so now im back

[fanning]

hi guys ive been away for a while. i have a complete 120g. set up sitn in my garage. i was days from starting to cycle and life kinda kicked my butt. just wandering what kind of high end equipment is available now.


i have
48" aquaticlife t5s
reef octopus skimmer
or/di system
ato system
runinng mag 18 for return
2 powerheads moving about 1200gph


if there is anything i can upgrade on or if better technolgy has come round..can u guys kinda give me a kick start here


thanks, mitch

[hollister]

I would say the new great thing would be L.E.D. lighting or LED MH combos.
The rest still the same.
Good water flow, easy on the skimming , easy on stocking fish , some type of Bio filter to collect unwanted debris from collecting.

[fanning]

cool..what would be the best led system to have ...in your opion??

[hollister]

SPS light.


http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...4858&r=951+504

[Fretfreak13]

Radions! =D

[fanning]

i like that led set up hollister...any other new bad *** gagets that evrybody is dying to have..when i left the hobby those vertex led were about to come out...they still high end and good??

[hollister]

Not that i know of....

[hllywd]

I'd look for something with high power LEDs, rather than the Foster and Smith light (of which you'd need two 0n a 120) with 108 very inefficient 1W LEDs. If you're handy with DIY projects a kit from Rapidled.com using top end components is a reasonable way to get started. built 4 individual units with 24 Cree XR-E LEDs for my old 120 and had plenty of light for my SPS. There are some threads with boatloads of great information on the subject here.

Use the correct dimmable drivers for the separate color channels and you can create sunrise/sunset scenarios, as well as weather, and storms with a controller.

[fanning]

cool..thanks hllywd...like i said before when i left the hobby a couple years ago those vertex led systems were about to be released..(in the u.s.) they were supossed to be the top of the line led system...where do u think thay fall now?? has there been any other advances with other equipment...that u know of

[hllywd]

I don't know much about the Vertex lights. They look super nice, and have a lot of built in functionality. From what I could see they use Cree XP-G, and XP-E LEDs, the same I would recommend to DIY. The price seems a little steep, but then again, there is a lot of functionality included. I'm pretty visually oriented, so the PC interface would be especially nice. To DIY something operationally similar (and I'm not sure how many LEDs the 4' SR fixture I looked has), including an Apex controller you'd likely be somewhere north of $1500

[blackstrat]

Though expensive, Radions are state of the art. Truly amazing what they can do.
I recently bought Deep Blue LEDs for a frag tank and so far (3 months) all sps and lps are thriving and growing fine.
The Deep Blues are very affordable and wouldn't hesitate using them in my main tank if the radions are beyond the budget.

my2cents

[chrisfont23]

Originally Posted by fanning

cool..what would be the best led system to have ...in your opion??

Ecoxotic Panorama Pros.

[DavidinGA]

Maxspect Razor's.



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[fanning]

awesome thanks guys for the good advise on leds...u guys gotta web page for the radions,ecoxotic panorama pros, and the maxspect razors