video of led fixture...

[gumbii]

we went to this lfs that has replaced all of his MH's with LED's...


i was going to get they... but then decided to wait 'til the whole LED revolution turns over and i can have a bigger variety of brands and types to chose from...





anyways... these are those LED fixtures that have 119 led's in they... i noticed that the sand floor shows the actual LED's and looks ridiculously fake... i thought it was a shimmer like halides, but nope... it looks all digital... like white noise on a tv screen...

anyways... i video'd the sand floor and stuff with my phone... horrible quality, and it moves alot, but you can see what i'm talking about... oh... and i had to move fast because i didn't want to make it all obvious...

the second tank that i'm filming is being lit up by the fixture with 119 2.5W led bulbs... it is brighter, but does the weird effect even stronger...






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYROKGQrhUk























































discuss...

 

[xxtechxx]

which fish store is this? i want to go check it out.

 

[gumbii]

i didn't want to put him on blast... but fish collection over in placentia... (yeah i went that far) but also reef hot spot is going to upgrade to led's this week... or soon anyways...


but he's going to be using cree led's... both of them are going to sell them for about the same price... very cheap...

 

[Letsgotothezoo]

I don't know why people crazy about LED. I don't think they are as good as Metal Halide.

 

[gumbii]

I don't know why people crazy about LED. I don't think they are as good as Metal Halide.

that's what i'm starting to think...


it looked so fake and unnatural... now i'm happy i didn't spend $texas on two fixtures...

 

[TypicalWhiteAZN]

I was at that store a few months (like 3-4 months) back after he had first put them in, kinda skeptical at first but when I stopped by a few days ago and notice the corals thriving under it, I realized its got to be enough pars to sustain life then. As much as some people might hate to realize it, LED is to MH as DVD was to VHS. Its freakin' expensive now, but it'll get cheaper and probably every R&D department of most lighting company are working on perfecting it. Half the wattage, a lot less heat, no changing of bulbs, and supposedly lasting up to 50000 hours. Looks like coral farming is gonna be pretty economical in the near future.

I just wish I had a par measuring instrument or whenever it is, i'd totally buy one of those panels and test out how legit and powerful it is. Speaking of which anyone have one of those I could borrow or rent?