Reef brite alternatives....

AcroFarmerRWB · Apr 2, 2016

I'm looking to add blue LED suppliment to my halides I've got 3 8' long tanks, I am planning on adding 2 6' reef brite xho blues to each tank but I'm looking for other options!
Thanks!

ngvu1 · Apr 2, 2016

8' long tank and you have 3 of them? You gotta post pictures of your fish room now that has been posted :)
Anyway, There was BuildMyLed, but they are out of this department now. You can put the LED panels like radions, AI,... between the MH no?

AcroFarmerRWB · Apr 2, 2016

I will be doing a build thread!
It's all still in design and spending stage right now
I'm also debating between getting a few kessils and staggering them or getting a few radions.
Two of the tanks are for sps and have 250w halides that I want to supplement with mainly blue LEDs to add that color pop!
The thrid will be my lps tank so it will be 100% led!

AcroFarmerRWB · Apr 2, 2016

ngvu1 said:
8' long tank and you have 3 of them? You gotta post pictures of your fish room now that has been posted :)
Anyway, There was BuildMyLed, but they are out of this department now. You can put the LED panels like radions, AI,... between the MH no?

They are 8' long and 4' wide!

ngvu1 · Apr 2, 2016

Then MH with Kessils in between might work better than the LED bars...!

AcroFarmerRWB said:
They are 8' long and 4' wide!

AcroFarmerRWB · Apr 2, 2016

I love the kessil blue color, I've had a lot of issues with reef brites power supplies going bad!

Keithcorals · Apr 2, 2016

E5s in retro kits or less pricy t5 fixtures .

AcroFarmerRWB · Apr 3, 2016

Keithcorals said:
E5s in retro kits or less pricy t5 fixtures .

I've considered t5 but I'm trying to keep my wattage down as much as I can while maintaining growth and color and the e5 just have not been out long enough for me yet. The leds would just be for pop and I'm not 100% worried about the setup cost as much are reliability, I've got a good amount invested in this build so it would be ashame to skimp on the lights esp when LEDs would be cheap to maintain!

I'm appreciating everyone's input right now!