ATI Straton LED Light - Comments, Review, PAR, Coverage, Discuss...

[ryshark]

Part of the app tells you what PAR is at different depths. Hard to know how accurate it is but it is there.

The 24” depth is fairly accurate in my experience.

 

[reefrun]

Part of the app tells you what PAR is at different depths. Hard to know how accurate it is but it is there.

At RAP yesterday we compared the app estimate to the par meeting and it was super close

 

[BriansBrain]

Ordered myself two 204s in white and the mounting brackets for my new 60x28x25 sps build! Will be doing my own t slot light mount with the brackets.
Currently running a bank of xr15s over my current sps 60x20x20 and I’m sick of them. Can’t wait to have two power bricks and two lights with more than coverage.

 

[CBonito]

Ordered myself two 204s in white and the mounting brackets for my new 60x28x25 sps build! Will be doing my own t slot light mount with the brackets.
Currently running a bank of xr15s over my current sps 60x20x20 and I’m sick of them. Can’t wait to have two power bricks and two lights with more than coverage.

That's a lot of light man. Better wear your shades.

 

[Austinsdepenbrock]

Ordered myself two 204s in white and the mounting brackets for my new 60x28x25 sps build! Will be doing my own t slot light mount with the brackets.
Currently running a bank of xr15s over my current sps 60x20x20 and I’m sick of them. Can’t wait to have two power bricks and two lights with more than coverage.

I'd like to know how the spectrum looks compared to the radions. If the color of the coral pops just as much coral wise or not. I'm wanting to get the smaller one for my 32 gallon.

 

[BriansBrain]

That's a lot of light man. Better wear your shades.

The entire tank will be a complete blanket of light given the shear number of diodes, I shouldn’t need to drive these lights hard at all. With no real moving parts, and build quality, I don’t see why these lights won’t last me a very long time. My thoughts anyways

I'd like to know how the spectrum looks compared to the radions. If the color of the coral pops just as much coral wise or not. I'm wanting to get the smaller one for my 32 gallon.

Same honestly. I wish I went to reefapalooza to see them in person. Obviously hard to judge the look while looking at pictures and videos. I feel though, while still very expensive, they were still cheaper for me versus other options to get max coverage

 

[Austinsdepenbrock]

That's a lot of light man. Better wear your shades.

The entire tank will be a complete blanket of light given the shear number of diodes, I shouldn’t need to drive these lights hard at all. With no real moving parts, and build quality, I don’t see why these lights won’t last me a very long time. My thoughts anyways

I'd like to know how the spectrum looks compared to the radions. If the color of the coral pops just as much coral wise or not. I'm wanting to get the smaller one for my 32 gallon.

Same honestly. I wish I went to reefapalooza to see them in person. Obviously hard to judge the look while looking at pictures and videos. I feel though, while still very expensive, they were still cheaper for me versus other options to get max coverage

Yeah, I wanted something that would give me complete coverage and also something that Woodwork in the future for an upgrade

 

[CBonito]

Yeah, I wanted something that would give me complete coverage and also something that Woodwork in the future for an upgrade

Just make sure you hang them high and then adjust the power to get the PAR you need after. The light blend will be better and it won't be so hot. The light is very hot the closer you get to the light so exercise caution. I killed a bunch of corals with mine last year, and killed the tips on one recently. A lot of you bigger tank owners might be better off. I have to be really careful.

 

[OrthoVet05]

In planning currently, but do you think one or two of the 204s would be needed or a 4 ft tank? I'm sure two is probably the way to go and they will fit adequately?

 

[CBonito]

In planning currently, but do you think one or two of the 204s would be needed or a 4 ft tank? I'm sure two is probably the way to go and they will fit adequately?

I would do two of these new 102s and put them about 14-16 inches up.
Each one is 37.5 inches long. 2 of them would be more than enough for a 4 foot tank and easily cover 24" front to back probably more. They're like 1200 bucks each. But you could start with one and see if it's enough for you. It might be. This one is the same as mine only it's both panels in mine placed end on end instead of next to each other. They say 165 watts each, but the amount of light seems like a lot more than that.

 

[picea]

ATI recommends one to cover 24” of width.

 

[DJF]

Ignore, wrong thread.

 

[xiaoxiy]

I ended up ordering 2x 102 Flexes this weekend and they should arrive Monday. Look forward to PAR mapping and seeing how well they provide coverage for my 48x36 tank.

On additional note, I was very impressed with the lack of side glare. The only light that I've seen do something similar is the Reefi lights, but I'd go as far to say that the Stratons I saw at RAP seem to have even less side glare than my Reefi's.

