Anyone unhappy with kessils?

Fly5150 · Nov 25, 2014

Here's he deal, I have a kessil a150 over my 2x2 frag tank. I love the color. I'm setting up a new frag tank, so I picked up some a360w tuna blues. I set them up over my 4' frag tank, which has already been running with a diy led fixture, and 4-t5's. It seems like the color is so dim with the 360's. The shimmer is there, I just don't see the bright blue that I'm used to. I guess I assumed I could get a 20k look out of them. Anyone else have this problem? Anyone else unhappy with their kessils?

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mark.a.smith405 · Nov 25, 2014

are you supplementing with t5?

stryker · Nov 25, 2014

I was reading that the new 360 color spectrum has shifted away from blue to more purple. People who really enjoyed the blue are disappointed about the change.

Fly5150 · Nov 25, 2014

mark.a.smith405 said:

Yes

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BeanMachine · Nov 25, 2014

My issue with the 350 or 360 was to get the blue color you want you need to turn down the whites quite a bit and they lose their intensity.

Six2seven · Nov 25, 2014

I've heard nothing but bad with kessels and sps. have yet to hear someone say they grow sps well.

IMO with enough power and par on any led system you don't need to add t5s. you can add more less for the same effect. color is a different factor.

jesuses · Nov 25, 2014

How many do you have? I went with 3 since there was a dead spot in the middle, despite them recommending 2 on a 4' tank.
I'm happy with them now

Tangwich · Nov 25, 2014

so far i love my one. hopefully 2 will cover the 48" spread.

Fly5150 · Nov 25, 2014

I have 4 for a 8'.

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BeanMachine · Nov 25, 2014

Tangwich said:

They will as long as you like the 10k look or fish only. I think you will need at least 3 if you want your desired color.

LAreefguy · Nov 25, 2014

Got rid of all mine when I tested par it was unbelievably low.

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BeanMachine · Nov 25, 2014

LAreefguy said:

Refer to the latest thread by lurking as leds don't read the same par levels as say t5s or halides... in general brighter than the reading.

lurking · Nov 25, 2014

BeanMachine said:

I was trying to find the tests I did on the 150 and the 350. I can only find the 150 at the moment. This is a two foot by two foot grid taken at 12 inches through air. The 350 is stronger than this but....

All Delight · Nov 25, 2014

I have both the 150 and 360 and I agree, the 360 does seem less intense.

SchnitzelReef · Nov 25, 2014

Six2seven said:

+1. However I have heard they are great for supplementing t5s or metal halides.

BeanMachine · Nov 25, 2014

lurking said:

Is that with or without your multipliers?

lurking · Nov 25, 2014

BeanMachine said:

without as a base comparison

LAreefguy · Nov 25, 2014

BeanMachine said:

Interesting, well they didn't grow any of my sps, so they had to go!

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Tangwich · Nov 25, 2014

BeanMachine said:

Lucky for me, this is only going on my lps/softie tank

BeanMachine · Nov 25, 2014

Tangwich said:

Well let us know your progress when you do set it up... how deep is the tank... only time will tell I guess.

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