Mitras Lightbar 3

[DiscoStuart]

This aquarium have Mitras Lightbar 2 and 2 pcs of 120 deep Actinic. 1 pcs of 120 Actinic and 1 pcs of 120 Ocean Blue. Size 120 * 50 * 50 cm. No filter - it looks like this IRL. They are placed 10 cm above the surface




I measured PAR 6 years ago - I still have the same lights

I guess that you would have a similar look the following set up with Mitras Bar 3 like this - 1 pcs Coral pop, 2 pcs deep Ocean and 1 pcs Ocean Blue - all type 90

Sincerely Lasse

Beautiful. And thanks!

 

[Sjaako]

The LB3 160 would be suitable for that length tank. Depending on what kinds of corals you're keeping or plan to keep, 5-6 LB3 would be the sweet spot. If you're aiming for mostly SPS, do 6x LB3.

You can run this setup with only 3 power supplies and can start with 5 LB3. If you wanted to add a 6th LB3, you can do that without having to buy another PSU. Your configuration would like something like this:

Thank you i already bought the Profilux 4 so that's a good start. The active splitter is because the profilux had only 1 port out to control light? so it is to split it to 4 channels right? What color bars are used in the aquarium you posten on the start of this post on page 1? i like the natural look of it, its nice blue but not to heavily. I would like to start on heavy blue in the morning and tuwn down the white at the end of te day to get nice corol pops at the end of the day aswell. On the GHL website it is stated that this bar does 24 inch wide, but i guess thats for softy's than? i think i opt for 5 to 6 bars and tune them down so they do not run on 100%.
The Power supply's are meanwell's with a GHL sticker on it, does GHL sell's the connectors? I have some meanwell's left over.

 

[Vinny@GHLUSA Verified Sponsor]

What setup would you recommend for a 90cm wide x 60cm x 60cm tank. Mostly Softy/LPS. I don't love in-your-face blue. I don't mind a hint of it, and like the idea of being able to dial it up or down some depending on what's happening. But the tank is in my home office and I'm on zoom calls all the time!

And what typical mounting height do you suggest? I don't tend to love the look with the lights just a couple of inches from the tank, but not sure how well the light penetrates at given heights.

I suggest the Lightbar 3 in the 90cm size. For a 60cm deep tank, 2 LB3 would be enough. A mix of Ocean Blue and Coral Pop would give you a nice crisp blue when you're running the "daytime" part of your light schedule.

The LB3 penetrates water very well. We have users running them on 3+ foot tall tanks and the light still reaches the bottom. With the wire hanging kit, you can comfortably mount them 8-12" off the water or higher if you wanted to.

 

[Vinny@GHLUSA Verified Sponsor]

Thank you i already bought the Profilux 4 so that's a good start. The active splitter is because the profilux had only 1 port out to control light? so it is to split it to 4 channels right? What color bars are used in the aquarium you posten on the start of this post on page 1? i like the natural look of it, its nice blue but not to heavily. I would like to start on heavy blue in the morning and tuwn down the white at the end of te day to get nice corol pops at the end of the day aswell. On the GHL website it is stated that this bar does 24 inch wide, but i guess thats for softy's than? i think i opt for 5 to 6 bars and tune them down so they do not run on 100%.
The Power supply's are meanwell's with a GHL sticker on it, does GHL sell's the connectors? I have some meanwell's left over.

The initial post showed the LB3 with the following combo:

• 1x Coral Pop
• 1x Ocean Blue
• 2x Deep Ocean

For softies and LPS, you'll actually be OK with 4-5. The Active Splitter serves a dual purpose and can be used when more than 4 LB3 need to be used or when the total LB wattage exceeds 320W (our largest PSU). For example, your tank would need the LB3 in the 160cm size which uses 126W. The largest PSU we offer is 320W which means you cannot run all 4 LB3 off of this one PSU. The solution to this is to run 2x LB3 160 on a 300W PSU. That's where the active splitter comes in.

The connectors are part of the PSU and LB3 and are not sold separately.

