3Reef LED Lighting Review

TANK SIZE: 72 reef ready bowfront

TANK DIMENSIONS: 48" long x 18" wide@bow x 23" high

LED BRAND: CREE

DRIVERS USED: Mean well ELN 48D Dimmable x4 ,Mean well ELN 700 constant current x1

WATTAGE AND NUMBER OF FIXTURES: 2 Fixtures at 60 LEDs total =`s 180 watts

BULB WAVELENGTHS/NUMBER OF LEDS: 18 cool whites 6 neutral white and 24 royal blues 6 blue (all 48 are XP-G) and 6 UV.

OPTICS: 60 Deg(CW,NW,RB) 80 deg(Blue) 180 deg(UV)

SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING USED: Cree Moon LEDs

DURATION OF LIGHT CYCLE: royal blues 12 Hrs / cool whites, blue, UV 8 Hrs

FIXTURE HEIGHT FROM SANDBED: 30"

TYPES OF CORAL IN THE SYSTEM: Mixed reef softies/LPS on bottom and sides with SPS across mid tank

HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THEM (LED'S): Over the tank for 5 months

PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE: If you like to build stuff your self go with the CREEs.as of now IMO I feel them to be proven to grow different types of corals..I still am going to add a couple more different colors and a couple UV LEDs for more of a full spectrum(like exactlyobp did which looks INSANE)..but I can't believe the growth I got with the LEDs over my halides...Plus my energy bill dropped ALOT also no heat issues any more with the tank..never broke 78 Deg in the heat of summer

EDIT/UPDATE 2/24/12 Ive added some Cool white, Blue , and UV LEDs since the original post to add a more full spectrum.. I have to say the color has really come to life, so much more crisp/bright and growth has been great..

 

Also added to my post the type of driver used and how many.

 

Thanks! Just added that to the list. If anyone sees anything else I missed feel free to add it.

 

heat sink and supplemental LED colors?

 

Great thread Vinny, I am thinking of changing just because you can get such a great variety of spectra like exactlyobp.

 

TANK SIZE: 20 gallon

TANK DIMENSIONS:24 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 16 3/4

LED BRAND: boost led

WATTAGE AND NUMBER OF FIXTURES: 45 watts total and 3 boost par 30 bulbs

BULB WAVELENGTHS/NUMBER OF LEDS: 3rb-450nm & 2 7000k white per bulb

OPTICS: 60 degree

DRIVERS: unknown

SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING USED: none

DURATION OF LIGHT CYCLE: 1500-2300

FIXTURE HEIGHT FROM SANDBED: 20 inches

TYPES OF CORAL IN THE SYSTEM: Zoas, encrusting monti, monti cap, acan, frogspawn

HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THEM (LED'S):01-14-2011


PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE: very happy with the light to this point now. they are teh very first models so I cant speek for what there are now but I am positive they have improved from there. they are really easy to set up and run and make a great addition to any small tank but for a tank over 55 gallons you might eant to try there other fixtures. from a reaing of 1-10 I will give them a 8

 

TANK SIZE: 5 gallon

TANK DIMENSIONS: 14-1/4"l x 9-3/4"w x 13"h

LED BRAND: ecoxotic

WATTAGE AND NUMBER OF FIXTURES: 1 fixture about 12 watts

BULB WAVELENGTHS/NUMBER OF LEDS: 12 actinic royal blue led's

SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING USEDar38 from ecoxotic

DURATION OF LIGHT CYCLE:10 hours

FIXTURE HEIGHT FROM SANDBED:20in.

TYPES OF CORAL IN THE SYSTEM:kenya tree, birdsnest, montipora capricornis

HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THEM (LED'S):5 months

PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE:
i have a actinic al blue panorama module on my 5 gallon along with an ecoxotic par38 bulb. i couldnt be more pleased with both the lighting systems and i can really grow anything under there. it also is a very clean looking fixture and relatively easy to mount. i have mine hanging from a hanging kit i made from some metal brackets and i couldnt be more pleased.

 

Wide Spectrum Ver.

I wanna play too 8) Thanks for the bright idea, Vinny. 5 star straight! I added the heatsink size and numbers.

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TANK SIZE:
90 gallon

TANK DIMENSIONS:
48 x 18 x 25"

LED BRAND:
Cree (Cool White x12, Neutral White x12, Royal Blue x12, Blue x6) Epileds (398nm UV x8 ) LEDGroupBuy (420nm x6, Turquoise x4)

HEAT SINK SIZE AND NUMBERS:
5.9" x16" x two

WATTAGE AND NUMBER OF FIXTURES:
3 watts x 60 =180 watts

BULB WAVELENGTHS/NUMBER OF LEDS:
As wide as possible, 60 LEDs

OPTICS:
55~60 deg + 80 deg

DRIVERS:
Meanwell ELN 60 48D x3, Meanwell LPC-35-700 x2

SUPPLEMENTAL LIGHTING USED:
None

DURATION OF LIGHT CYCLE:
Royal Blue: 10:00~8:00
Blue+UVs+Turquoise: 11:00~7:00
Cool White and Neutral White: 11:30~6:30

FIXTURE HEIGHT FROM SANDBED:
31"

FIXTURE HEIGHT FROM SURFACE:
10"

TYPES OF CORAL IN THE SYSTEM:
A few SPS frags, a few LPS, a few softs (really few..). Plan to add way more SPSs.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THEM (LED'S):
6 months

PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE:
Ever since the re-DIY of the fixture, Im loving it. I believe that the corals are loving it more. I know the trend of LEDs right now is royal blue and cool white, but I would like to prove that you need something else.
In case you were interested in my LED build, please check it out and post what you think

Thanks for the compliments to those who have seen my thread!!!

 

I hope people who are thinking about going LED take a look at this thread first and ask questions.
Again, great thread!

 

Me too! Thanks for participating!!!8)