LEDZeal Mirage X300 - PAR Readings

[Shooter6]

Quick update on the light: got some softies and an acan and they are loving the light and I've had no issues with the light except the algae also loves this light lol

Very nice! What's your max output per channels?
Here is mine after approximately 8-10 months with lights.
I peak at 45% per channel

 

[Slayyyter]

Very nice! What's your max output per channels?
Here is mine after approximately 8-10 months with lights.
I peak at 45% per channel

Between 30-35% depending on the channel

 

[Shooter6]

Between 30-35% depending on the channel

That's a good settings plan. It's incredible just how much par these lights produce compared to the big name options!

 

[Slayyyter]

That's a good settings plan. It's incredible just how much par these lights produce compared to the big name options!

I accidentally left them on 50% one time. The corals where not to pleased their power is def crazy

 

[Jeeperz]

So is the regular light a better option for those that don't like looking at a dark blue tank like what the super blue appears to provide? Do these use cheap led or cree/semiled/etc... Can the led be replaced at home when they burn out like the UV sub 420nm chips do or are they a cob style? Contemplating two x200 for my 4 foot tank if I can get the right mix of led

 

[Shooter6]

So is the regular light a better option for those that don't like looking at a dark blue tank like what the super blue appears to provide? Do these use cheap led or cree/semiled/etc... Can the led be replaced at home when they burn out like the UV sub 420nm chips do or are they a cob style? Contemplating two x200 for my 4 foot tank if I can get the right mix of led

Yes leds can be replaced, they will send them to you. I cannot recommend the original layout, as I've never ran it. I can tell you the superblue layout was designed after over year and a half of studying all the highend lights layouts.
It's based off the raidion g5blue,hydra64,orphek atlantik,Atlantic, redsea90 plus a few others not available in the USA. I can also say they are using a top of the line power driver unlike the reefbreeders.
Actual leds used I am not sure, but they are not the newest higher watt ones that the g5 and orpheks newest light run. BUT at the price point they are, you cannot expect them to be.
I can say that I have 4 x200 over my 8x3x2 400g sps reef. 17 inches off the water. At peak I'm at 40% per channel.
I measured 300 par evenly across the bottom, 400-500 mid tank and 600 at the top of my rockwork. At mid day its pretty dam white, slightly purple blue tint. If you check out my YouTube channel I posted vids of my 180g and a few of my new 400g with as close to real views as I can without a filter.
Hopefully all these post, some are my 400g and some the 180g. The 180g are mostly the mid day ( whitest part of day).

 

[Shooter6]

More pics.

 

[Shooter6]

won't post them all at 1 time. Some it just doesn't seem to want to load, is there a trick im missing?

I'll take new pics tomorrow at mid day.

 

[Jeeperz]

Absolutely they do custom layouts.
The superblue is actually my custom layout. I spent a year studying others like orphek,hydra,radion color choices and such. I settled on a combo of the g5blue and hydra hd along with the redsea led.

The superblue doesnt have red or green leds, but has cyan ( green blue spectrum) and violet blue ( red deep blue). I did this so each channel (4) can be run at a higher output then if it had red or green. The whites have red and green spectrum as white has all colors in it.
Here is the actual layout. All 120 degree lenses as unlesz you have a very deep tank or light mounted super high, theres no need for 90 degree lenses. This is the x200.
X300 is the same, except it has 1 more square of leds that is a duplicate of the 2 pictured here.
Last pics are from kevins measurements. The others were from another purchaser who took par measurements. Ive posted a number of vids on youtube too.
If red and green are a major concern, id just either add a t5 bulb, or an orphek or3 daylight bar. For the coverage per mirage fixture the price is way less then any other option, including reefbreeders, noopsyche ect.

The led layout and wavelength you list here is not quite the same as shown on their current website. Your video is really hard to tell as it's so blue it messes with the camera and washes everything out. Getting rid of a few 450/460nm for a couple lime, 20k, and 630/660nm would be nice.

 

[Slayyyter]

So is the regular light a better option for those that don't like looking at a dark blue tank like what the super blue appears to provide? Do these use cheap led or cree/semiled/etc... Can the led be replaced at home when they burn out like the UV sub 420nm chips do or are they a cob style? Contemplating two x200 for my 4 foot tank if I can get the right mix of led

These lights won't really make your tank look like a bottle of windex rather a good balance of blue when the channels are on a similar percentage

 

[Shooter6]

The led layout and wavelength you list here is not quite the same as shown on their current website. Your video is really hard to tell as it's so blue it messes with the camera and washes everything out. Getting rid of a few 450/460nm for a couple lime, 20k, and 630/660nm would be nice.

You can customize your order to the layout however you like. Adding white leds is always an option if thats what you like. Lime wont do anything though. Remember you have 4 channels to use not 8-9 the radion do.
And the layout I have is the superblue, as I am the designer of that layout. That layout is the only one I can state the par and pur capabilities off though. Adding a few 10k leds to the white channel may be a good choice if you like the sun light white look but I really don't know of any led reef light that looks that white id say having compared radion g4 and g5, hydra64hd , Kessel, the sky, orphek, blackbox, and the coral care, these are about the same white with just a bit more of a purple blue compared to some of the others windex blue appearance.

 

[Jeeperz]

Adding a couple 20k won't make it look white, just less blue. I'm not talking about adding 10, maybe 2. And your layout you posted is not the same led layout they have posted under the super blue on their website, so they've changed it from your spec.

 

[Shooter6]

Adding a couple 20k won't make it look white, just less blue. I'm not talking about adding 10, maybe 2. And your layout you posted is not the same led layout they have posted under the super blue on their website, so they've changed it from your spec.

According to Kevin the sales rep its supposed to be the same. This is the layout I made and run.

 

[Slayyyter]

Hey @Shooter6 did you ever figure out what flash and cloud set do?

 

[Shooter6]

Hey @Shooter6 did you ever figure out what flash and cloud set do?

Yes flash simulates a thunderstorm. Cloud is like a cloudy day where the lights change from bright/sun to low/ cloud cover randomly.
Issue is it at 100% when bright from my understanding. I never use those, I just set a program and leave it alone. Or I'll go to manual to set for pics then go back to my programming when finished.

 

[jasanson]

Hi @Shooter6 thanks for all the great info on these lights. Do they have decent or any shimmer in the regular or Super Blue variants?

 

[Shooter6]

Hi @Shooter6 thanks for all the great info on these lights. Do they have decent or any shimmer in the regular or Super Blue variants?

Superblue does, as long as you have surface agitation, I can send a vid if anyone can tell me how to post vids directly, otherwise I can make a quick YouTube vid and post a link. A great thing with st Superblue layout, you don't get the ugly disco ball of color separation across the bottom like the reefbreeders ect.

 

[Shooter6]

Hi @Shooter6 thanks for all the great info on these lights. Do they have decent or any shimmer in the regular or Super Blue variants?

Not a very good vid but it was a quick shot.

 

[Shooter6]

Uploading a slightly better vid now

 

[Shooter6]