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[Jay Norris]

How high would you recommend mounting the Mitras. Any other settings recommendation? I am wondering if I should go with them for my next tank. I really like my XR15 G5 Blue with diffuser, but I am planning on a 3’ long tank next.

I run mine about 12" off the water, and the reason I chose these over the Radions is you do not need the diffuser to help with the lighting, as the Mitra's use a parabolic deflector like a lot of M/H light housings use, and this way you get better light coverage, and great shimmer without the disco ball effect. They ae both great lights, and I have had both lights and currently set up my sisters 1000 gal. system using Radions. But that was here choice as she bought them thru a friend of ours who owns an aquarium store, and has very little knowledge of the Mitra's.

 

[tikalize]

Mitras..

 

[piranhaman00]

Big fan of the Kessil shimmer

I cannot for the life of me figure out why people like this! I watched for a few seconds and my head hurts, that cannot be good for fish eyes.

 

[Jekyl]

I cannot for the life of me figure out why people like this! I watched for a few seconds and my head hurts, that cannot be good for fish eyes.

I have kessil and they're beautiful.

 

[piranhaman00]

I have kessil and they're beautiful.

It looks fine if there are t5s to smooth the shimmer out but without like that video posted it just looks ridiculous

 

[Jekyl]

It's exactly how it looks in nature under surface agitation.

 

[piranhaman00]

It's exactly how it looks in nature under surface agitation.

No far from it I’m afraid.

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

Deep Reefs not so much, shallow reefs, yes.

 

[sarcophytonIndy]

No far from it I’m afraid.

Not sure where you've been, but taking in the kessil shimmer brings me back to my snorkeling days on St Thomas.

 

[Ef4life]

Is shimmer really this bad with the orphek?

I don’t think the orphek shimmer is bad, I love it in my tank. I have mine 15” above the water so that’s going to help with color blending compared to the video 8”. I never see any disco effect or separated colors like I have in the past with old black boxes.

 

[MichaelReefer]

I'm an AI guy. Hydra 32s Baby

 

[rtparty]

My favorite LED is the one someone else is using

The Straton and Coral Care are on the right path but there is no comparison between my old G5 Radions and the halides I have gone back to

 

[piranhaman00]

Not sure where you've been, but taking in the kessil shimmer brings me back to my snorkeling days on St Thomas.

Deeper im afraid

 

[GillMeister]

I cannot for the life of me figure out why people like this! I watched for a few seconds and my head hurts, that cannot be good for fish eyes.

When I ran halides I loved the shimmer. Nothing matches halides for this effect. It was one of the things I got the most compliments on.
If you've done any snorkeling or diving in the tropics you'll see the same thing. The fish are well adapted to it.

 

[piranhaman00]

When I ran halides I loved the shimmer. Nothing matches halides for this effect. It was one of the things I got the most compliments on.
If you've done any snorkeling or diving in the tropics you'll see the same thing. The fish are well adapted to it.

Fish dont sit in a meter of water getting lambasted by intense shimmering light like they are forced to in these tanks. IMO the halide shimmer had a different more pleasing affect. Some of these kessils tanks its so intense I cant look at it for long. Just IMO YMMD

 

[GillMeister]

Fish dont sit in a meter of water getting lambasted by intense shimmering light like they are forced to in these tanks. IMO the halide shimmer had a different more pleasing affect. Some of these kessils tanks its so intense I cant look at it for long. Just IMO YMMD

I had a puffer nibble on my flipper in thigh deep water. I've seen a lot of fish in some very shallow water and the sun is pretty intense even at 3 meters.

 

[sarcophytonIndy]

Fish dont sit in a meter of water getting lambasted by intense shimmering light like they are forced to in these tanks. IMO the halide shimmer had a different more pleasing affect. Some of these kessils tanks its so intense I cant look at it for long. Just IMO YMMD

The shimmer can be controlled by the surface agitation. If the surface is calm there almost no shimmer

 

[trmiv]

Go watch Jake Adams diving and snorkeling videos in the Solomon Islands and you’ll see shimmer that looks very similar to Kessil.


in this video just after the 5 minute mark he is in super shallow area with tons of shimmer and plenty of fish.



the shimmer in this one is extreme. Much of it looks very similar to Kessil or Red Sea Reefled shimmer. Especially in the 5:45 mark and beyond.

 

[Shooter6]

For the money, ledzeal.com mirage x200 or x300 superblue

 

[piranhaman00]

Go watch Jake Adams diving and snorkeling videos in the Solomon Islands and you’ll see shimmer that looks very similar to Kessil.


in this video just after the 5 minute mark he is in super shallow area with tons of shimmer and plenty of fish.



the shimmer in this one is extreme. Much of it looks very similar to Kessil or Red Sea Reefled shimmer. Especially in the 5:45 mark and beyond.

Wow yes that second video is something else! Hurts my eyes haha.