GHL Mitras Club

[Ninja120]

Originally Posted by slief

You connect to the Mitras using GCC. Click the Composer tab. It will prompt you to open or create a project. Select Open and select your project. You have now "loaded" it. You can modify it as you choose or save it to the lights. You then select transmits to lights down below in the composer tab. In one of the tabs along the top is the option to save the project in case you made changes to it. That will save it to your computer.

Thank you!

[scuzy]

Is the light composer download link broken for anyone else on ghl's site? There is projects but book actual link to the files.


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[slief]

Originally Posted by scuzy

Is the light composer download link broken for anyone else on ghl's site? There is projects but book actual link to the files.


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We did confirm that the link is missing. Matthias from Germany is in route to the US for RAP in Orlando and should be in Ft. Myers either today or tomorrow. I would suggest sending a PM to D2Mini to get a copy of his project.

[scuzy]

I was trying to get Matthias profile or is that D2minis?


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[scuzy]

Or when is your profile getting approve?


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[mako61]

I finally got my lx7s. thanks Vinny for putting up with my pestering. Got connected to wifi and one slaved to a master. One unit took several tries to get the wifi setup to work, but it finally DHCPed. I have 2 on a 59x22x22 inch tank.

I am also looking for a good profile. I mainly need a good set of colors, doing the timing is pretty easy in GCC. I am a led noob so I have no idea how to balance the color channels for good grow and good visual appeal.

I like to run 2% of the royal blue channel a couple hours before and after my real light cycle. Will that cause any issues with fish/corals, I just like the way it looks.

[slief]

Originally Posted by mako61

I finally got my lx7s. thanks Vinny for putting up with my pestering. Got connected to wifi and one slaved to a master. One unit took several tries to get the wifi setup to work, but it finally DHCPed. I have 2 on a 59x22x22 inch tank.

I am also looking for a good profile. I mainly need a good set of colors, doing the timing is pretty easy in GCC. I am a led noob so I have no idea how to balance the color channels for good grow and good visual appeal.

I like to run 2% of the royal blue channel a couple hours before and after my real light cycle. Will that cause any issues with fish/corals, I just like the way it looks.

Just open up composer in GCC and use the slider to change the Kelvin to a color of your liking. You can create different colors and for different times of the day and save that color spectrum by moving it to the right bar in composer. Unfortunately I am not going to be infront of my computer for a handful of days as I am traveling but once you are in composer, it will prompt you to open or create a new project. Select create new one. Then use the slider on the right to adjust the spectrum/Kelvin. Composer will make simulatinious adjustments to all channels as you change the Kelvin. You can set GCC to "output directly to lights" to see the changes realtime. There really isn't much of a reason to play with each channel individually unless you want to really fine tune specific channels to bring out certain colors in your corals. Create a daytime spectrum and a sunrise sunset spectrum. The add the time points and intensity for the ramp up, peak and ramp down. Then save the project and also transmit the project to the lights which will update the program onto the lights. Hopefully that will make some sense once you poke around GHL Control Center (GGC) and open up Light Composer. I'm running on fumes from a lack of sleep so my coherency is ailing.

[mako61]

I just mounted my lx7s. I made the mount myself out of 8020 series 10. By just luck the wire fits snuggly into the slot. Im pretty happy with how it came out.

I have them 13 inches over my tank. Im not sure if that is good for a 60x22x22 tank. I think it may be a little high. I can move them down, but i kinda like having the space. Still playing with the color I have it set pretty blue.

[Punchanello]

Are there any Australian or at least non-European/UK Mitras owners here? Was hoping to get your experiences on GHLs service and product support.

I've been researching the LX7s for a couple of months now and my comparisons to other products of similar quality keep pushing me towards the Mitras. They are stunning.

My one and only reservation is that there is no local support for the product in Australia and in the unlikely event something does go wrong, I could be up for weeks (maybe even months) without a light and a load of shipping costs with warranty support.

This isn't a criticism of GHL at all. It's just that the market for aquarium equipment in Australia is small and in terms of choice, very limited. Buying internationally is an option if you want more chocie but from bitter experience, it can be an expensive nightmare.

[reefwiser]

Sounds Like an opportunity for someone down under.

[SouthBeach Terp]

How good are the GHL Mitras LX 7000 Series? My tank is 30 Tall what LED lights should I buy? Thanks for any imput you might have.

[theshaman]

A lot of the reefers on this thread have amazing tanks. I'm sure the mitras lx7 will me more than enough for what you are trying to achieve with your tank.

[ClownReef®]

Does anybody have a good SPS light project?

[SouthBeach Terp]

I am thinking about them?

[theshaman]

I had mine hanging and didn't really like how the power cord kept it from being leveled so I did what foxrazr did.
I ordered a geisemann verve mount and used that to mount my mitras. It's perfect.

[theshaman]

This is how it turned out.
I don't know why the attachments got turned upside down.

[slief]

I figured I would post this here. We did an LA Fish Guys video series on my Mitras LX7 install. It covers setting them up for my light rack as well as setting up the Wifi network connection basic programming. It's 3 parts. This was shot early this year and just now released to YouTube. In case you are wondering, I really love these Mitras. My corals are doing better than ever and look better than ever under these lights!

Part 1 discuses the Mitras LX7's and prepping them for my light rack.


Part 2 covers installing them on my light rack.


Part 3 covers basic setup and programming.

[WCKDVPR]

Hi All,

Doing a 150g build (60" x 24" x 24") and looking at lighting solutions for a mixed reef tank. I am considering the LX7206 and was curious as to
1) would 2 lights be sufficient for the 60" length tank without significant shadowing,
2) if 2 lights, should they be mounted with their length along the length of the tank,
3) if mounting lengthwise, what are the mounting options as the Mitras Flex Mount only looks to go front to back,
4) any recommendations as to height above the water to mount these lights on this tank.

