just 2 teaser pics. i am experimenting with the variables of the led light mix. it’s
2 modules mounted sideways over a 75.
just my opinion, but the user-unfriendly controller is just fine for a computer no-nothing like me.
par readings and other goodies will follow. i already had some zoas shy away from the light at only 60% white.
fts w/flash
w/out flash
Man that looks sweet. 
If I knew it wouldn’t just get laughed at I’d put these on my Christmas list.
jon, thanks. in person, they are amazing!
I’m actually considering the 48" one, perhaps after christmas and my daughters Bday in Jan
Its got a huge price tag but might be worth it, I’d like to see PAR ratings first though.
I know what you mean! They have the potential to grow anything and are completly adjustable. There just sick. Maybe in a few years they will come down in price and i can get one haha.
Paul how are you controlling them? I think you can controll them with the Apex controller. Congrats on the sweet LEDs.
wooooo sweet diggs paul. nice to see another person go full led and embrace the new awesome technology.
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I know what you mean! They have the potential to grow anything and are completly adjustable. There just sick. Maybe in a few years they will come down in price and i can get one haha.
Paul how are you controlling them? I think you can controll them with the Apex controller. Congrats on the sweet LEDs.[/quote]
If you read the link in the other post I made about photo inhibition and photo saturation you will see that the idea of “high power lights will grow anything” is actually somewhat a misinformed notion.
Jared even said with these lights he may not run the whites and only the blues at a lower percentage, which begs the question, why buy that much power?
This is why I would love to see some PAR results, a lot of SPS really only need 300-500 umol photons/m2/second, and a lot of these new lights are just over kill anymore.
thanks. since i wasn’t using mh, i won’t see a big electric reduction, but they should last a long time. brett, i’m using their AI’s own controller.
There is a reason that they give you a controller… So that you can control the amount of light output that you want to put into a tank. It is very nice to have the option to beam both lights at 100% and for a few isolated tanks that is necessary, and having that option is something that A lot of the newer lights do not have and the reason I like these lights so much.
Very happy for you Paul, and I hope they do wonders in your tank, and once again congrats!
And Tim, you are talking about overkill… what about those plasma lights you want 
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If you read the link in the other post I made about photo inhibition and photo saturation you will see that the idea of “high power lights will grow anything” is actually somewhat a misinformed notion.[/quote]
Haven’t read the link yet, but wondering what you can’t grow with these lights? Especially when there is a knob which allows you to turn them down…
SHHHH!!! lol :BEER
I’m not sold on anything until I see some data on the output
They are nice and why I’m considering them, but AL is also the company that is developing the plasma lights and if they do that with LED’s… well…
Jared isn’t this the company that advertises that they are the company that advertises their par ratings?
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[quote=“TimH07, post:7, topic:3564”]
If you read the link in the other post I made about photo inhibition and photo saturation you will see that the idea of “high power lights will grow anything” is actually somewhat a misinformed notion.[/quote]
Haven’t read the link yet, but wondering what you can’t grow with these lights? Especially when there is a knob which allows you to turn them down… [/quote]
I meant grow anything with the highest possible power that seems to be the theory with sps these days. yes you can dial it down, but my point was why develop it for over kill and price it so… ahh I get it now, they are trying to run a company not grow your corals…
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Jared isn’t this the company that advertises that they are the company that advertises their par ratings? [/quote]
I think I brained my damage?!
Hey paul! Wanna trade?
Hahaha Saint:)
just playin.
they look fantastic man. How did the inhabitants respond initially? Happy so far I assume. Did you order the one with the blue bias as well?
steve, everyone likes them so far, except for the zoas on the big left hand rock, which i moved down a couple inches. they are the sol super blue, 16 blues of 2 differnt shades and 8 white in each.
I’m curious how you think 2 of those fare over your 75? They sell the 48" unit but is that over kill and 2 small ones enough?
Tim how many people with tanks less then 18" tall can afford LEDs? The only person who I work with through my job who might be considering LEDs has a tank that is 37.5" deep! It’s better they have one that could handle deep tanks and shallow tanks by adjusting vs a fixture that only works on shallow tanks and can’t be turned up. Would suck to have the later and upgrade from a 20g bio cube to a 90 or 120gallon tank. You would be spending the money all over again vs turning a knob.
Valid point, I hadn’t considered tank depth as I would never run a deep tank so I just think of tank depth as standard. But yes I suppose if you wanted a 40" deep tank that makes sense.
tim, one of my lights was missing half the blues; ai sent me a replacement [i can’t speak more highly of their customer service, especially since the lights were bought from marine depot]immediately after i called them. i hooked up all 3 --2 in front and 1 in the rear-- then shut off the rear one. definitely not a problem, not much difference in viewing from the front, and easily fixable if you re-aquascape a little, which i didn’t have to do. BUT only if modules are hung to spread the light out. their leg situation is the weak point of the system, as it lifts the lights only about 3" above the water