Straton X initial review

[Cryptocaryon]

I was using 2 x Radion xr15 gen 4 pro and 1 Ai grow and glow to achieve the same spread. I currenty getting more spread and par at a fraction of the wattage. And only one plug socket!. Im reserving comment of colouration just yet as i have only have the light for 2 weeks. I think it coukd be a few months of adjustment before i can speak in that regard.

 

[painter1982]

Update to my Straton x lights. The lights are great. I haven’t had any issues with the app. However, the mounting brackets have to go. Last night one broke in the middle of the night. The light ended up in my tank at 1am. I heard the crash. I have several broken corals. I bought two of the brackets from SaltwaterAquarium.com and the third from BRS. The third held the light a little tilted compared to the other two. That’s the one that broke. The cheap 3d printed part split apart. I dried the light and have fan blowing on it. Hopefully it still works.

 

[mfinn]

Are the brackets a ATI product or a after market item?

 

[painter1982]

Are the brackets a ATI product or a after market item?

They are ATI brackets.

 

[painter1982]

Update to broken mount.

Ati is replacing the mount bracket and light fixture. They assured me the new one won’t break and admitted to a few early problems. They didn’t hesitate or argue about the issue, they 100% stood behind it. Very reputable company.

 

[mfinn]

Update to broken mount.

Ati is replacing the mount bracket and light fixture. They assured me the new one won’t break and admitted to a few early problems. They didn’t hesitate or argue about the issue, they 100% stood behind it. Very reputable company.

That is great customer service.

 

[Abhinand]

Update on my Straton X lights. They have worked flawlessly after getting the app bugs figured out. I’m seeing coral growth and more colors in the acro’s. Purples and greens seem darker now. I have no complaints about these lights and recommend them.

I'm planning to use ATI straton on a new 90x90x75 cube"ish" tank that I am going to build. How many Straton X's would you recommend. I'm think 2, given the 75cm depth.

 

[painter1982]

Update on my Straton X lights. They have worked flawlessly after getting the app bugs figured out. I’m seeing coral growth and more colors in the acro’s. Purples and greens seem darker now. I have no complaints about these lights and recommend them.

I'm planning to use ATI straton on a new 90x90x75 cube"ish" tank that I am going to build. How many Straton X's would you recommend. I'm think 2, given the 75cm depth.

Depends if you are building it for sps or not. One could do it but 2 would be able to light it up for anything.

 

[Kika]

Added number 3 today. At 8” under water at 37% intensity I’m at 300 par all the way across the tank. Very even now. Hopefully all my little acros start growing faster. My alkalinity consumption dropped drastically since adding these light. I use AFR and have had to reduce 20ml per day to keep from rising.

Hey, did you figured something for the light in the center? I have the same tank and overflow cap is in the middle. I can always rest it to the light’s mounting part, but I got some overflow noise volume …

 

[painter1982]

Added number 3 today. At 8” under water at 37% intensity I’m at 300 par all the way across the tank. Very even now. Hopefully all my little acros start growing faster. My alkalinity consumption dropped drastically since adding these light. I use AFR and have had to reduce 20ml per day to keep from rising.

Hey, did you figured something for the light in the center? I have the same tank and overflow cap is in the middle. I can always rest it to the light’s mounting part, but I got some overflow noise volume …

Eshopps now has a cover with a cutout for the center light. They showed it on their facebook page.

 

[painter1982]

The new app for the Straton x is out. It’s rather good now. Easy to use. I’ll test the par measurements against my apogee 510 this weekend to see how accurate the app data is.

 

[Sniklefritz]

Awesome review, perfect timing, I was just coming on here to ask about the Straton X as im debating between this light or a reef breeders Meridian. But im leaning HEAVILY towards the Straton X.

Im very curious about the comparison between the app par levels vs actual. I have a par meter but it'd be nice to just use the app estimate if its close.

 

[Waters]

Awesome review, perfect timing, I was just coming on here to ask about the Straton X as im debating between this light or a reef breeders Meridian. But im leaning HEAVILY towards the Straton X.

Im very curious about the comparison between the app par levels vs actual. I have a par meter but it'd be nice to just use the app estimate if its close.

Unless they have fixed it, the PAR values do not consider multiple lights side by side.

 

[Arkayology]

I'm impressed with the new app. I really wish that they would give us a < > arrows for adjusting intensity for the individual channels and overall intensity. It's still very difficult, at least for me, to use the slider and get the intended number. Overall, a big improvement.