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TbyZ
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It may still be a week before I recieve mine
Wow. Ok. Can't wait for the picture
Don't hold your breath; I haven't recieved them in the mail yet, let alone installed them ;Bookworm
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It may still be a week before I recieve mine
Don't hold your breath; I haven't recieved them in the mail yet, let alone installed them ;Bookworm
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Not a good enough reason.... we want information now!!! Lol
What?. If I were you, I will engage with a shipper offering "buy today, yesterday arrive" service
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I saw the reply and got all excited... thought we would all finaly get to see these. Lol
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Yes. In the process of installing them into my hood now.
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OK, here's an update so far.
Lights arrived
The old hood & lighting needs some upgrading
I'm fitting the new Alphas into the hood rather than suspending them from the ceiling or using the clamps
because I like a hood for many reasons, including stopping the light from shining all over the place.
Lights arrived
The old hood & lighting needs some upgrading
I'm fitting the new Alphas into the hood rather than suspending them from the ceiling or using the clamps
because I like a hood for many reasons, including stopping the light from shining all over the place.
Sleeperr34
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Nice. They look nice so far. Cant wait to see these running.
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My tank is nothing special so don't get your hopes too high
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I cannot compare the Alpha 120s to other lights as I haven’t used any of the well-known brands.
What I can do is comment on the Alphas themselves.
Firstly; at present I’m running two Alpha 120s above a 36” x 18” x 18” tank.
To begin with, I’m running each channel, on both Alphas at –
Channel 1 at 15% …. (total 12 x 460nm)
Channel 2 at 30% …. (total 12 x 12,000K)
Channel 3 at 10% …. (total 8 x 460nm. 4 x 410nm)
Channel 4 at 10% …. (total 8 x 450nm. 2 x 630nm. 2 x 525nm)
That equates to about 39 Watts in power out of a possible 240 Watts (rated power).
My old lights ran at about 40 Watts, & the intensity looks the same by eye.
I have no par meter, so cannot measure this, sorry. But in my case, I would easily go well over recommended par if I turned the intensity up.
Both units have cooling fans built in, & the fan speed is controlled automatically by the intensity the units are set at.
With the intensity on all channels set at 100% the fans run at full speed. At this setting I find them to be more than acceptably quite, but not dead silent.
Controllability.
The Alpha’s use a wifi control unit, & an app for your mobile device is available free.
You can go to ‘Manual Set’ & alter the intensity of each channel individually to work out what is pleasing to your eye, then use those setting as a guide to program any of the 3 separate diy lighting programs.
Each diy program has 8 time points for each channel at which the intensity can be set at whatever you wish.
You can also incorporate into your diy settings a cloud effect. The cloud effect is a light intensity change: all lights intensity from 100%~0%~100% within 30 seconds, then returns to the mode you have set. The problem with this effect is, it isn’t at the full intensity you set, but at system 100% intensity, & it’s not adjustable.
There is also a lightening effect. In Flash mode, all leds will flash 3 times per second, stop 3 seconds and flash 3 times per second, at system full intensity. The whole effect lasts 10 seconds, then returns to the mode you have set. Again, the intensity is not adjustable in this mode.
There are also 3 Pre-programmed Modes: (Sunny, Cloudy, and Rainy). But I found them not to be useful in my case because again they run at least one channel at 100 % system intensity, during the lighting cycle, & it not adjustable either.
This isn’t necessarily a problem as you have the three diy modes to set your own sunny – cloudy modes, & they are very easy to program.
Based on what I expected & the cost, I give the Alpha 120s an 8.5/10.
I have no regrets about purchasing them.
What I can do is comment on the Alphas themselves.
Firstly; at present I’m running two Alpha 120s above a 36” x 18” x 18” tank.
To begin with, I’m running each channel, on both Alphas at –
Channel 1 at 15% …. (total 12 x 460nm)
Channel 2 at 30% …. (total 12 x 12,000K)
Channel 3 at 10% …. (total 8 x 460nm. 4 x 410nm)
Channel 4 at 10% …. (total 8 x 450nm. 2 x 630nm. 2 x 525nm)
That equates to about 39 Watts in power out of a possible 240 Watts (rated power).
My old lights ran at about 40 Watts, & the intensity looks the same by eye.
I have no par meter, so cannot measure this, sorry. But in my case, I would easily go well over recommended par if I turned the intensity up.
Both units have cooling fans built in, & the fan speed is controlled automatically by the intensity the units are set at.
With the intensity on all channels set at 100% the fans run at full speed. At this setting I find them to be more than acceptably quite, but not dead silent.
Controllability.
The Alpha’s use a wifi control unit, & an app for your mobile device is available free.
You can go to ‘Manual Set’ & alter the intensity of each channel individually to work out what is pleasing to your eye, then use those setting as a guide to program any of the 3 separate diy lighting programs.
Each diy program has 8 time points for each channel at which the intensity can be set at whatever you wish.
You can also incorporate into your diy settings a cloud effect. The cloud effect is a light intensity change: all lights intensity from 100%~0%~100% within 30 seconds, then returns to the mode you have set. The problem with this effect is, it isn’t at the full intensity you set, but at system 100% intensity, & it’s not adjustable.
There is also a lightening effect. In Flash mode, all leds will flash 3 times per second, stop 3 seconds and flash 3 times per second, at system full intensity. The whole effect lasts 10 seconds, then returns to the mode you have set. Again, the intensity is not adjustable in this mode.
There are also 3 Pre-programmed Modes: (Sunny, Cloudy, and Rainy). But I found them not to be useful in my case because again they run at least one channel at 100 % system intensity, during the lighting cycle, & it not adjustable either.
This isn’t necessarily a problem as you have the three diy modes to set your own sunny – cloudy modes, & they are very easy to program.
Based on what I expected & the cost, I give the Alpha 120s an 8.5/10.
I have no regrets about purchasing them.
Sleeperr34
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They look great. And for the cost not bad at all.... looks like ill be ordering some soon as well i think.
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Yes, already posted all the info
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All good so far.
The tanks been running for a few years with lps & softies. During the light upgrade period i overdosed iodine & wiped out quite a few corals.
I've also upgraded to auto dosing, & A.F. Components 1 2 & 3, as well as increasing internal flow.
So I've bought 3 sps to see how things go, & so far so good.
Happy with the lights. Good spectrum & more intensity than i need.
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