Blueacro led

RedneckReefer68 · Feb 11, 2018

Anyone know what's up with them? The website doesn't load and their FB page won't let you click on shop now button.

Reefing Madness · Feb 16, 2018

RedneckReefer68 · Feb 16, 2018

Site is up but everything is out of stock

User1 · Feb 24, 2018

Send a message, he is back in operation with some more items coming in stock. I just finished setting up 4 of the pro stars. I must say they are super awesome sauce. Here I am trying to see how Apex handles the multi channels vs. power/intensity. I think this was about 75% for all - I've not tried to blend anything just yet since I'm moving over another pair of multi channel chips I have that have more lime green. But even with the diffusers they coverage is great. Tank is 30" tall.

RedneckReefer68 · Feb 24, 2018

saf1 said:
Send a message, he is back in operation with some more items coming in stock. I just finished setting up 4 of the pro stars. I must say they are super awesome sauce. Here I am trying to see how Apex handles the multi channels vs. power/intensity. I think this was about 75% for all - I've not tried to blend anything just yet since I'm moving over another pair of multi channel chips I have that have more lime green. But even with the diffusers they coverage is great. Tank is 30" tall.

Looks great... Yeah I finally ordered Tuesday. Mine will be here Monday tracking shows. Did you use his drivers? I will be controlling mind with the reef angel star controller. This is my first diy so I'm a little anxious to get started add figure things out

User1 · Feb 24, 2018

I originally was using his drivers, yes. However, I have been chasing down a flickering problem and couldn't figure out what was causing it. First hurdle was heat. The AcroIQ drivers get hot which was the first issue of flicker. They sent out some additional thermal pads and once I bolted that up it resolved that issue. Hooked it up to my Apex with his drivers and the interface board from Steve's LED's which coverts pwm signals that the apex could use back to flicker. Ended up I had a short on the AcroIQ driver pwm side - mine do not have connectors so had to solder on my own. Found that issue, fixed it, tried again and everything was fine. But somehow I ended up shorting out a ground again on the pwm side and fried one of the two AcroIQ drivers

Enter today I had a spare 8xLDD board and wired it in. So far it has been working fine and the Apex can dime down to 0% which is nice. The blueacro chips are intense with and without the lenses. I'll be using the initial lenses for sure and the diffuser didn't seem to hurt anything other than smooth out the spread and shimmer. I also have a reef angel on my 40 breeder which is controlling those LED's. It is good, lots of features, storms, clouds, etc. The star - which is updated compared to what I have - is nice. If you are good at coding you will enjoy the controller. It is a pretty solid product. I almost upgraded to it but switched to the apex at the last minute. Most of it was due to the lack of activity on the forums lately.

RedneckReefer68 · Feb 25, 2018

I've had both. Went from RA to the Apex and now back to the RA. Are you driving your acrostars at full 1 amp or did you drop them down on the driver to Max out at less?

User1 · Feb 25, 2018

They are running at full power via the driver but I am using the LDD 1000H's which adjust to the channels anyway. At the moment the Apex has them peaking only at 80%. This was just to see how the various channels look and when adjusted change the color. The Pro stars are pretty intense in the range he offers - 20k spectrum. Also the 2nd channel if you are using the Pro's has the violets. They are pretty intense on their own which surprised me. I bet some of the corals are going to really shine, pop, or glow, under those.

RedneckReefer68 · Feb 25, 2018

I'm using the 20k pros but the half stars on a really shallow tank

User1 · Feb 25, 2018

Did you get the lenses / diffusers? They are pretty interesting and evenly distribute the light. It is interesting because several threads in the lighting forum are starting to use them on the radions. He has offered them over a year.