Chinese 120w led question

Discussion in 'LED Aquarium Lighting' started by tonythereefer, Dec 27, 2012.

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  1. grinder37

    grinder37 Whip-Lash Squid

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    No prob,but I don't think just swapping out 2 of the 55 (i think,lol) diodes will make that much of a difference and with the seperated channels you can get a real nice blue look to it because this light is very powerful,in fact I under estimated them myself and burned up a few sps frags at the top and had to dim both channels back quite a ways.I run at 60% on my blues and around 45% on my whites and am having much better results and I like the color.
     
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  3. tonythereefer

    tonythereefer Fire Shrimp

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    So are you suggesting that I just leave the greens and be done with it?
     
  4. grinder37

    grinder37 Whip-Lash Squid

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    I'm saying that i'm more than happy with mine and any custom work will just add to the cost.
     
  5. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    I think most adhere to a 2 blue:1 white rule of thumb.
     
  6. tonythereefer

    tonythereefer Fire Shrimp

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    Thank you everyone for your input but I think I'm just going to keep the light the way it is. It already has 13 whites to more than 28 blues which give it the 2:1 ratio I'm looking for and the reds I think (or hope, lol) that they will get washed out by the whites and blues and not have to much of an adverse affect. I also think that the greens will help bring out the colors in that spectrum more.

    I had to postpone my purchase unfortunately, stupid bills :p

    I will try and post pics once I get them installed but fair warning I don't have very much coral in the tank...yet ;)