Some Dude's Reef - led's vs halides post 347

[Paul28]

look for the color pop

i stare at computer monitors to long now im blur vision haha

[Big_Pun]

look for the color pop

oh yea ..... I think Cory did a good job matching the two, without turning up the blues like most people do. very nice Cory

[CoryDude]

Thanks Chris. At 100% they pretty much look like a 14k bulb. But I turned the blues/red/green back a bit.

Good catch BBQ, you can tell by the shimmer lines. Halides on the left and led's on the right.

[Paul28]

Thanks Chris. At 100% they pretty much look like a 14k bulb. But I turned the blues/red/green back a bit.

Good catch BBQ, you can tell by the shimmer lines. Halides on the left and led's on the right.

Do you like the Led better the MH ?

[350gt]

What are the intensities for the 14k look?

[CoryDude]

Do you like the Led better the MH ?

Overall yeah. I don't like the multi colored shimmer lines. But the color temp, the fact that I've replaced 250w of heat with only 65w, and the controllability have swung me over the fence into the led side. I may still run two vho's for aprox three hours during the peak time of the day. Nothing still comes close to the look of the UVL vho's bulbs.

What are the intensities for the 14k look?

Ai says running all the colors at 100% gives you a 14k look. I'm running the whites at 90%, all blues at 95%, and red/green at 70% during the peak photoperiod.

[350gt]

Cool, that's where I'm at on blues, whites are lower at 60 during peak..... Red and green are at 30%,
guess I will turn them up!!


how high above the water are they?

[CoryDude]

Cool, that's where I'm at on blues, whites are lower at 60 during peak..... Red and green are at 30%,
guess I will turn them up!!


how high above the water are they?

I'm only a week into it so I may adjust the colors. But having them right next to the halides let adjust to match the Phoenix bulbs pretty closely.

My light rack has them about 7 inches above the waterline. Troy came over and noticed that the area dead center near the top is a little dark so I'll probably raise the lights up a few inches.

[350gt]

I believe ai recommends them at 4-6" awl..