 

[Sjaako]

The initial post showed the LB3 with the following combo:

• 1x Coral Pop
• 1x Ocean Blue
• 2x Deep Ocean

For softies and LPS, you'll actually be OK with 4-5. The Active Splitter serves a dual purpose and can be used when more than 4 LB3 need to be used or when the total LB wattage exceeds 320W (our largest PSU). For example, your tank would need the LB3 in the 160cm size which uses 126W. The largest PSU we offer is 320W which means you cannot run all 4 LB3 off of this one PSU. The solution to this is to run 2x LB3 160 on a 300W PSU. That's where the active splitter comes in.

The connectors are part of the PSU and LB3 and are not sold separately.

I will go for 6 to be able to run acro’s to than. What combo should i take , 2 coral pop 2 ocean blue and 2 deep blues? Does the coral pop only make the corals pop and not grow? Because that would me think rather to take 3 ocean blue’s and 3 deep blues.

 

[Vinny@GHLUSA Verified Sponsor]

I will go for 6 to be able to run acro’s to than. What combo should i take , 2 coral pop 2 ocean blue and 2 deep blues? Does the coral pop only make the corals pop and not grow? Because that would me think rather to take 3 ocean blue’s and 3 deep blues.

All LB3 options will make corals grow. :)

Coral pop has carefully selected LEDs to enhance the fluorescent effect on coral tissue.

For 6 LB3, that's a good combo (2 CP / 2 DO / 2 OB).

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

The Active Splitter serves a dual purpose and can be used when more than 4 LB3 need to be used or when the total LB wattage exceeds 320W (our largest PSU). For example, your tank would need the LB3 in the 160cm size which uses 126W. The largest PSU we offer is 320W which means you cannot run all 4 LB3 off of this one PSU. The solution to this is to run 2x LB3 160 on a 300W PSU. That's where the active splitter comes in.

The connectors are part of the PSU and LB3 and are not sold separately.

Question on power supplies and wattages.

If one has 4 of the 120 size LB3, for a max total watt of 4 x 92.4 w = 370 w.

If one tries to use a single 320 w power supply, what happens? Are you just limited to 320 w, or does it not work at all, necessitating the active splitter and 2 power supplies?

Thanks in advance. :)

 

[Vinny@GHLUSA Verified Sponsor]

Question on power supplies and wattages.

If one has 4 of the 120 size LB3, for a max total watt of 4 x 92.4 w = 370 w.

If one tries to use a single 320 w power supply, what happens? Are you just limited to 320 w, or does it not work at all, necessitating the active splitter and 2 power supplies?

Thanks in advance. :)

If you intentionally run a power supply larger than the wattage required by the LB3, nothing bad will happen. You'll just have extra power to run additional LB3 if you choose to add them to the splitter in the future.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

If you intentionally run a power supply larger than the wattage required by the LB3, nothing bad will happen. You'll just have extra power to run additional LB3 if you choose to add them to the splitter in the future.

The question is the opposite: slightly lower supply than the rated demand of all 4 together. :)

 

[Vinny@GHLUSA Verified Sponsor]

The question is the opposite: slightly lower supply than the rated demand of all 4 together. :)

Then you won't be able to run them at 100% because the undersized PSU cannot deliver the necessary wattage. The LB3 would also flash red to indicate this.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Then you won't be able to run them at 100% because the undersized PSU cannot deliver the necessary wattage. The LB3 would also flash red to indicate this.

Thanks. :)

 

[spsick]

Very happy to report with a small reduction to the cyan channel the Deep Ocean model looks identical to ATI Coral Plus T5 bulb, which was exactly my hope.

1x Deep Ocean 130 provides outstanding coverage on my 5x2x2 aquarium. Slightly lower output and better spread than the Quanta it replaced. Pictured here with ONLY the LB3 running!

Pictured below with the Deep Ocean LB3 in front and 2x Coral Plus running on the T5 fixture. Totally homogenous!

