WHY DON’T YOU HAVE LED YET?

[CoryDude]

Karin, don't get me wrong. I totally agree with you that the controllability of the led's make them totally awesome. There's just too much data that points to the superiority of led technology. BTW, those were some really nice pics you posted!!!

But, for me it comes down to just being old fashioned. It's like the houses at christmas that are lit by led christmas lights vs those with old incandescent lights. There's just a different "feel" to the led's that seems cold. Or, the fact that I prefer listening to some music on vinyl vs electronic format.

Who knows, after I get the led's setup for my wife's tank, I might just convert and dump the halides on my tank.

[tonyydeee]

Which, btw, are very good. You have great talent for your age.

::ahem:: Take some senior pics for people and pay for it!

Haha I'm going to! I did last year (:
And thank you!

[Europhyllia]

Here you go Alton. The most close up one I have was the POTM for March:


and just from the tank:


No worries Cory.

I am actually not even clarifying it for you specifically but more for people that read this thread now or in the future and think: oh wow LEDs are always too blue - I don't want that. ;)

I really loved Troy's tank and he has MH over it. So I definitely don't think LEDs look *better* than MH. MH are beautiful.

Just replacing bulbs all the time, dealing with heat issues (especially unacceptable for the seahorse tank) and the whole energy consumption wasted for heat that needs more energy consumption through a chiller to make it usable for my purposes is beyond of what I would like so they're out of the question for me.

Aesthetically I can therefore only compare T5s and LEDs and I like LEDs aesthetically a heck of a lot better than T5s. That's all.

[alton]

Thanks Karin for posting. Once again I am jealous.
Okay I am telling my wife next years pay checks for teaching are going to LED lights.
Probably won't but it sounded good?
Sure glad she doesn't read MAAST, I would be in more trouble than I already am.