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Beamswork LED sets? Or you can get those LED tubes from Inwares at the Merchant section to suit your purposes.
Hi All,
Has lost touch for 2 years plus since arrival of my new born kids. Now hand itchy again. Was thinking to restart a 3 or 4 footer planted tank.
Any kind bro/sis to recommend a good LED lightset for high tech tank.
Thanks in advance.
Beamswork LED sets? Or you can get those LED tubes from Inwares at the Merchant section to suit your purposes.
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Will you be having high-light requirements plants in this tank? & your budget for the LED lightset?Originally Posted by hk75
Depend on your budget, you can either DIY or you can try ready made like Maxspect, ELOS
Thanks Stormhawk, will goggle for this brand.
Raliiart12, Yes, Going for high light. Budget seriously no idea yet. Lost touch le.
Shadow,
Not going for DIY, am lousy on diy. What is the full name for ELOS?
Am quiet interest in Maxspect model. did have a glance in Delighting website, cool lighting they have. Love their Mazarra model. Anyone try this model mind to give some feed back?
Do you know where is Delighting outlet, cant finding their address. Or they do not entertain walk in?
Also came to know there is 1 bro selling his Maxspect G2 model, if i were to replace all the LED bulbs, would it be very expensive?
cheers
Hi hk75, before you invest in one of those high-wattage LED lightsets, I will suggest you research on whether your plants can take it or not, i.e. if you have a tank solely full of Nanas, then these high-wattage diodes may not be a wise move.
If you are using it for a 4-footer, and going for a branded one like the Mazarra, expect to spend abv $2k, i.e. Mazarra P-series 3-modules.
Just FYI, Mazarra is Maxspect's so-called "G3"; & I will say buying a 2nd-hand G2 & then replacing its diodes to Crees, isn't a financially-sound move.
DE Lighting does delivery. I am unsure if they have a retail store. If you want feedback on Maxspect's models, I will suggest you go to Singapore Reef Club's forums to read up. From those discussions, who knows, you may even go for DIY in the end.
Just for disclaimer, I am using this:
Hi bro, or you can try radion xp30. It is a RGB led. Its using computor software to program the timing and intensity. Price about same with maxspect.
Raliiart12, Thanks for advise. Yup, am trying to read up more to catch up.
Kimgic, unable to search for the brand you mentioned.
why no one suggest aqualumen. I see their website, looks good. I recently seem a post on 1 of the bros. Who used 3 aqualumen 3 x 1ftsize for a 4ft tank. should cost about 700-1000 now. Looks good but I never actually use it before. I know at seaview, they got 1 tank using aqualumen the 1.6k one which can adjust the lumen range.
the url. http://www.oceanus-light.com/maxseries.html just giving a another choice. I know very little led planted tank users so cannot suggest much.
still learning the hard way!!
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...Lighting/page4 page4 you see the person who connect 3 aqualumen together
still learning the hard way!!
Try searching for that under the brand Ecotech.
@TS (but with reference to Stormhawk's post) The Inwares LED light tubes are frankly T8 replacements. So do not expect MH light effects or pearling from the plants.
However, for the price, it's a very good upgrade from T8 and can be spammed since its low power consumption and heat.
Very very nice...
Which Cree generation are these? XPG-R5s??
I followed them up to the XML series and bought a triple LED torchlight using the XML-T6.
Just battery driven, the torch light can overpower the room lights.
Now they have an XB-D released just last month. Cree is insane
cant seem to view what ralliart has attached.
Kingic, thanks alot.
Neon, thanks. Seem i really mountain turtle, so many brand of LED available now in market.
They are XM-Ls, but unsure if T5 or T6 binVery very nice...
Which Cree generation are these? XPG-R5s??
I followed them up to the XML series and bought a triple LED torchlight using the XML-T6.
Just battery driven, the torch light can overpower the room lights.
Now they have an XB-D released just last month. Cree is insane
Currently I'm using a "Olight i1 EOS" as my EDC torchlight. It's using a single XM-L bulb & it can easily & literally outshine those no-brand torchlights with multiple no-name diodes.
They (Cree) better be insane; this is their ricebowl, after all.
Does anyone have experience with Beamworks led lights on planted tanks? Design is nice and the price is much cheaper than the Aquazonic Sirus. My Brother-in-law is using one for his 2.5ft depth FOWLR and it looks quite bright. I am having algae issues after switching to T5s when my PL lightset killed itself. Plants are crypts, swords, anubias and ferns. Algae are all kinds.
Suckerfish no eat poo poo.
bros,
More blur after more reading. T5HO set is much straight forward
Need some advise:
1) If i were to buy a ready LED light set off the shelf, most brand comes with different color such as cool white , blue , violent, etc... Is this default color bulbs suitable for planted tank, or i need to specifically request them to change to certain color?
