*NEW* Giesemann Aurora V8 LED/T5 hybrid

[The Opinionated Reefer]

I have been running mine for a bit over a month and overall it’s a very good light. Working on a full review but with a toddler and stuff time to film longer segments has been limited.
If you want you can check it out in action on my IG until I’ve finished the darn thing.

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Are the T5's fan coolled?

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Are the T5's fan coolled?

The fixture is fan ventilated. In my case with the 150cm fixture has 3 fans.

 

[MartinM]

Anyone have impressions? I’m thinking about 2x 900mm for my 200x80cm tank

 

[oldmonk]

Anyone have impressions? I’m thinking about 2x 900mm for my 200x80cm tank

i opted for ATI hybrid power module over Giesemann

 

[The Opinionated Reefer]

I would imagine the ATI hybrid power module would be better in terms of par from the T5's due to its cold spot cooling etc

 

[MartinM]

I’m looking for better aesthetics than ATI PM. Either Aurora V8 or Straton.

 

[The Opinionated Reefer]

I’m looking for better aesthetics than ATI PM. Either Aurora V8 or Straton.

They are nice looking lights!

 

[oldmonk]

+1@recci. ATI hybrid pm in black looks pretty nice.

 

[oldmonk]

I’m looking for better aesthetics than ATI PM. Either Aurora V8 or Straton.

Check this video on YT. You will get an actual perspective on how it looks once installed.

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Anyone have impressions? I’m thinking about 2x 900mm for my 200x80cm tank

I’m running a 1500mm pro model over my tank with the same measurements. If I wanted rock all the way out on the edges and wanted to grow acros there I would probably opt for 2x 900 units but I’m doing fine with the 1500.

Here are some pictures if you’re interested https://www.instagram.com/viking_reefing/?hl=en

 

[The Opinionated Reefer]

+1@recci. ATI hybrid pm in black looks pretty nice.

It looks even better in white.

 

[MartinM]

It looks even better in white.

Only ever white for me, but the ATI is still too bulky and boxy for my living room. We take aesthetics very seriously here!

@MichaelE thanks for the link but I don’t use social and can’t view it. I don’t actually have a lot of rock but I’m thinking about two for future flexibility (in the winter I run halides, in the summer I want something with less heat) and I have an H. Magnifica that’s near the left edge of the tank.

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Only ever white for me, but the ATI is still too bulky and boxy for my living room. We take aesthetics very seriously here!

@MichaelE thanks for the link but I don’t use social and can’t view it. I don’t actually have a lot of rock but I’m thinking about two for future flexibility (in the winter I run halides, in the summer I want something with less heat) and I have an H. Magnifica that’s near the left edge of the tank.

Right. In that case there’s some decent views on my YouTube channel as well that you should be able to access https://youtube.com/channel/UC4ihQCHGMjICy3kVpV5i8uw

 

[The Opinionated Reefer]

They are insanely powerful the 900mm one has an output of up to 510 Watts! I cant see why anybody would ever need that over a 3ft tank. Most people would be running two radion xr15s on a tank that size lol.

 

[Viking_Reefing]

They are insanely powerful the 900mm one has an output of up to 510 Watts! I cant see why anybody would ever need that over a 3ft tank. Most people would be running two radion xr15s on a tank that size lol.

Most people are using weak butt lighting
Honestly you can pump in a lot more light with T5’s/halides than you can with pure LEDs.
My 1500mm unit has an output of 1100w and wouldn’t mind more hehe

 

[The Opinionated Reefer]

Most people are using weak butt lighting
Honestly you can pump in a lot more light with T5’s/halides than you can with pure LEDs.
My 1500mm unit has an output of 1100w and wouldn’t mind more hehe

Yes but nowadays nobody can afford to run 1-kilowatt lighting systems...

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Yes but nowadays nobody can afford to run 1-kilowatt lighting systems...

I must say that I didn’t see much of a bump in electricity consumption when I upgraded from somewhere in the neighborhood of a 500ish watt light to this thing. Being in Sweden my heaters run most of the year and the heat from the fixture kind of offset that a little bit.

 

[The Opinionated Reefer]

I must say that I didn’t see much of a bump in electricity consumption when I upgraded from somewhere in the neighborhood of a 500ish watt light to this thing. Being in Sweden my heaters run most of the year and the heat from the fixture kind of offset that a little bit.

I noticed that with my T5s unit as well. When the lights were on full blast my tank heaters never came on. So if i swapped to led i probably wouldn't be saving anything as the burden of heating the tank would just move to the heater.

 

[MartinM]

cost is a non-issue for me, but I agree - halides keep the heaters from being on nearly so much, both in the tank and in the house. The other half of the year I want to switch to Auroras’s.