New 550L LED Upgrade for Vertex Illumina Now Available from Scitronix

[Reef Builders]

The Vertex Illumina was once one of the more promising LED lights for demanding lighting applications. With its innovative design the Illumina fixture was both a passive and active heatsink, with novel replacement pads that ‘guaranteed’ the light would be upgradeable to the latest and greatest in the future. It’s been a number of years […]

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[MPERL]

Ha anyone had luck getting a response from Scitronix?

 

[Brisco]

Ha anyone had luck getting a response from Scitronix?

I have been in touch with them, about to pull the trigger. Has anyone else upgraded?

 

[Brisco]

I now have upgraded my illumina and it is now a 550 black coral! I also installed 3 multi-color modules. The upgrade took about 4 hours to complete. It was easy, just spent a lot of time with a small allen wrench. Each of my 8 pads had 14 screws (if I recall) to take out and then reinstall. Scitronix provided everything needed. All the pads fired up perfectly first time with no issues. My coral is still acclimating, but huge improvement already. Trouble free.