2) what color bulb should i go with for planted?
3) if i were to go for 3x2x2 high tech tank, intending to plant HC, how do i determine the lighting is sufficient?
really appreciate some advise.
thanks in advance.
I'm using the Maxspect Mazerra on both my tanks (4ft and 6ft), but I'm using it for a biotope tank setup and not planted, so I underpower it (using 2 units instead of 3 for the 4ft, and 3 units instead of 5-6 for the 6ft). I'm currently using the lower end S series, but I like it a lot. It's definitely bright for one thing, and I also like the modular structure, making it very customizable.
For bringing out the colour in my discus, I requested for different LEDs from the stock set. Stock set for marine comes with 8 blue and 8 cool white LEDs (channel 1 = 8 cool white, channel 2 = 8 blue), while stock set for freshwater comes with 8 cool white and 8 warm white LEDs. I changed my 4ft sets to Channel 1 = 4 cool white, 4 warm white and Channel 2 = 4 cool white, 4 blue so that I could bring out the red and blue colours of my discus (warm white is very high in red spectrum). For the 6ft, I am currently using the same combination, but intend to change Channel 1 to be 6 cool white, 2 warm white instead since I'm keeping more blue and less red fish in that tank. The changing of LEDs is very very simple - you just need a screwdriver and you can do it yourself.
The set also comes with 3 different sets of lenses. If you want a wider spread, the stock set comes fitted with 100 degree lenses. However, if you want to create a spotlight effect, there are full sets of 70 degree lenses and 40 degree lenses as well. Changing lenses is just pop out the old lens and snap in the new one. I haven't played around with this yet, but I do intend to change some of my lenses to 40 degree ones to simulate sunbeams in my tank.
It is also modular in that you can add or reduce the number of units based on your light requirements. Each unit is worth 50W of LED lights. Generally for a high tech 4 ft planted, people would use 3 units. You could start with 2 units first though, and if you want more...it's as simple as ordering 1 more power supply and 1 more unit (each power supply powers up to 2 units). You can always buy less and add more later as your needs and budget permits.
Finally, there is also the progamming feature. You don't need a wall timer anymore. Inbuild in each unit is the ability to program up to 4 time slots. Each time slot fades into the next. Hence, I simulate sunrise and sunset by putting timeslot 1 = 1:30am; 0% for both channels -> 5:30pm; 0% for both channels -> 7:30pm; 100% for both channels; 11:30pm; -> 100% for both channels. What this does is that from 1:30am to 5:30pm, the lights are completely switched off. From 5:30pm to 7:30pm, the lights gradually fade in from 0% to 100% intensity. From 7:30pm to 11:30pm the lights are at 100% intensity. From 11:30pm to 1:30am, the lights fade out from 100% to 0% intensity, switching itself off at 1:30am. You can simulate moonlight by leaving the intensity at 1%. Note also that while I control my 2 channels equally, both channels can be programmed separately (instead of both 100% on my 6ft, I use Channel 1 = 40%, Channel 2 = 100% on my 6ft for example).
The more advanced (and more expensive) P series has more features such as 8 time slots instead of 4 and a wireless controller as well as higher wattage total (may also come with better stock LEDs). I haven't used it so I can't comment, but I can imagine where 8 time slots would be very useful. The P series also comes with several pre-programmed "day programs" like randomized weather + sunrise/sunset + moonlight. It's alot more customizable in this aspect than my S series.
All in all, I like this set very much even though I'm just using it for very "basic" biotope tanks. I'm sure you can squeeze more use out of its functions when using it with more "complex" tanks like planted or marine tanks.
In relation to your exact questions:
1) For the Maxspect Mazerra, I think the stock freshwater set up is ok, but if you prefer a more "white" and less "yellow" look, and you don't have many red plants, you can ask DE Lightings to swap the LEDs for you at no additional cost. Depending on your preference, you can go with all 16 cool white for example. DE Lightings is very friendly and experienced with the set. You can ask him for his opinion as well based on his other customers' wants/needs.
2) See above. Generally, people use 6500K when using fluorescent bulbs. Cool white is 7000-8000K so perfect for your use (e.g. get all 16 cool whites). However, if you have red plants, I believe using some warm whites will allow the red colour to "pop" alot more as the warm white LEDs do come with high red spectrum. You can replace 2-4 warm white LEDs to bring out the reds for example. There are basically 16 slots for LEDs, and you can pick and choose the colour/position of the colour temperature you want. Cool white and warm white are the 2 you want to play around with. Cool white is white, and warm white is more yellow to the naked eye (though it brings out reds well).
3) I would say 2 units should be sufficient for a 322 high tech tank. If you find it insufficient, then you can always add an extra unit later. That's the beauty of the Mazerra set.
Hope the above was of some help to you
Last edited by illumnae; 2nd Mar 2012 at 11:38.
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