Christmas came early, got LED lights!!!!!!!

[reeferchief]

Well I have been on an LED craze since I saw the Aqua Illuminations SOL LED setup at a LFS, a few months ago. Well my fiance got this light for me and gave it to me early. I was going to build my own LED fixture but this came sooner. After hours of reading reviews and PAR that this light gives off, it is a superb light for the money. It's made in the USA too!
I am really impressed with this unit, but unlike some reviews I read (who cooked coral), I am deciding to wait till the weekend to use it full time. I want to have a lot of time to measure the light and make sure I won't cook any of my corals, because at 100% this thing is a monster of a light! Most only use them at a portion of their potential. Only bad I've read about them is the LED's going out but this will happen with any LED fixture. After all the research I've done, I've read way more positive things then negative things about this light.
I also went with the White model (2w/1b) instead of blue (1w/1b/1rb) because I read the corals use the white light to grow and blue provides color. I think most get the blue becuase of the looks and par is slightly better at depths.
I can't wait to get it running full time!!!

 

[btldreef]

What brand/model is it?

 

[mr. limpid]

Sweeeeeet. I have been reading up on this fixture sounds like a very good one. I read it has dimming capability? But I went with the Marienland LED since I only have softies and SPS. keep us updated on how you like this fixture.

 

[eric b 125]

looking forward to pictures!

 

[slice]

Great fiance you have there!
You have her present picked out....right?

 

[reeferchief]

Thanks everyone! I am super excited too! BTLD your husband help me along when I was going to build my own and then right when I was ready to bite the bullet and buy everything, this Light was given to me. When I go to a bigger tank I will be buiding my own light, tho!
It's an Aqua Illuminations SOL white model, with dimmable programemr which can replicate cloud cover, sunrise/set, storms, each color can be dimmed individually too! Trust me a did A LOT of research on this light and overall good feedback on them.
I will definitely post pics once it is my dedicated light and I remove the T5's.
She is a great girl and she likes the tank, strange enough, except she feels it's gets more attention then her.lol She wants a diamond braclet, but what else is new? she's a woman.lol I have some nice things picked out for her!

 

[ibew41]

do not run the light at 100% start slow if you have any coral especially sps

 

[acrylic51]

 

[travelerjp98]

Very nice! I want pics of the tank under the light!

 

[cam78]

I got the sol blues, love them. They are amazing and REALLY strong

 

[gemmy]

Now, after hearing this feedback I am leaning more towards getting these lights.

 

[travelerjp98]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///t/389365/christmas-came-early-got-led-lights#post_3441664
Now, after hearing this feedback I am leaning more towards getting these lights.
I was too. Until I saw that they cost $3000 for my tank.

 

[gemmy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///t/389365/christmas-came-early-got-led-lights#post_3441672
I was too. Until I saw that they cost $3000 for my tank.
What size tank?

 

[travelerjp98]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///t/389365/christmas-came-early-got-led-lights#post_3441686
What size tank?
My 180 is 72" long, requiring a 72" long light.... or a 48" an and a 24" light together.

 

[gemmy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///t/389365/christmas-came-early-got-led-lights#post_3441695
My 180 is 72" long, requiring a 72" long light.... or a 48" an and a 24" light together.
You can get 4 units for under 2k.

 

[travelerjp98]

Units of what size?

 

[gemmy]

Quote:
Originally Posted by travelerjp98 http:///t/389365/christmas-came-early-got-led-lights#post_3441704
Units of what size?
The AI Sol's modules are all the same size. For your size tank, you would need 4 modules.