Aquatic Life Debuts LED/T5HO Hybrid Mounting System Fixture Reef Hobbyists Have Been Waiting For!

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B+B+C+P+

 

[Clayton Jessup]

What bulb combination is everyone going with?

Currently I am running :

2 ATI Coral Plus
2 ATI Actinic

Wanted to do 2 Blue Plus but all my bulbs were free can’t complain about free bulbs

 

[ReefingwithO]

What bulb combination is everyone going with?

I’m bought 2 blue plus, 2 aqua blue special and 2 coral plus.

I’ll see what combo I like.

 

[Nick Stone]

I bought 2 blue plus and 2 coral plus, but it is way whiter than I am used to with my LEDs. Might swap one for an actinic or something.

 

[ReefingwithO]

I’m bought 2 blue plus, 2 aqua blue special and 2 coral plus.

I’ll see what combo I like.

I'm going to be using Kessil A360 lights and I'll tune them bluer to get a nice balanced color.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Here is my bulb combo

2 ATI Coral Plus
2 ATI Actinic.

Thinking I may go with Radion XR15PRO’s or Kessil A360’s can’t decide .. what do you all think I should go with ?

 

[AquaticLifeProducts]

So for an 18" wide tank, are you guys recommending the 18" plates, or insetting just over an inch with the 15.75" (A160) ?

We are working on making the round brackets for both A360 and A160 (two different brackets) to work with the 16" or the 18". The bracket will just rotate 90° to reduce the width. If you go to the 16" and use the A360 bracket you would only need the 16" end plates.

With an 18" wide aquarium I would keep it original with the 18" width. The area under the light is 14.5" of lighted output. So I would not shrink the width, personally.

 

[Nick Stone]

So going from just 2 hydra 26 to this fixture, does anyone have a good acclimation method so I don't roast all my frags? I was thinking starting the T5s at 30 minutes a day and gradually working up to 4 hours at my peak LED ramp, adding 10 minutes extra per day. So it would take about a month to get up to full blast. Thoughts? Too quick, too slow?

 

[ReefingwithO]

Here is my bulb combo

2 ATI Coral Plus
2 ATI Actinic.

Thinking I may go with Radion XR15PRO’s or Kessil A360’s can’t decide .. what do you all think I should go with ?

Looking good. Did you simply zip tie the wires together at the back? Are they long enough to get to the bottom of the stand.

I am going to use the Kessil A360s. Plug and Play, I don't want to worry about spectrum plus I love the Kessil shimmer.

 

[Kyl]

We are working on making the round brackets for both A360 and A160 (two different brackets) to work with the 16" or the 18". The bracket will just rotate 90° to reduce the width. If you go to the 16" and use the A360 bracket you would only need the 16" end plates.

With an 18" wide aquarium I would keep it original with the 18" width. The area under the light is 14.5" of lighted output. So I would not shrink the width, personally.

Gotcha, must have overlooked if that was mentioned earlier.

Thanks again!

 

[ReefingwithO]

It’s Here! I can’t tell when was the last time I was this excited for a piece of equipment.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Looking good. Did you simply zip tie the wires together at the back? Are they long enough to get to the bottom of the stand.

I am going to use the Kessil A360s. Plug and Play, I don't want to worry about spectrum plus I love the Kessil shimmer.

This what I did for the cables I went to my local lowes and picked up cable mounts similar to the Vortech cable mounts.. I am so glad I did. Instead of having cables on each end of the fixture lol [emoji23], the cables are 6ft long each they reached to about the middle of my stand . I am thinking of running my cables through my wall to make a even cleaner install especially with all led cables .

 

[Roggio]

Here's my first impression
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/first-impression-of-the-aquatic-life-t5-led-hybrid-light.334244/

 

[Daltrey]

Patiently waiting on the 60” for my six foot tank. Going to pair it with my two Radion XR30w’s.

 

[JDowns]

So how long to ATI Blue Plus bulbs need to burn in before they stop looking like yellow puke?

Lyretail Anthias that use to pop orange - now muted yellow / orange
Green Birdsnest - now greenish / yellow
Purple Birdsnest (use to pop purple) - now I'm not sure what color you would call it
Anything that use to pop green, Goniopora colony, Blasto's, Zoas, etc are now a muted green
Anything red just got muted also.

There is decidedly a yellowish tint going on. Not sure if its a spike in green or what. I'm hoping this is burn in time related otherwise these bulbs are going in the heap.

 

[rtparty]

So how long to ATI Blue Plus bulbs need to burn in before they stop looking like yellow puke?

Lyretail Anthias that use to pop orange - now muted yellow / orange
Green Birdsnest - now greenish / yellow
Purple Birdsnest (use to pop purple) - now I'm not sure what color you would call it
Anything that use to pop green, Goniopora colony, Blasto's, Zoas, etc are now a muted green
Anything red just got muted also.

There is decidedly a yellowish tint going on. Not sure if its a spike in green or what. I'm hoping this is burn in time related otherwise these bulbs are going in the heap.

Burn in is 50-100 hours but the bulb shouldn't be yellow at all. Make sure it is a Blue Plus and not an Aquablue Special.

If it is a Blue Plus, you could have a faulty bulb

 

[JDowns]

Two Blue Plus and Two True Actinic.

If I run just the actinic with Kessils then everything is normal. If I run two Blue Plus then everything goes haywire. So its definitely the Blue Plus. This would be another faulty bulb then. I had to replace one of he actinic since the end wasn't sealed properly. After firing up the bulb it lit, then went out. There was a hissing noise once I took the bulb out of the rubber boot. BRS was awesome in replacing the bulb. Of course BRS is just plain awesome in everything customer related. I may just go with Gieseman Actinic Blues because I'm getting a bit tired of messing with bulb ordering and waiting.

Burn in is 50-100 hours but the bulb shouldn't be yellow at all. Make sure it is a Blue Plus and not an Aquablue Special.

If it is a Blue Plus, you could have a faulty bulb

Thanks for the heads up. That's what I figured. Burn in should be due to intensity not color range of the phosphors. Its almost as if there is a green spike mixing with the blue to create the yellow effect. But I'm no phosphor expert.

 

[blebs]

can the 24"light be mounted with 2x Kessil A arms? Like the ones you use to mount the AP 700.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/ap700-mounting-arm-kessil.html
I already have one for 1 A360, so if I could just buy one more to mount these it would be awesome.

I am thinking about doing Coral+, blue+, blue+, actinic 03 for my bulb combo

 

[scuzy]

That's a lot of weight hanging on the arms and the glass it clamps on too.

 

[ReefingwithO]