The real Black Box light study
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Yea come on up, let me know so I can come down and meet you.OK. Mind if I drive up one Saturday just to see the experiment? Might even buy some stuff while I am there.
dantimdad
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Will do. It'll be a few weeks but I will make it happen.
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If it hasn't been mentioned or suggested already spectrum should be considered. Also when measuring par consider going as deep as 30 to 36".
There are a lot of options out there with regards to off the shelf but DIY usually still comes under cost even when compared to knock offs while allowing spectrum customization. I really think par, spectrum, and spread will help most people. It isn't just a par number at the end of the day that matters.
There are a lot of options out there with regards to off the shelf but DIY usually still comes under cost even when compared to knock offs while allowing spectrum customization. I really think par, spectrum, and spread will help most people. It isn't just a par number at the end of the day that matters.
Matt Carden
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I chose the SB reeflights to light my tank because they are supposed to have the best spectrum of all the CBB.
I'm still cycling so I can't comment on growth etc.
I'm still cycling so I can't comment on growth etc.
EdsonReefer
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Very nice!! That is just more proof that BB lights work and work well. I have no doubt about them and what we will be seeing in this study is what BB performs better over certain parameters.I have been running Mars Aqas on my 122 gallon reef for 5 years coming up at the end of December. I run my lights 12" from the water's surface. My sps have awesome growth and in the pics the 2 acros are only 1.5 years old, grown from 1" frags.
mshonk
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What ratios do you run your white and blue channels?I have been running Mars Aqas on my 122 gallon reef for 5 years coming up at the end of December. I run my lights 12" from the water's surface. My sps have awesome growth and in the pics the 2 acros are only 1.5 years old, grown from 1" frags.
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Yes, Matthew has done some amazing work to help me get this study going and will be awesome to come by and see these tanks when finished.
Here is a pic of my 56G cube under Mars Aqua I have gotten tremendous growth in everything I have yet to see a downside to this “black box”
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Guys I am proud to announce that we have a platinum sponsor here on R2R helping us with this study!!!
@noopsyche is a new platinum sponsor here at Reef2Reef and took interest in our study from day one. (thanks to member @cvrle1 for pitching the idea to them)
They not only want to send us their manufacturers lights for study but, to make things interesting, they want to send us a kessil A360, AI26, and Ecotech Radion XR15WPro to compare along side.
We need to be grateful in that we have such an awesome place here at R2R to get such valuable information in one place, so please visit and support these sponsors willing to help us.
@noopsyche has a sub forum you can visit here https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/noopsyche.1066/
Please visit and show your love to Matt at The Coal Reef for supplying the space,tanks and systems we need to make this happen- https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/the-coral-reef.828/
Things have now gotten way more interesting in what we can learn from this undertaking.
@noopsyche is a new platinum sponsor here at Reef2Reef and took interest in our study from day one. (thanks to member @cvrle1 for pitching the idea to them)
They not only want to send us their manufacturers lights for study but, to make things interesting, they want to send us a kessil A360, AI26, and Ecotech Radion XR15WPro to compare along side.
We need to be grateful in that we have such an awesome place here at R2R to get such valuable information in one place, so please visit and support these sponsors willing to help us.
@noopsyche has a sub forum you can visit here https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/noopsyche.1066/
Please visit and show your love to Matt at The Coal Reef for supplying the space,tanks and systems we need to make this happen- https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/the-coral-reef.828/
Things have now gotten way more interesting in what we can learn from this undertaking.
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That is amazing news! Thanks so much @noopsyche Now looking forward even more to this study (if that was even possible) as those K7s look really interesting to me.
And as usual, thanks to Matt at The Coal Reef and of course to @Manose for organizing this in the 1st place.
And as usual, thanks to Matt at The Coal Reef and of course to @Manose for organizing this in the 1st place.
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Lots of work still to go as I still have to get with @Dr. Reef to work out more plans. I really want to see how those K7s perform.
Going to see about getting a Seneye for the study as that would come in useful.
Going to see about getting a Seneye for the study as that would come in useful.
Dr. Reef
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i have 5 seneye units that were generously gifted by the company for my bacteria/ammonia study but unfortunately they are home edition with no PAR meter on them. I do have the older style apogee meter which is good enough to have basic idea.
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I have the older style Apogee 200 but I don't know the corrections for led and this sale they have is pretty good (169$ vs 199$), so I will just pick one up from the good guys at BRS. I talked with Matt today down at TCR and he said we will begin work on the vats around the Dec. 1st. He ordered the tanks for the systems so they should be here this week.
I am so stoked for this but I am a little nervous as I want it to go as smooth as possible.
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