for over 2 years and have no complaints.

I just setup a Nuvo 100 INT and while planning all the equipment I was debating between the A8 or the Nicrew Gen2 200w, after doing some research and reading couple of reviews decided to go with 2 x Nicrew Gen2 200w with the controller for easier programming.

 

[disaster999]

Another A8 user, aside from some weird quirks where they occasionally lose track of time and come on at random hours or near impossible to set the percentage of intensity slider exactly at the figure you want, these been great solid lights for a year and a half for me.

As many of said, upgrade the the lens to the radion's high intensity lens kit and you minimize light spill and reduce the power output by more than half and still achieve the same par levels.