Meridians, who else pre ordered them?
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Really, had all weekend.
What's the hold up?
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748S911
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Set up my lights yesterday, here is a teaser picture. I will post more when I get a chance.
I really like these lights a lot, it was so easy to set up took me like 5 minutes. The app is very simple to use and that’s a plus in my book. Im tweaking my light schedule to my personal visual preferences and times.
I’m still working on permanent placement and height for even coverage and spread. I’m thinking mounting them a bit higher 12”-15” above water to compensate for the fact they are covering about a 120” long and 60” wide of reef estate. I might have to get 2- 24’s (daisy chained) total of 87” long to get full coverage at 9-12” above the water. I don’t have a par meter but past 30% was very bright.
One 63 is currently drawing only 75 watts of power and running cool huge plus!
I love my new Meridians, excited to dial them in and watch them grow my reef.
I really like these lights a lot, it was so easy to set up took me like 5 minutes. The app is very simple to use and that’s a plus in my book. Im tweaking my light schedule to my personal visual preferences and times.
I’m still working on permanent placement and height for even coverage and spread. I’m thinking mounting them a bit higher 12”-15” above water to compensate for the fact they are covering about a 120” long and 60” wide of reef estate. I might have to get 2- 24’s (daisy chained) total of 87” long to get full coverage at 9-12” above the water. I don’t have a par meter but past 30% was very bright.
One 63 is currently drawing only 75 watts of power and running cool huge plus!
I love my new Meridians, excited to dial them in and watch them grow my reef.
slogan315
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Looks great! So what’s the verdict on pricing? Did they collect the rest before shipping? Or did you score 2 lights for $300?Set up my lights yesterday, here is a teaser picture. I will post more when I get a chance.
I really like these lights a lot, it was so easy to set up took me like 5 minutes. The app is very simple to use and that’s a plus in my book. Im tweaking my light schedule to my personal visual preferences and times.
I’m still working on permanent placement and height for even coverage and spread. I’m thinking mounting them a bit higher 12”-15” above water to compensate for the fact they are covering about a 120” long and 60” wide of reef estate. I might have to get 2- 24’s (daisy chained) total of 87” long to get full coverage at 9-12” above the water. I don’t have a par meter but past 30% was very bright.
One 63 is currently drawing only 75 watts of power and running cool huge plus!
I love my new Meridians, excited to dial them in and watch them grow my reef.
slogan315
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Glad to hear it. You deserve some good luck ever since that porch pirate. Came across your build thread the other day, and what a ride between that and the break in. I guess there’s nothing to do but keep going when you’ve got 1000g of saltwater in your basement lol.
Excited to see the FTS when you get it all dialed in.
SauceyReef
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One of our vendors is using these Meridians on all their tanks and they look solid. He has good things to say about them also. I have been considering adding the Meridian 11 on my Fluval Evo 13.5gallon. The AI Prime 16 HD just cant get the tank over 300 PAR without breaking. I am down to a HYDRA or Meridian, and the vendor can get the Meridian for $300 as opposed to a $430 HYDRA.
Decisions, decisions.
Decisions, decisions.
Seems like a no-brainer
SauceyReef
Valuable Member
Sadly I must be a no-brainer because I have no idea which one you are referring to.
LOL, sorry.
RB is cheaper and most likely puts out more par.
To me, that's the one.
SauceyReef
Valuable Member
True. I have always loved the look of HYDRAS though, and really enjoy AIs customization app and how everything is linked. I have a lot of AI equipment as it is, so it just makes it easier for me. Still for a $100-$200 difference I see your point.
Do these Meridians have a mount of some sort instead of hanging wire?
No, I don't think they will.
Doesn't make any business sense to.
Rollnwthdatide
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Looks heavy..and all that cabling doesn't look nice. Do they have any built in ability to help hide the cabling?
Kodock
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They mentioned to android users, when there was any issue with the app, that they would credit them 2 years free of when they started to charge users for app services.. whether that’s additional services or any services is what I’d like to know.
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