Viparspectra 165watt, Anyone using these?

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Very nice man. Tank is looking great too!

Thanks. The hammers on the sand are ones I'm selling. It looks too cluttered like that.

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Very nice man. Tank is looking great too!

Thanks.

 

[instantaquatics]

Old thread, but they are most likely because the water is flowing downwards, Nicholas.

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Old thread, but they are most likely because the water is flowing downwards, Nicholas.

As in the sps growing downwards? If so yeah I thought that. I know it's an old thread but the purpose was to find out who was using these lights and every so often an update to see if anyone has gone away from them or what their experiences are of using them over time and how well or not growing?

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Very nice man. Tank is looking great too!

Thank you very much. It's taken a bit of hard work to get there.

 

[Chrisman_010]

Are you dosing your tank Nicholas? Tank looks great

 

[Chrisman_010]

Are you dosing your tank? Tank looks awesome

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Are you dosing your tank Nicholas? Tank looks great

Hi. Thanks and Yes I'm dosing alkalinity and calcium via a doser as was doing it manually but got fed up doing that. I use Randys Holmes Farleys recipe 2 for both. It is alot cheaper than the Brightwell aquatics powders that I was using before.

 

[ReeferReefer]

Update on my Tank using a viparspectra with an added Reefbrite strip

Why did you add the reefbrite bar?

 

[dugthefish]

Timer stopped working on one of my 165w. Have to manually turn on and off for now. Any ideas?

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Timer stopped working on one of my 165w. Have to manually turn on and off for now. Any ideas?

How old is the light? Have you opened it up to have a look inside? How high off the tank is it and is it enclosed in a canopy? Don't forget the light is above saltwater and has holes and vents with a fan so draws in the evaporation moisture. Is it just the timer not working but the display is and you can adjust the time etc. There is a backup battery inside the light for the timer I believe.

 

[jaxteller007]

Timer stopped working on one of my 165w. Have to manually turn on and off for now. Any ideas?

Mine didnt have built in timers so I just got old school ones that you plug in. They've worked fine

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Mine didnt have built in timers so I just got old school ones that you plug in. They've worked fine

I assume the lights you have aren't the viparspectra and have the little pots on top to adjust the intensity?

 

[dugthefish]

How old is the light? Have you opened it up to have a look inside? How high off the tank is it and is it enclosed in a canopy? Don't forget the light is above saltwater and has holes and vents with a fan so draws in the evaporation moisture. Is it just the timer not working but the display is and you can adjust the time etc. There is a backup battery inside the light for the timer I believe.

Light is 4 months old. Haven't opened it as I dont wanna void warranty. Works fine, just requires manually turning on and off for no apparent reason. My other 2 work fine, 12" above surface. Just curious if anyone else had an issue with this.

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

Well if its only 4 months old I'd get in touch with the supplier of it and see what they suggest as your others are working fine.

 

[dugthefish]

Well if its only 4 months old I'd get in touch with the supplier of it and see what they suggest as your others are working fine.

Working it from that side as well. Given that the fixture is Chinese produced and sold on eBay, I'm not 100% confidant that customer service will fully address the issue. So far, they have narrowed the issue down to the remote control lolol

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

I never use the remote, I just use the knob on the front.

 

[jaxteller007]

I assume the lights you have aren't the viparspectra and have the little pots on top to adjust the intensity?

Whoops, yea you're right. I got confused about what thread I was in lol. I have those mars aqua ones.

 

[Nicholas Dushynsky]

No problem I think there isn't much difference apart from the timer and possibly led the layout.

 

[Jimmy Sanders]

Hi my name is Jimmy I have 55 gallon reef aquarium how many of the Viparspectra light I need I have two of them I have them set at whites 20% and blues at 80% is that ok