 

[Vinny@GHLUSA Verified Sponsor]

Very happy to report with a small reduction to the cyan channel the Deep Ocean model looks identical to ATI Coral Plus T5 bulb, which was exactly my hope.

1x Deep Ocean 130 provides outstanding coverage on my 5x2x2 aquarium. Slightly lower output and better spread than the Quanta it replaced. Pictured here with ONLY the LB3 running!

Pictured below with the Deep Ocean LB3 in front and 2x Coral Plus running on the T5 fixture. Totally homogenous!

Hey that looks fantastic! Thank you also for sharing your initial impressions!

You've perfectly captured the color given off by the Deep Ocean bars. Even better that you got them to match the look of the T5. What did you end up running those channels at?

 

[spsick]

Hey that looks fantastic! Thank you also for sharing your initial impressions!

You've perfectly captured the color given off by the Deep Ocean bars. Even better that you got them to match the look of the T5. What did you end up running those channels at?

This is with cold white at 90% and cyan (blue) at 75%, all others at 100%. Its looks great I’m very happy with it!

If a next revision had 1 less cyan and 1 more in the 410-430 range per section, it would be the most compete spectrum single bar on the market today.

 

[dough]

What Quanta LED did you replace?

 

[spsick]

What Quanta LED did you replace?

Replaced a Quanta Pro Meso Blue (previous model).

Happy to report an impressive uptick in alk consumption. 15% at this point and I’m not quite caught up to my previous dkh. Was not sure what to think as the switch gave up the heavy bias to diodes in the 400-430 range but the results are undeniable.

Did some par testing before and after and this unit has similar output but greater spread.

When I’ve used up my stock of t5 bulbs I’ll be going full LB3!

 

[Matthias Gross Verified Sponsor]

Hi, here I have a PM/question from furam28, I think these are common questions and shall be answered here in the forum:

Q:

I have a 36" 4 bulb ATI Powermodule, and thinking of adding a 90cm Lightbar 3 for coral pop / actinics and viewing corals in blue pop. Couple of questions: 1) What are the 7 individual channels, and which LEDs do each channel control. For example, is Red on a separate channel as Green? 2) I I have a profilux mini wifi. Can I control all 7 individual channels with my Profilux Mini? 3) Is there any way you know of, to attach the Lightbar to my ATI T5 fixture? Maybe 2 bars, one on each side? 4) I am in US. If I order now, when can I expect to receive the lightbars?

A:
We have 5 different models, all with different LED setups, see the LEDs/channels on the product page:
https://www.aquariumcomputer.com/products/ghl-illumination/mitras-lightbar-3/

Yes, you can control all 7 channels individually with any of these controllers: ProfiLux Mini, Mini WiFi, Light, Light WiFi, 4 and 4e.

How to mount: We offer several installation options, please refer to the above product page link

Delivery time USA: GREAT NEWS HERE! We changed our shipping schedule. Instead of shipping every few weeks a few pallets we have now WEEKLY smaller shippings. In case something is not in stock and must be ordered in Germany this will reduce the lead times dramatically. Also the shipping via Fedex parcel is way faster than with Dachser or Schenker.

So in your case expect 2-3 weeks until you receive it. For details contact [email protected]

Thanks!

 

[furam28]

Thanks @Matthias Gross . The link you provided does not provide any further details about the channels. For "Coral Pop", it mentions LED configuration: per 10cm (4″): 2x UVA (385nm + 405nm), 1x hyper violet (425nm), 1x deep blue, 2x royal blue, 2x blue, 2x RGB. Which LEDs are in each of the 7 channels? Is RGB in a single channel, or 3 channels? Is Red on a separate channel from Green?

 

[Matthias Gross Verified Sponsor]

ah, this is what you meant. We need to add this list to our web page
the channels are:
UVA (385nm + 405nm)
hyper violet (425nm) and deep blue
royal blue
blue
R
G
B

the RGB are only mid power LEDs for finetuning the spectrum and appearance
the other 4 channels have high-power LEDs

 

[TikiGreg]

Would 1 lightbar3 model 90 be enough for a 40breeder lps tank?