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golfdaddy73

can anyone give me their opinion about this specs for leds
COLOR BRIGHT WHITE
100 WATTS OF LIGHT
lumens 697
7500k
i am thinking about 4 maybe 5 strips of this light for a 125 gallon
 
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REEFLECTIONS

could work.... might want to think about complementary lighter towards the blue end of the spectrum, the 7500 i suppose would give good growth, but would be a little yellowish, so a couple good actinics would round it out some..
 
Phyl

Phyl

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I'm intrigued by the HID lighting that Aquatic Life has developed. They have a combo HID/T5 fixture that I think would be a great solution.

Aquatic Life HID
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

I saw that fixture but the bulbs are actually HM right? That was what I understood the HID to be when I looked it up. At first I thought it was LED but then MH. Honestly bit confused. ???
 
Phyl

Phyl

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It is a High Intensity Diode. So it isn't MH nor, technically LEDs. I saw Eric Borneman with an HID flashlight at our swap. He shined it on back speaker room hall from the front of the room. When he used it under a par meter it gave off over 100par. All that par came from a couple of C batteries. Very little energy consumption, very low heat transfer and lots of par. Now maybe just enough to replicate a 175w bulb at this stage of the game, but it gives great hope for what will come.
 
JRWOHLER

JRWOHLER

Thanks for the explanation Phyl. I saw them advertised in TFH and looked them up because they really looked to be a great middle ground like you said. Almost MH with lower heat and electricity. With T5 suplementation I would guess they would be pretty good. I would really like to see them. Do you know how often you have to replace the Diode?
 
Phyl

Phyl

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No but I believe that I read that it is guarenteed for 2 years!
 
fisheye

fisheye

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I got these:

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It is very dim. :mad: Don't buy them!!

You can come and see them if you are in Edison area.
 
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golfdaddy73

ok i got the lights turns out the guy sent me ten strips. so i will hook up all of them this weekend. i will post pics of before and after. hope it works
 
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