Thanks so much!

[scuzy]

Think two is a little tight. I run 4 on a 72" but they are not length wise. They are mounted parallel.


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[cpllongjk]

Originally Posted by WCKDVPR

Hi All,

Doing a 150g build (60" x 24" x 24") and looking at lighting solutions for a mixed reef tank. I am considering the LX7206 and was curious as to
1) would 2 lights be sufficient for the 60" length tank without significant shadowing,
2) if 2 lights, should they be mounted with their length along the length of the tank,
3) if mounting lengthwise, what are the mounting options as the Mitras Flex Mount only looks to go front to back,
4) any recommendations as to height above the water to mount these lights on this tank.

Thanks so much!

Hey,

Two fixtures would work but you would probably end up wanting three when things grew out a bit more. I would start with 2 and if you feel you need a third add it later.

Jared

[slief]

Originally Posted by WCKDVPR

Hi All,

Doing a 150g build (60" x 24" x 24") and looking at lighting solutions for a mixed reef tank. I am considering the LX7206 and was curious as to
1) would 2 lights be sufficient for the 60" length tank without significant shadowing,
2) if 2 lights, should they be mounted with their length along the length of the tank,
3) if mounting lengthwise, what are the mounting options as the Mitras Flex Mount only looks to go front to back,
4) any recommendations as to height above the water to mount these lights on this tank.

Thanks so much!

3 lights would be best. You could do two if the aquascape doesn't extend from end to end. If you raise them up around 12"-15" above the water line, you would get around 30" of spread out of each which would cover your 60" width but you would need to run the intensity up higher to get sufficient light for good coral growth. Personally, I'd suggest 3 as you would have great light spread across the entire tank without having to raise the light or run the intensity up all that high.
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[biecacka]

As stated 3 would likely be best. But a lot depends on your aquascape, if it's centered 2 could be fine. For example my tank is a cube at 48/48/24, I have almost all my rock in the center part of my tank and I run a single 400watt radium. I specifically did my rock work this way because I wanted to run the radium but not have to start with multiples of them.

Corey

[WCKDVPR]

Thanks everyone. That is the conclusion I am coming to with the 60" length tank, that I would pretty much need 3 full-size LED units regardless of manufacturer if I go LED only.

I have not done my aquascape yet as I am waiting for my rocks to arrive (any day now), but I will be attempting to do something along the lines of the tank pictured below (not a rock wall). I have more length than this tank shown and there will be a decent amount of viewing from what would be the left side of the tank, so the left island will a little lower and farther off the wall to make that viewing angle more attractive and not completely obstruct the right island.



I understand this is the Mitras thread so you all should be somewhat biased, but if any of you have used any of these other lights, how do the Mitras compare to the XR30W Pro 4, AP700, or ATI / Giesemann hybrid T5/LED which all wind up in the same ballpark for price (something over $2k)?

Hey scuzy, funny to bump into you here while I am doing my light research, I'm coming to look at your lights next week sometime (we're chatting in the BAR forum), I can't wait to see them in person as I need to order lights soon - thanks again.

Best regards.

[mikeatjac]

Originally Posted by WCKDVPR

Thanks everyone. That is the conclusion I am coming to with the 60" length tank, that I would pretty much need 3 full-size LED units regardless of manufacturer if I go LED only.

I have not done my aquascape yet as I am waiting for my rocks to arrive (any day now), but I will be attempting to do something along the lines of the tank pictured below (not a rock wall). I have more length than this tank shown and there will be a decent amount of viewing from what would be the left side of the tank, so the left island will a little lower and farther off the wall to make that viewing angle more attractive and not completely obstruct the right island.



I understand this is the Mitras thread so you all should be somewhat biased, but if any of you have used any of these other lights, how do the Mitras compare to the XR30W Pro 4, AP700, or ATI / Giesemann hybrid T5/LED which all wind up in the same ballpark for price (something over $2k)?

Hey scuzy, funny to bump into you here while I am doing my light research, I'm coming to look at your lights next week sometime (we're chatting in the BAR forum), I can't wait to see them in person as I need to order lights soon - thanks again.

Best regards.

A group of fellow reefers tried several lights and ultimately picked the G4 pro over the Mitras, Kessel, Chinese black boxes and AI HDs. The G4s just made the tank look more alive. Surprising I liked the AI HD second best but in a group of 4 there was a no agreement on second best.

I have seen them all grow corals.

[nycman]

I installed 4 on my new 180G reef tank. Amazing product. Not sure about the other LEDs on the market since I chose and learned about these in detail. But the ability to control the brightness and K value on a one minute interval 24x7 is amazing. When programmed properly, the brightness and K value change every 60 seconds. And then the clouds are so subtle. I currently have several programs - 5 hour acclimation, 10 hour sunrise to sunset 3500K to 17000K centering on a bright mid day pinnacle of 10000K and then symmetrically backing down thru the brightness and K value towards the sunset. And then a blue or black night that mimics that actual lunar cycle at my GPS coordinates. I am an IT guy, and it took me a month of messing around, but am now at that point where I don't need anyone else's GHL lightcomposer projects. They were helpful at first - when trying to figure out the basics - but there is a point when it all clicks, and you get it. And it is a great place to be.

The other thing I noticed, early days though. I have a brief transitional 3300K sunrise sunset. I blend through this K value from 17000 to darkness or very dim blue moonlight. And during this cycle, everything that hides in the tank during the day comes out - starfish, crabs, etc. It is like a party. It may be that this spectrum, while very visible to the human, is not so with invertebrates?

If anyone needs help on the Mitras programming - I am here for you.