Thinking Aqua Illumination, who has success?

[kmagyar]

Are there good numbers of people using AI led setups now or is it still to early to invest? I saw a set in person today and was wow'd to say the least.

Keith

 

[CONSTANTNE]

Five months in! Completely satisfied and works for my situation. Not to mention MADE IN THE USA!

 

[Stpatrick]

Can you share your setting? I am running 3 and I am not sure if I have mine running high enough.

P

 

[Just Clownin Around]

sps growing out of the water
front

right

left

i run 2 of the over a 30x30x18 cube
54w
60rb
60b
photo period is about 11 hours minus 30 minute ramps in the am and pm

 

[GR808]

gaita, do you attribute all that growth to your LEDs? Those are sick!!!!

 

[Just Clownin Around]

no not all of the growth to the leds. i had hallides on it for a year and just changed over to the leds 2 months ago. i did notice an explosion in growth since the leds. my radiums were getting old and it was definately showing
hallide(5/23)

leds since

 

[Just Clownin Around]

i think you can see the difference
you just have to be very careful. i started mine at 30 and went up from there. i got up to 70 and had to lower the power. corals were getting upset

 

[kmagyar]

Has any of you taken any par ratings with AI over your reefs?

Keith

 

[Just Clownin Around]

this is just a personal opinion with no proff

i dont think right now we have the ability to take proper par ratings with leds. i have a friend wo went from 12 ati bulbs over his tank to three 120w fixtures and bleached his tank severely. the par meter was reading at about 2/3 what it was with the ati bulbs but he pretty much lost 80% of his corals for it. thats why i said i started at 30%. i would not even consider any fixture unless its dimmable. forget all the other bs like cloud cover and the sorts they are a cooool feature but the dimmability and the three color leds is what drove me to AI

 

[Stpatrick]

I am running mine at 60 - 70 - 70 with a four hour ramp starting at 7 and a 3 hour ramp down starting at 7. It give the tank the look of 2 259 watt phoenix bulbs. I only bleached one Acro and a chalice. Superman chalice. I moved him out of the light to see if I can get hom to come back. My goal is to be able to ramp up to 100% for a mid day effect. There is a link in my signature to some of the frags I have. My DT is a glorified frag tank at the moment.

 

[kmagyar]

Gaita, thats a good amount of progress for a few months. Have you noticed a decrease in your ele bill?

Is anyone using an apex to control the AI setup? I just could not stand the interface on the AI that I saw in person yesterday. The dial to set everything was annoying as hell.

 

[Just Clownin Around]

I breed clowns so can't really see too much difference. When I changed this tank over I removed my chiller and added a took ac for the garage. Now me and the fish are comfortable