Chinese LED Lights

[debbie3]

Thanks no links :-) I will keep looking going to finalize Friday excited yet scared.

[debbie3]

@ Bhaz how was the twilights?
Heading with ************! I like the setup and perks! Will place an order on Friday when it comes i'll update. Gosh hope it lives up!!!! We will see. I guess....lol unless i change my mind.....

[debbie3]

"Yes, our dimmable 120W led aquarium light with inside timer and dimmer is similar to the light which you showed me. The only difference is that there is no remote controller for it. There is an LCD on the surface of the light. There are six keys for the LCD controller. You can program it not only in half hour and one hour but also in minutes.

The ratio can be made similar as your requirement. First channel: 27 450nm royal blue, Second channel: 13 7500k cool whites, 2 480nm blues, 2 520nm greens, 2 630nm red, 2 660nm reds, and 4 410-420nm violets. Third channels: 3 480nm blue moonlights. The total quantity of led chips is 55 pieces which including the 3 moonlights."

Twilight led any ideas! About $50.00 cheeper than reefbreeders, minus the remote's! @Bhazard451 What are your thought's? The only thing they recommend 6 LED for the 7 ft tank. A bit much? Was looking into max 3-4? (@Travis1787)

Please Advise??????

@Chicago what road did you take?

[debbie3]

Originally Posted by boxer385

does anybody have a copy of reefbreeders layout?

IT120 Layout-Recommended
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 35K 460 10K 460 10K 420 10K 460 10K 460 35K
2 450 630 450 65K 450 65K 450 65K 450 630 450
3 35K 450 520 420 10K 450 10K 420 520 450 35K
4 450 630 450 65K 450 65K 450 65K 450 630 450
5 35K 460 10K 460 10K 420 10K 460 10K 460 35K

Dimmer 1: Moon Lighting 3pcs 450
Dimmer 2: White Back Ground 10pcs 10000K + 6pcs 6500K + 6pcs 3500K + 4pcs 630 + 2pcs 520
Dimmer 3: Blue Back Grond 8pcs 460 + 12pcs 450 + 4pcs 420

[monkeytank]

Debbie3. I think I am looking at the same ones you are. Is your sales person Tracy?

[bhazard451]

6 LEDs are way too much. 3-4 is fine.

The Evergrow light is much brighter than the twilight one. Twilight also refused to fix a problem I had with my light.

Go with reef breeders, as you will get a better light and an actual warranty

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[debbie3]

@ monkeytank Yes Tracy is the sales rep. She quoted me $225.00 per unit including shipping and use of diff spec leds. (green,red). good price but the warranty scarry!
@ Bhazard451 Thanks so much, I sleep on it and reef breeders it is. I was thinking 4 too ;-)
Before i found this post i was talking to AL Sol they were advising me to do 7. Evergrow did say 3-4. Twlight (7) That's what send me searching for other options!

Also Busybee led have good setup and decent prices. Worth checking out. But still can't compare in value/perks with reef breeders!

[bhazard451]

Originally Posted by debbie3

@ monkeytank Yes Tracy is the sales rep. She quoted me $225.00 per unit including shipping and use of diff spec leds. (green,red). good price but the warranty scarry!
@ Bhazard451 Thanks so much, I sleep on it and reef breeders it is. I was thinking 4 too ;-)
Before i found this post i was talking to AL Sol they were advising me to do 7. Evergrow did say 3-4. Twlight (7) That's what send me searching for other options!

Also Busybee led have good setup and decent prices. Worth checking out. But still can't compare in value/perks with reef breeders!

I forgot to ask, how wide is your tank? If it is a lot wider than 24", then you will need to run the lights front to back instead of length wise, which means you would then need to use 6 or 7 lights.

The Evergrow controller light can also link power cords. You can plug two units into each other, and only need to run 1 power cord to the outlet. Will save a ton of outlet space.. as these types of lights usually need 2 plugs each.

[debbie3]

@ bhazard 24 inch wide / 24 inch deep /84 in long. Was thinking of hanging lenght wise. Contacted reef breeders they will give me a 5% discount so i am under 1200 for 4 peices. Need to get paid tomorrow lol.... to get them.....

[debbie3]

Sorry bad pic but here it is!

[monkeytank]

I have three tanks, each 72 inches long. The deepest is 30 inches and I was hoping to find an affordable lighting solution to use on all three. One is a predator tank without corals so the lighting on it isn't as important, but I thought keeping everything the same would be easier. The way I see it the Twilight ones are about $80 cheaper per light. That adds up to a lot of money compared to Reefbreeders. The remote would be nice, but I can live without it. I'm looking for the ability to have a bright white that isn't too blue at times for photos, but want as much of the spectrum as I can get to keep everything going and have the cool actinic look at night to make the flourescence really pop.

Recommendations?

