Your take on SB reeflights

[saltyfilmfolks]

This is the kind of meat I was looking for!

Cherry wood for beef and apple wood for white meats and lamb.

Meters for led.

 

[Scottsquatch]

What KIND of meter do you recommend? I was gonna get a par meter, but I have been hearing that they don' work accuratel on LEDs.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

What KIND of meter do you recommend? I was gonna get a par meter, but I have been hearing that they don' work accuratel on LEDs.

The seney is good. Well tested. There’s a BRS video on it.
The other option is a $15 lux meter.
Depends on how hard core you are about it.
And your wallet. Lol.

Lux conversion if you don’t know , is a comparative Light reading basically. 100 par from most Led is 6000 lux approx.

 

[oreo54]

https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/sq-520-full-spectrum-smart-quantum-sensor-usb/
Cheapest-best meter.. Need a Windows laptop/computer..

W/ a USB power supply can log then download..

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

https://www.apogeeinstruments.com/sq-520-full-spectrum-smart-quantum-sensor-usb/
Cheapest-best meter.. Need a Windows laptop/computer..

W/ a USB power supply can log then download..

I’ll just go with best on that one.

The seneye is under 200. Tests very we’ll for what it is. An optical sensor rather than a true light meter.

 

[William Swartout]

I have 2 sBox Pro 32" Timer units hanging over my 125 gal (72" long). I have them set at 25% white channel and 50% blue channel and there is more than enough light to grow anything I have put in there. I can hear the fans but they are not bothersome.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have a pair of the 16" wifi extremes and they are quiet, produce nice colors and growth.
I have no complaints with them and super easy to tweak and program from the phone

 

[rosshamsandwich]

SBReefLights , meh. The fixture looks like crap, big bulky, fat, and cheap looking. It looks like a polished turd. also it's a 50% markup compared to cheaper chinese black box fixtures. a more expensive shiny turd.

 

[Velcro]

SBReefLights , meh. The fixture looks like crap, big bulky, fat, and cheap looking. It looks like a polished turd. also it's a 50% markup compared to cheaper chinese black box fixtures. a more expensive shiny turd.

If you took the time to research, you would find that the SB light is an improved version of a typical black box (ie Mars aqua). Much better spectrum both visually and for photosynthesis. Much better heat sink. Much better drivers. Sure, the exterior is ugly, but if you run a canopy it doesn't really matter.

 

[Velcro]

Duplicate

 

[prhoades2]

Cherry wood for beef and apple wood for white meats and lamb.

Meters for led.

Agreed

 

[vetteguy53081]

If you took the time to research, you would find that the SB light is an improved version of a typical black box (ie Mars aqua). Much better spectrum both visually and for photosynthesis. Much better heat sink. Much better drivers. Sure, the exterior is ugly, but if you run a canopy it doesn't really matter.

I have these and the pic shows the results. Have better colors and growth VS. Radion Gen 2's that I had.

 

[rosshamsandwich]

If you took the time to research, you would find that the SB light is an improved version of a typical black box (ie Mars aqua). Much better spectrum both visually and for photosynthesis. Much better heat sink. Much better drivers. Sure, the exterior is ugly, but if you run a canopy it doesn't really matter.

Yea you're right about Canopy being a must have for this ugly thing. Unfortunately I don't have a canopy and I have to look at the ugly thing all day. The heat sink is not really a heat sink though, unless you count the "license plate" as a heat sink? Are they meanwell drivers?

And I'm not crazy about the single Red, single Green, and single Orange LED... Do you think I could get away with substituting those LEDs for a blue LED without any adverse effect on the corals? If so, which blue led would you recommend? Royal Blue Blue, which nanometer? Thanks in advance!

 

[vetteguy53081]

420n actinic

Yea you're right about Canopy being a must have for this ugly thing. Unfortunately I don't have a canopy and I have to look at the ugly thing all day. The heat sink is not really a heat sink though, unless you count the "license plate" as a heat sink? Are they meanwell drivers?

And I'm not crazy about the single Red, single Green, and single Orange LED... Do you think I could get away with substituting those LEDs for a blue LED without any adverse effect on the corals? If so, which blue led would you recommend? Royal Blue Blue, which nanometer? Thanks in advance!

Mic or

Yea you're right about Canopy being a must have for this ugly thing. Unfortunately I don't have a canopy and I have to look at the ugly thing all day. The heat sink is not really a heat sink though, unless you count the "license plate" as a heat sink? Are they meanwell drivers?

And I'm not crazy about the single Red, single Green, and single Orange LED... Do you think I could get away with substituting those LEDs for a blue LED without any adverse effect on the corals? If so, which blue led would you recommend? Royal Blue Blue, which nanometer? Thanks in advance!

 

[rosshamsandwich]

I have these and the pic shows the results. Have better colors and growth VS. Radion Gen 2's that I had.

what percent do you run your blues and full spectrum?

 

[vetteguy53081]

what percent do you run your blues and full spectrum?

Blue at 80, white at 18, green and red at 40

 

[vetteguy53081]

what percent do you run your blues and full spectrum?

7 day schedule