My 180 under Evergrow IT2040 LED fixtures

Tomoko Schum · Jan 4, 2014

I took a video of my 180 with my ipad and uploaded it to YouTube. The video does not look as vivid as it did on my ipad but you can kinda get the idea. The colors under the LED's are very close to the colors under Phoenix 14K, but the LED's look a bit dimmer. The lux meter reading of LED's is a little lower than that of Phoenix bulbs as well.

[video=youtube_share;idBRnmNKAFE]http://youtu.be/idBRnmNKAFE[/video]

walkerbrody · Jan 4, 2014

It looks great Tomoko.

joekool · Jan 4, 2014

eric.battani · Jan 4, 2014

Your tank looks really good.

Tomoko Schum · Jan 4, 2014

Thank you guys.
I am pleased with my new LED fixtures. I may add another unit in the future since the ends of the tank are somewhat dimmer.

laytonp · Jan 5, 2014

All I can say is wow that looks amazing. It was great talking to you today and that pink birds nest looms good in its new home.

Tomoko Schum · Jan 5, 2014

Thank you, Laytonp. I had to rearrange some corals to accommodate the pink Birds Nest in that spot. Corals are not as densely spaced as they appear in the video, but the space high up where a pink thing needs to be is getting scarce. I just noticed the waterfall sound on the video. It's from my 29 gallon tank behind me and not from the 180. I got to fill its ATO reservoir.

Mason Dixon · Jan 5, 2014

Great tank! That video is showing what 2 Evergrow 2040's look like, correct? I seem to remember you using DM-132's a few months ago but they had too much purple/indigo led's from what I recall.

Tomoko Schum · Jan 5, 2014

I have three Evergrow IT2040's on my 180. I think I may need to add one more to eliminate shady areas. I have a DM-132e on my 29 cube. DM-132e is a bit too pinkish to my eyes.

Chameleon · Jan 6, 2014

nice looking lights! makes me want to try out these fixtures. I have been having countless issues with my DIY fixture that is going on 3 years due to salt spray getting on leds and corroding solder joints. I didn't put a splash shield on my first diy build and instead of fixing/ removing bad leds all the time I may just make the switch to some of these fixtures.

Tomoko Schum · Jan 6, 2014

Have you seen H@rry's simple acrylic shield? He has them on all his LED fixtures. They must be pretty effective since I have not heard h complain about any short.

Tomoko Schum · Jan 6, 2014

Oops. Where is my manners?!
Thank you for the compliment. Is it your birthday today?

pickupman66 · Jan 6, 2014

Tomoko. I saw this last night. Looks good. I really like them. I can understand what you mean by the pink on the Dm132.

Chamelion, I made some shields on my DIY fixture. 2 years now and no issues with them.

Tomoko Schum · Jan 6, 2014

Thanks, Lindsey. I like the bluish white appearance under Evergrow LEDs. It's a matter of personal taste I know. DM-132 is on my 29 where I keep softies. Xenia and finger leather look great under that light

Chameleon · Jan 6, 2014

Tomoko Schum said:
Have you seen H@rry's simple acrylic shield? He has them on all his LED fixtures. They must be pretty effective since I have not heard h complain about any short.

Tomoko Schum said:
Oops. Where is my manners?!
Thank you for the compliment. Is it your birthday today?

I put a splash shield on my most current diy build for the frag tank, but the old one i didn't have the forethought and now its in a bad situation for adding one the way I have it rigged. My birthday is April 24 so still a ways off.