[bhazard451]

Originally Posted by monkeytank

I have three tanks, each 72 inches long. The deepest is 30 inches and I was hoping to find an affordable lighting solution to use on all three. One is a predator tank without corals so the lighting on it isn't as important, but I thought keeping everything the same would be easier. The way I see it the Twilight ones are about $80 cheaper per light. That adds up to a lot of money compared to Reefbreeders. The remote would be nice, but I can live without it. I'm looking for the ability to have a bright white that isn't too blue at times for photos, but want as much of the spectrum as I can get to keep everything going and have the cool actinic look at night to make the flourescence really pop.

Recommendations?

The white leds on the Twilight lights are incredibly dim. The Evergrow leds in general are stronger, higher quality leds. The Twilight leds also cannot be changed out with other leds like the Evergrow ones can.

There is a model called the d120 that goes for $160-180 that manually dims. If you don't care about automatic dimming or moonlights, that is the best way to go price wise.

[monkeytank]

Thanks for the feedback. I am contacting Sunny to ask about pricing for 7 of the IT2040 for comparison. I don't see it even listed on their site. I hope that doesn't mean shipping isn't going to happen for a long time.

[debbie3]

@money tank i spoke to Sam he wanted $320 a pop unless you did more than 12. Let us know how it went.

[jfeva0049]

bhazard, im finally gonna be able to get some led units for my tank. i have a 90 T Rectangular (48x18x24) and i wanted to ask you what you felt would be the best unit to go with? afew months back i was thinking of getting 2 nova a6's. do you think that is still the best option? i dont want them to have there own controller since i have an apex. im not worried about it being apex compatible to be honest. thanks for your time.

[bhazard451]

Originally Posted by jfeva0049

bhazard, im finally gonna be able to get some led units for my tank. i have a 90 T Rectangular (48x18x24) and i wanted to ask you what you felt would be the best unit to go with? afew months back i was thinking of getting 2 nova a6's. do you think that is still the best option? i dont want them to have there own controller since i have an apex. im not worried about it being apex compatible to be honest. thanks for your time.

Overall I like the newest controller light the most. The d120 is still the best bang for the buck though.

[1fishkeeper]

Im looking at getting a 120watt Controllable LED Fixtures from ReefBreeders. But I have a question to ask about it. What lens do you think I should go with for a 40 breeder tank? And I plan on setting up a 180 gallon tank in the next year or sooner. And if this light works out for me then I would like to use them on the 180. So would the lens for the 40 breeder be the same as the 180? If not how hard are they to change to a different one? Im new to the LED thing and going to be making the change over from T5's.

[hdross]

I am getting ready to order an IT2040, and below is the color layout they recomended for SPS coral. It doesnt look right to me any comments

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
35K 450 10K 450 35K B 35k 450 10k 450 35k
450 65k B 65k 450 65k 450 65k B 65k 450
420 450 420 450 420 450 420 450 420 450 420
450 65k B 65k 450 65k 450 65k B 65k 450
35k 450 10k 450 35k B 35k 450 10k 450 35k

I don't think it is even close no red no green?
Any suggestions?

[GvineReefer]

I am chatting with Evergrow right now and she is telling me that the new IT120's with the updated boards only have 51 LEDs. Standard layout includes 24 blue, 24 white and 3 moonlights. She also stated they were not ready to order and would let me know when they are.

Has anyone else confirmed?

[MKurpicski]

Any idea where this is going to come out more blue or more white? My preference is more to white then blue.

channel 1; 16 7500k cool whites, 2 480nm blues, 2 520nm greens, 2 630nm red, 2 660nm reds, and 4 410-420nm violets. Channel 2; 27 450nm royal blue, Channel 3; 3 480nm blue moonlights

mk

[phragger]

Originally Posted by Chicago

Some one awhile back in the old thread did a layout with variety of whites some reds and violets for an ever grow. If your here following can you please repost. Thanks.

I'll send it in the morning. I can't get to it tonight.

[hdross]

Originally Posted by GvineReefer

I am chatting with Evergrow right now and she is telling me that the new IT120's with the updated boards only have 51 LEDs. Standard layout includes 24 blue, 24 white and 3 moonlights. She also stated they were not ready to order and would let me know when they are.

Has anyone else confirmed?

That is what she told me when I was questioning the lay out on my invoice.
I am not sure what is going on. I have asked for help, and recommendations, and have received no reply. Not sure why. I guess I am going to hold off paying until it is more clear.

[GvineReefer]

Here is the new layout if anyone is interested...

[livingseas]

So are the new IT-120 going to be physically smaller?

Why get rid of the middle row of leds.. seems odd. And less
opportunity for customization.

[hdross]

Originally Posted by livingseas

So are the new IT-120 going to be physically smaller?

Why get rid of the middle row of leds.. seems odd. And less
opportunity for customization.

She told me the customers, and engineers recommended it. Also stated red, and green,and violet make white. That is why they are using a combination of cool white.