Jumped Ship into LED's

[Tank2379]

Some of you already know I jumped on over to LED side. After being in a tug of war with it. I decided I will bite the bullet and save me some money on my electric bill. I decided to go with an American made product in the Apollo Reef LED. This fixture has been proven to grow SPS, LPS, Softies and Clams.

I was thinking about going with the Chinese lighting LED that are also making a splash into the LED world. I just decided to go with something that was going to work with my Apex Controlller which is why I decided on the Apollo fixture. The price was right @ $379.99 plus shipping which isn't much.

Here is a whole review on the Solar Blast unit
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2183870

I went with the Solar Blast Artic- Red 44PC for my 60G Cube the spread covers more than 30" across and more than 40" in depth, since my tank is only 24"X24"X24" this was a perfect fit.

Anyhow here is the unboxing and installation of my fixture over my DT



Had to get the level out

fired up

FTS this is almost in a warm yellow color but I was still playing with the spectrum of the lighting

More of a Blue look

[adam87]

Lookin good!!! Nice light!!!

[nvdiz]

good choice, I loved the solarblast while I had it.

[Tank2379]

Originally Posted by nvdiz

good choice, I loved the solarblast while I had it.

Why did you switch?

[Tank2379]

My wife just took this picture a little bit ago, this is Blues at 70% and Whites 40% which is what will be for the next few weeks

[tiababygirl2]

Awesome color

[Tank2379]

Originally Posted by tiababygirl2

Awesome color

Thanks

[jayjigga]

Good stuff! I forget what the Diz went to...radions? Idk...

[nvdiz]

went to a 6 bulb sunpower. light hanger I made kept bending in due to the weight of the solarblast. Lowest I could have kept it would be between 2-4 inches away from the water.

[Tank2379]

So far I have had this up and running for about a week now, and all I got to say is I am really impressed with the quality and design of this fixture. The color intensity is pretty sick and with the Blues and UV Purples that are dim together really gives a nice Pop to all corals and colors.

The white are super cool and dim together with the reds. Right now my intensity for blues are at 80% and white are at 40%... I have the 20K look that I always like and with the addition to the reds coming on with the whites it really pops out the red and orange colors greatly.

But as a fan of T-5, I still feel T-5 are a better match for LED's the only downside for T-5 are the bulb purchases every year. The fact that I have a system that I don't have to buy lighitng for anymore for another 7-10 years thats got to be a great deal in itself. I am happy with the purchase and can say that LED's are the future of reefing.