Help identify my leds

[DiverGirl82]

Question from a newbie. I just bought a 60g cube tank off craigslist and it came with an led light fixture. I have no idea what the brand is. I was wondering if anyone knows what kind it is. For now it's just going to be a FOWLR tank but eventually I want to add a few easy corals and anemones. Would these leds work? They're just rows of blue and white light.

 

[Wbrian]

If they turn on and make light, they'kk be fine for a FOWLER. For corals, probably fine as well, but I would check your par levels at various heights in your tank to see what kind of output they have...

 

[DiverGirl82]

Thanks :)

 

[redfishbluefish]

That is what is commonly referred to as a "Chinese" fixture. I am going to guess, from the foil like material over the LED's, that it's about 4 - 5 years old. They typically came with one blue channel and one white channel. When they first started showing up, there was no name on them. Eventually you'd see them with a name. I have an old TauTronics that looks similar to the one you have there. Here's a poor picture of it:

 

[DiverGirl82]

Aha that does look the same. Thank you :)

 

[redfishbluefish]

Back when these fixtures were introduced, our LFS was selling them for around $300. We had club members that did keep SPS dominant tanks going with these fixtures of only blue and white LEDs. Today you can find a new and improved Chinese fixture that includes more aluminum cooling fins, full spectrum, controlability and lenses for well under $100. I recently purchased THIS fixture for $78, free shipping, and I'm impressed. Have to wait to see how it holds up. It's the one in the middle with blues only ON.

 

[DiverGirl82]

I'm so glad to hear that there are affordable upgrade options. I think I prefer to stay with leds so I'll keep these for now since it was such a great deal and then once I'm ready to start adding corals I'll upgrade to a more full spectrum affordable option.

 

[Reefing Madness]

I run 2 of the ones linked by RedfishBluefish