Solarflare led 115

Discussion in 'LED Aquarium Lighting' started by kalandra, Jun 7, 2013.

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  1. kalandra

    kalandra Flamingo Tongue

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    So yeah I just bought , this light for my 10 nano . What do you think waste of money ? Will it support corals
     
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  3. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    #Not impressed
    Same CW:RB system, probably the same or similar leds, looks like the Beamswork clamp lights.
     
  4. kalandra

    kalandra Flamingo Tongue

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    Little background . The lfs by me about ten years ago used to be amazing , it was pristine . Every tank in the place pristine ! Fish healty looking corals healthy looking . The staff was knowlagable and when it came to selling you live stock they asked you about everything imaginable before they sold you fishs or corals you couldn't take care of . Past couple times I've been there it was clear the place does not care about anything other then sales . And they're tanks look rediculously dirty , it's made me decide I might be better of order livestock off of the Internet . So Sadly I'm very disappointed with my purchas also , I stood in the store and expressed my concerns to the guy working ,told him I didn't think it would be effective for maintaining coral and he insisted that they are used in store blah blah blah started talking specs and everything else and I told him he don't have to throw numbers cause I do enough reading and that's why I have concerns it won't be effective . So he shows me a tank that they keep one over and I still wasn't impressed . But I gave it a go anyway . So here I am disappointed . But I'm going to give them a go for a few months and then give the fixture a proper review .

    Once again never trust your LFS. these guys never touched a fish tank until they got hired .
     
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    POC3442 Astrea Snail

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    Wait so you bought the light in your local LFS? If so just return it! I do not mind supporting LFS when it comes to fish, live rock, sand, or salt. However, really expensive stuff like lights, corals, etc I refuse to pay double what I can get it for online.
     
  6. kalandra

    kalandra Flamingo Tongue

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    Ok so after reading your post i said your , I boxed up the light and headed out . Got my cash back bought a new bulb for my coralife 28w fixture and bought some sun polyps much much moe pleased with my purchas
     
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    so may I ask how much you really spend on that LED light? Just wondering
     
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  9. kalandra

    kalandra Flamingo Tongue

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    64$ total after taxes . I really like how light looked , and how it made my tank look I just didn't have faith in it supporting coral life . I still plan on moving to a par38 led bulb build , from one of our Spencer's just have not decided which to go with or do I have the money I want to spend on it yet .