jerl77
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think really hard about switching to leds lets see you AquaIllumination Sol LED Light Systems only come on i know they are out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
calling all AquaIllumination led Light Systems
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This is two AI Sol Blues over a 60" 100G reef running at 60-65% intensity.
I'm still playing with the colors and settings but have been extremely happy for three months now. They replaced 2x250w MH and 2x140w VHO so the power has gone from 800 watts down to less than 80 watts, $35 a month in power savings on lights alone plus who knows what in chillers, home AC and water replacement costs due to evaporation.
I'm still playing with the colors and settings but have been extremely happy for three months now. They replaced 2x250w MH and 2x140w VHO so the power has gone from 800 watts down to less than 80 watts, $35 a month in power savings on lights alone plus who knows what in chillers, home AC and water replacement costs due to evaporation.
AI is extremely conservative with their lights. For one, their leg kit is only 6" high which does not give much spread, for another they mount the fixtures perpendicular rather than parallel to the tank. I raised mine to 12" above the waterlevel and turned them parallel. As you can see, there are no shadows or dark spots and anything over 65% burns the corals, SPS included so any more than three fixtures would be a waste of money if you make your own mounting system.
He has all aofties in that tank, it looks like that anyways. For sps you need more.
No, there are SPS and LPS and several RBTAs too. I had a mojano infestation awhile back so the hard corals are bouncing back. Two are more than sufficient, as I said, anything more than 65% burns SPS on the rockwork.
