finally. with the club’s apogee meter. i have a 75 gal with 2 new aquaillumination modules mounted horizontally 13-14 " above water level. this pic and only this one with lights at @50% white
the rest are at maximum 100% white, blue, royal blue, but i still do not have them set that high regularly. sorry about the pic quality, but it’s hard to do by myself [no wise sexual commentary needed about that statement, craig]
sensor at bottom back, dark area of tank
as close to center as possible, avoiding the brace, about 170 directly on sand, so derasas are in a bit more light
front r corner
about 6" off bottom and off center by a foot
about 8" from water, very close to center, reading is in the 330’s sorry about glare, but that is an accurate read
1/2 " above water, but a distance from light, also take into account that it’s in the air
last three are at various air levels
opinions?
thats for the work and documentation as many of us are looking to get our feet wet with these LEDs…
are the air readings in the thousands ? (holy smolly)…
what is your blue to white LED ratio (also how many royals vs Reg. Blues do you have)?
do you think there are any outside factors that would explain the results of the readings other than the led’s themselves? (…i heard my old statistics teacher talking…)
and finally, are the readings in the corner significantly lower because of the height of the light and the lights dispersion?
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thats for the work and documentation as many of us are looking to get our feet wet with these LEDs…[/quote]
yr welcome
are the air readings in the thousands ? (holy smolly)......
yep they are!
what is your blue to white LED ratio (also how many royals vs Reg. Blues do you have)?
unless you want something else, the AI default is 1 w, 1 b, 1rb in each puck, 8 pucks per mod
do you think there are any outside factors that would explain the results of the readings other than the led's themselves? (...i heard my old statistics teacher talking...)
at present, i have the r mod a bit closer to the middle than the l mod is, so my clams on the lg rock get max light. the fts is old and not the way they are currently. that’d be props to yr stats teacher!
and finally, are the readings in the corner significantly lower because of the height of the light and the lights dispersion?
nope, there’s no extra shading. but if i had 3 mods, it’d look very bright on 1 side and much less on the other. so it seems that it’s either what i have or 4 mods, which is outta the question for now. clear braces is the only way to avoid that issue
Nice post! :BEER what lighting did you upgrade from?
tek t5 6 bulb. surfpunk now has
Can you get some readings for us at the lighting level that most people would run the lights? I hear some people say they run the whites at 25% and the blues at 70%, if so I can imagine the readings much different.
Too white of a tank just for PAR’s sake? Or also high readings at say 20,000K ~ish??
Would love to know as I am considering their 4’ unit.
[quote=“TimH07, post:6, topic:3672”]
Can you get some readings for us at the lighting level that most people would run the lights? I hear some people say they run the whites at 25% and the blues at 70%, if so I can imagine the readings much different.
i really doubt ‘most’ people run 25/70 for their daylights.
Too white of a tank just for PAR’s sake? Or also high readings at say 20,000K ~ish??
i don’t understand what you mean here. translate
Would love to know as I am considering their 4’ unit.waddya mean by their 4’unit? 4 modules? all the mods are the same size, the rails vary. i have 4’rails w/2 modules.[/quote]
i’ll try to accommodate the request tim, before 2011 comes around. lol
[quote=“TimH07, post:6, topic:3672”]
Can you get some readings for us at the lighting level that most people would run the lights? I hear some people say they run the whites at 25% and the blues at 70%, if so I can imagine the readings much different.
Too white of a tank just for PAR’s sake? Or also high readings at say 20,000K ~ish??
Would love to know as I am considering their 4’ unit.[/quote]
apparently according to the company i got my leds from (nanocustoms) the RB put out virtually the same par as the whites. so at this point the different % people run thier leds at are simply for color rendering or for adjusting/light acclimating corals and fish. so running a tanks leds at 25% 70% W to RB,while it will be lower than 100% for both obviously. it should be relatively the same if run 70% 25% white to RB
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[quote=“TimH07, post:6, topic:3672”]
Can you get some readings for us at the lighting level that most people would run the lights? I hear some people say they run the whites at 25% and the blues at 70%, if so I can imagine the readings much different.
Too white of a tank just for PAR’s sake? Or also high readings at say 20,000K ~ish??
Would love to know as I am considering their 4’ unit.[/quote]
apparently according to the company i got my leds from (nanocustoms) the RB put out virtually the same par as the whites. so at this point the different % people run thier leds at are simply for color rendering or for adjusting/light acclimating corals and fish. so running a tanks leds at 25% 70% W to RB,while it will be lower than 100% for both obviously. it should be relatively the same if run 70% 25% white to RB[/quote]
Yes but those PAR readings will be much more than you use unless you run your tank at 100% all lights.
With the AI’s can you order more blue’s in the pucks or do you HAVE to have all the whites?
Check AIs website Tim. I believe there is essentially two options. Once has 2 whites very every blue and the other has two blue for every white. They are more adjustable then that, but I am not sure the expense involved in ordering the individual LEDs.(I have just seen the packages) If in the future there is a new super duper extra royal blue that comes out you’ll be able to order some and pop them in place with our replacing a whole bank.