Reefbreeders Bridgelux RGB unit (Lots of Pics 7-27-12)

Hey all,

Well I finally got my light in! Pretty excited about it. Thanks to Anenome and his new Sponsorship of 3reef. So far I would highly suggest purchasing from him.

The unit came via USPS and was well packaged in a plastic bag, surrounded by foam and packing material. Sorry, got ahead of myself and ripped it open before taking pics.

The tank...
I have a 75g 4' long tank. Current lighting was 2 VHO bulbs. Can't remember the wattage but they were getting old hence the source of a good amount of my algae problem. I also had plans on adding another PH but the Korilia i bought didn't impress me with the flow amount. Unfortunately the high flow pump that had a crappy mount for apparently has some kind of wiring issue as well as i kept tripping my GFCI with it in use. As such will probably put the Korilia back in for now...

The Light
I purchase the 55 LED RGB bridgelux unit. I really wanted to get the CREE unit however, budget constraints simply didn't allow for this. Which was a really good thing i went this route as the morning after i ordered this i blew a tire on the car! Go figure right. I opted to hang mine from the ceiling, i used a laser level to help me find the point above my tank to place my hook. This worked out great, didn't require measuring, and looks pretty good. I mounted the unit about 12-13'' above the water surface. Any lower and things really start getting dark on the edges of the tank. Even now, i can tell that ideally... i'd prefer to have two units over this tank maybe 3-6'' off the surface with optics. For now this will have to do. Another thing to note at this point is unfortunately i have a center brace... it's not horrible but it's not ideal either.


Before pics:
FTS


Blastos



Kryptonite Candycane


Frogspawn/Hammer


My poor Monti cap (has a lil bit of algae growth on it...)


Zoas, not sure what kind they are...


Zoas, ditto... not a clue...


Kenya 1


Closed Brain (Favite) of some kind.


Kenya 2




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New lights up, minutes old with both White/Blue/Reds well everything on... Not running at 100% on any of these btw

FTS



Blastos


Candy Cane

Frogspawn/Hammer


Orange! Monti cap (Holy crud wish you could see the color on this thing... at least where its not covered up with algae...)


Zoa 1, these poped out a lil bit more...


Kenya 1



Brain



Kenya 2



Had a hard time getting a good pic of zoa 2... not even worth posting it.
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OK, this is all blue. Not running at 100% on any of these btw

Blastos



Candy Cane



Frogspawn/hammer









Zoa 2... I can't get over how great these look now. before they were basically brown with maybe a tad of white centers on a couple of them. Were kind of bland and i honestly didn't like them much at all... Now! They're green around the outside with a nice orange center. Beautiful! can't get over it how good they look. Wish my camera could do it justice... which it doesn't if you were wondering...

 

Tank looks great!

dont you hate how in person your corals look amazing?
but they just never come out good in pics! i have the same problem.
i have the same light btw. I love it.

 

Congrats on the new light, your corals look fantastic under it.

 

1 on a 48" tank? Looks like it is doing very well so far, thanks for posting a review.

 

yeah... Vinny said he liked how his was working out and he only has 1 up on his 48''. Personally i think i'd prefer 2 but well yea. Some day.

 

i only have 1. works fine but dont have any sps so.