UNS Mini Refugium Light

[my_reef]

Does anyone have the UNS mini refugium light? I’m considering getting one but wanted to see how others liked theirs. What settings do you use and recommend for it?

 

[exnisstech]

I'm not familiar with the light but wanted to mention pretty much any cheap grow light will grow chaeto if that's your intention. I used cheap LED grow lights at $10 each and lit mine from 3 sides and was harvesting almost 1/2 of a 5g bucket each week.

 

[RobynR]

I wanted one because it would fit in my refugium and is water resistant, but could not find one in Canada, so went with the tunze one, which is submersible. It’s working well so far, and if I recall correctly around the same price?

 

[vinsk]

I have it in my R75. It’s got 8 settings which is nice. I think the debate is still ongoing as to which lights are best per algae species. I have Atomic Broccoli and there is literature saying the red/blue combo works well while other data shows the white to encourage growth as well.
My issue right now is trying to figure a good way to keep the algae clumps from cramming up against the baffle leading to the return pump chamber.

 

[miasreeftank]

Does anyone have the UNS mini refugium light? I’m considering getting one but wanted to see how others liked theirs. What settings do you use and recommend for it?

DONT BUY IT! i'm on my second light in one month. The first one came defective. The LED's on the second one stopped working in 7 days.... Also, the magnetic is not strong enough AT ALL. For $80 I'm super dissapointed. I contacted UNS but havent heard back.

 

[my_reef]

Does anyone have the UNS mini refugium light? I’m considering getting one but wanted to see how others liked theirs. What settings do you use and recommend for it?

DONT BUY IT! i'm on my second light in one month. The first one came defective. The LED's on the second one stopped working in 7 days.... Also, the magnetic is not strong enough AT ALL. For $80 I'm super dissapointed. I contacted UNS but havent heard back.

Thanks for the honest feedback. I may look into some other refugium lights

 

[miasreeftank]

Thanks for the honest feedback. I may look into some other refugium lights

You're welcome. I also asked BRS if they had other folks return it and they said yes....

 

[Mid_Reefkeeper]

I have the clip on version and it seems decent. Haven’t had it long enough to really say definitively

 

[UNS_Parker]

DONT BUY IT! i'm on my second light in one month. The first one came defective. The LED's on the second one stopped working in 7 days.... Also, the magnetic is not strong enough AT ALL. For $80 I'm super dissapointed. I contacted UNS but havent heard back.

Hey Mia, Just saw this. We are sorry you have been running into issues with your refugium light. While customers have reported some issues with the fuge light, it is uncommon for someone to have issues with two in a row. We can get you a replacement.

To mount it to the lid in the refugium chamber, you will need to use the refugium light clips that we sell separately. You can find them here: https://buceplant.com/products/uns-mini-refugium-light

 

[commod0re]

Does anyone have the UNS mini refugium light? I’m considering getting one but wanted to see how others liked theirs. What settings do you use and recommend for it?

I've got one, had it for almost 3 months now with no problems so far. I like it but it's not revolutionary; I got it because the horizontal space in my R90 refugium is a bit limited and it was a guaranteed fit so it seemed worth a try. honestly there's nothing all that special about refugium lights, you can grow macroalgae with just about any grow light or freshwater planted tank light

in my refugium, I have gracilaria rather than chaeto, currently using color setting 2 (all channels) at 70% and it's working well for me so far. I don't use the magnetic mount, though, I use the hard mounting clips instead

EDIT: quoted the wrong post somehow x_x