 

[OrthoVet05]

I'd be

I ended up ordering 2x 102 Flexes this weekend and they should arrive Monday. Look forward to PAR mapping and seeing how well they provide coverage for my 48x36 tank.

On additional note, I was very impressed with the lack of side glare. The only light that I've seen do something similar is the Reefi lights, but I'd go as far to say that the Stratons I saw at RAP seem to have even less side glare than my Reefi's.

I'd be curious to see the PAR readings!

 

[BriansBrain]

Lights came in yesterday and man they’re nice. I got two Straton Pro G2. Very excited to get them installed, but it’ll still be at least a month unfortunately.

First impression - easily the most well built and heavy duty feeling piece of reef gear I’ve ever had/handled. Very sleek and aesthetic. That is half part though. Once I install and fire them up, that’ll be the true test. I’ll report back.

 

[OnPointCorals Verified Sponsor]

Was considering trying the Straton Flex 153 over one of our tanks. The tank I was considering is a 72x30x24.
I'm looking at running 2 flex-153s.

My worry is the listed wattage. The 153 is listed as 220w. So, for 2 would be 440 watts. I'm comparing that to the 4 g6 Radions xr30s (205wx4) = 820w

How could this configurations of Straton compare to the 4 Radions I'm currently running.

 

[xiaoxiy]

I'd be

I'd be curious to see the PAR readings!

Me too.... unfortunately @ATI North America accidentally shipped me 2xATI Straton 102 Pros on Monday instead of the Straton Flexes I ordered.

The replacement/correct shipment was just shipped today, so hopefully they'll arrive soon. I suspect they won't get here until next Monday though, as the last Tuesday shipment from ATI took 6 days to deliver.

Lights came in yesterday and man they’re nice. I got two Straton Pro G2. Very excited to get them installed, but it’ll still be at least a month unfortunately.

First impression - easily the most well built and heavy duty feeling piece of reef gear I’ve ever had/handled. Very sleek and aesthetic. That is half part though. Once I install and fire them up, that’ll be the true test. I’ll report back.

dang! Going big with the 204s!

 

[lubeck]

Was considering trying the Straton Flex 153 over one of our tanks. The tank I was considering is a 72x30x24.
I'm looking at running 2 flex-153s.

My worry is the listed wattage. The 153 is listed as 220w. So, for 2 would be 440 watts. I'm comparing that to the 4 g6 Radions xr30s (205wx4) = 820w

How could this configurations of Straton compare to the 4 Radions I'm currently running.

Curious about this too. I have the same setup with 4 g6 and 4 reefbrite strips. I was thinking two 153 flex or 3 204 pros

Has anyone tried these on a peninsula with cord configuration?

 

[xiaoxiy]

I just received my Flexes in yesterday. Two 102 Flexes will provide more than adequate coverage for a innovative marine 150 gallon tank; I'm running them at 50-65% (back right panel runs at a bit higher percentage because rock is slightly lower) and getting adequate PAR for my acros. They actually seem to provide better coverage than my previous coral care gen2s in terms of blanket lighting.

 

[BriansBrain]

Was considering trying the Straton Flex 153 over one of our tanks. The tank I was considering is a 72x30x24.
I'm looking at running 2 flex-153s.

My worry is the listed wattage. The 153 is listed as 220w. So, for 2 would be 440 watts. I'm comparing that to the 4 g6 Radions xr30s (205wx4) = 820w

How could this configurations of Straton compare to the 4 Radions I'm currently running.

Curious about this too. I have the same setup with 4 g6 and 4 reefbrite strips. I was thinking two 153 flex or 3 204 pros

Has anyone tried these on a peninsula with cord configuration?

Though I still haven’t even set up my 204s yet, I saw 3x 153s G2 Pros on a 60or72”x30”x24ish” tank. The straton lit tank was next to a Neptune Sky tank and also near a Radion lit grow out flat. Both the Sky tank and Radion flat had an immense amount of light spillage and is a total waste of energy and wattage on the floor, walls, and your eyes.

The Straton, on the other hand, had ZERO spillage and the energy is directed inside the tank. They were mounted at about my eye level and I could not seriously tell they were on, obviously other than the tank was lit or hunched over to see the diodes on. They were run at 40% and there were Acro frags on the bottom of the tank, but I completely forgot to ask the par. They were also even barely warm. Had the appearance of t5 with a minimal (which I prefer) amount of skimmer. No disco balls.

I was very impressed to say the least.