Maxspect Razor

[juggy]

mike can you tell me about the controller i had the ai sol blues hated the controller im not a dawn to dusk guy i like to set the lights turn them on when i go to work come home and and be able to turn them down to the blues to see the corals pop the other concern i have with haveing the controler built in if the controller goes out the fixture is dust..to where haveing a controller seprate from the body you can just get another controller ty for the in put

[Mike de Leon]

The controller is simple. There are three different settings you can choose from. One is manual. You can turn off or on. You can choose A or B channels (white or blue). You can adjust intensities. Another setting is the pre programmed ( two choices ). Both really nice settings. You cannot change them.
The last setting is automatic. Which is programmable. You choose the best setting for you.
I had concerns about programming as well. I thought they were complicated. But really very simple. Check out the manual. You can find it the coralvue website.

[juggy]

thanks mike

[SneekaPeek]

I went ahead and pre ordered fixture! I can't wait to see what this bad boy can do. Its only money right!

[Mike de Leon]

Congrats! Post some pics when you get it.

[SneekaPeek]

Originally Posted by Mike de Leon

Congrats! Post some pics when you get it.

will do. I do not think I will get it until late next week, but surely in time there will be some pics.

[Mike de Leon]

So here are some pics of beat up corals that are coming back to life under this light...The tips on this tricolour are actually more purple..

[Mike de Leon]

[cap032]

Looking good Mike. Ive got 2 27" units on order with MD, just been waiting for them to get their order from CoralVue. Question, what is the coral in your pic that has the little green tips?

[Mike de Leon]

Originally Posted by cap032

Looking good Mike. Ive got 2 27" units on order with MD, just been waiting for them to get their order from CoralVue. Question, what is the coral in your pic that has the little green tips?

How big is your tank?
I am hoping the coral is a purple bonsai. Tricolour for sure anyway. Will see how it goes. Hopefully someone will chime in and let us know!

[cap032]

Originally Posted by Mike de Leon

How big is your tank?
I am hoping the coral is a purple bonsai. Tricolour for sure anyway. Will see how it goes. Hopefully someone will chime in and let us know!

Its a 125.

[saltwatertanker]

how many lights are on your tank? are you getting coverage all over?

[Mike de Leon]

Only one light. light is a foot off the water surface. LR is halfway up in the aquarium. Some shadows are present but coverage is very good. Digitatas on the edge of the LR are growing. They are getting the least amount of light.

[meshwheel]

Hi Mike,
Great thread! I have a new 36x18x24 I am setting up and seriously contemplating this 27 inch 160 watt Razor fixture. How long have you been running yours Mike? Are you up to 100% yet for intensity? My mouth is wattering for this fixture! If I go with one of these vs. 2 250 watt metal halides it will really save me alot! I will be all SPS with a few LPS at the very bottom.
Thanks for any input and help!

[Mike de Leon]

I've only been running mine about three weeks. For the short period of time I have had this running the results so far have been very good! Really happy with it. Beats my 400 halide for sure. Very small and sleek fixture. Wire and power box very minimal. And 160 watts to boot!
A for intensity, I had it running on one of the programs at 100% for a couple of hours. I have since brought it down for fear of blasting the corals with too much light. I am slowly ramping it back up.

[rldcpa]

Will they offer these with reds and greens in the future? And what about wireless control?

[meshwheel]

Mike,
Wow! So your not running at full intensity. Man, that's saving you big $$$$$$$$$ in your electric bill! I had two 400 watt Radium over a 120 years ago. It beat the "you know what" out of my electric bill.......lol.
You know, out of all the other fixtures I have contemplated with LED this one just feels right!
It's affordable, very affordable!
PAR is BIG!!!!!
Both tank mount and cables included
Very sleek and good looking!
I will wait another week or so to order mine Mike, can I bug you in the mean time???LOL
Thank you!

[cap032]

Originally Posted by rldcpa

Will they offer these with reds and greens in the future? And what about wireless control?

One of things I really like about this fixture, and that sold me on it, is the leds they chose to use. You are able to get a nice spectrum that red and green leds produce.......without having to use a red or green led.

[bhazard451]

Originally Posted by cap032

One of things I really like about this fixture, and that sold me on it, is the leds they chose to use. You are able to get a nice spectrum that red and green leds produce.......without having to use a red or green led.

Not 100% true. I did a test on my DIY Cree XT-E fixture with Warm Whites and Neutral Whites, and my chinese fixture with Bridgelux Warm Whites and Neutral Whites. I thought the same myself... that the warm whites would provide the visual benefit and spectrum benefit.... they do, but not as much in the visuals as separate red and green leds.

I have a color string channel on my Cree XT-E fixture with red, violet, and cyan. When it is off, the tank looks good. When it is on, there is extra florescence and color (especially in my zoas) that the NW/WW alone couldn't provide.

The Razor is probably the only big name fixture I would buy right now. They actually use a good mix of leds, and run them at a current they should be run at. My DIY fixture was based off it, with the addition of red/cyan.

[meshwheel]

Wait a minute, I thought they have red leds in them??? I feel this fixture puts out the PAR needed. I would not have nothing to do with the Radions. They look great, but where too weak. Now of course, they come out with lenses to increase the par a bit.
Now the Pro version is coming out that will have probably 50% more PAR. When I saw them in person at reef a palooza I was not impressed at all with intensity.
I think the Maxspect Razor is a real value and I look forward to Mike's reports with great expectations.

[juggy]

what do you guys think 20" or 27" on a 26x26x30 cube

[cap032]

Originally Posted by meshwheel

Wait a minute, I thought they have red leds in them??? I feel this fixture puts out the PAR needed. I would not have nothing to do with the Radions. They look great, but where too weak. Now of course, they come out with lenses to increase the par a bit.
Now the Pro version is coming out that will have probably 50% more PAR. When I saw them in person at reef a palooza I was not impressed at all with intensity.
I think the Maxspect Razor is a real value and I look forward to Mike's reports with great expectations.

They do not have red leds in them, but the leds that they use provide the same benefit to corals that a red led would. Bhazard has reported that they dont visually appear the same as red leds (meaning they dont look the same to our eyes) but again, corals should get the same benefit as they would from the spectrum provided by red leds.

[gibbus123]

Would two units of the razor 120w work for a full sps tank 42"x24"x24" ?

[meshwheel]

cap032,
Thanks for the explanation. Where can I read up more on them? Do they have a website I can go to?

Thank you

[STEELERFAN747]

Originally Posted by gibbus123

Would two units of the razor 120w work for a full sps tank 42"x24"x24" ?

Yes. I have read on another thread and directly from Coralvue that 2 120w's will work on a 48x24x24 so you should be more than good