Fish tank with leds in living room

kupadupapupa · 03/10/2018, 09:54 PM

Right now I have a JBJ 28 with hood in the living room. I am thinking about upgrading the lighting to an AI Prime HD but I am worried that the light will have to be mounted quite high and might bother the eyes as the leds would be way above eye level. I don’t want to constantly see a bright light in my peripheral.

Has anyone experienced such an issue with their led lighting? If you think it will cause an annoyance I was thinking if it would be possible to tilt the front of the light downward and towards the back far enough to hide the leds from anyones eyes while sittin on the couch? But then I’m wondering if that would cause my corals in the very front of the tank to not receive much light.

2_zoa · 03/10/2018, 10:21 PM

Not sure what your jbj is sitting on, but my old bio cube was quite low from what I remember. I had the bio cube stand also.

My current tank is much taller and my light is about 6’ ish off the floor. My LEDs don’t bother me at all.
Now, an old halide I had at this height.....yeah. It had a sharp pinch in the periphery.

kupadupapupa · 03/11/2018, 01:24 AM

My jbj is sitting on the factory jbj stand. I would guess the very top of the tank is maybe 4ft.

rffanat1c · 03/11/2018, 09:14 AM

Depends on what you find annoying. My radions spill blue light on the walls but doesn’t bother me. A friend’s wife couldn’t stand the same light spill in his tank and she was 20’ away in the bedroom complaining.

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Ryan33 · 03/11/2018, 11:11 AM

This is the biocube in my room. The light spill looks worse on the photo but no one has ever said anything about being distracted by it.

Antegon · 03/11/2018, 11:32 AM

I ran primes for a while on a 29g in my main room. The bleed wasn’t that bad initially but I did have an issue with the spread. They also are V sensitive to splash, another reason they need to be higher. Just my experience!

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Ryan33 · 03/11/2018, 11:41 AM

The light in my picture is a jbj Orion sl65 not a prime although I should have went with the prime.

kupadupapupa · 03/11/2018, 02:34 PM

Ok thanks guys. I was just worried because my eyes are sensitive to light so I even had to install a dimmer in my living room to dim the living room lights all the way down or they would start irritating me.

BoisBlancBoy · 03/11/2018, 10:49 PM

Not to hijack the thread but how about the hybrid t5/led? I was thinking about this as well. Without a canopy and being able to see the bulbs while sitting in the living room trying to watch tv might be a bit distracting/annoying.

oldhead · 03/12/2018, 06:51 AM

I have primes over my 110. They are about 6" above my head since the tank is so tall. The tank is 4ft to the right of my couch. I have no problems

03/10/2018, 09:54 PM	#1
kupadupapupa Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 344	Fish tank with leds in living room Right now I have a JBJ 28 with hood in the living room. I am thinking about upgrading the lighting to an AI Prime HD but I am worried that the light will have to be mounted quite high and might bother the eyes as the leds would be way above eye level. I don’t want to constantly see a bright light in my peripheral. Has anyone experienced such an issue with their led lighting? If you think it will cause an annoyance I was thinking if it would be possible to tilt the front of the light downward and towards the back far enough to hide the leds from anyones eyes while sittin on the couch? But then I’m wondering if that would cause my corals in the very front of the tank to not receive much light.

03/10/2018, 10:21 PM	#2
2_zoa Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,840	Not sure what your jbj is sitting on, but my old bio cube was quite low from what I remember. I had the bio cube stand also. My current tank is much taller and my light is about 6’ ish off the floor. My LEDs don’t bother me at all. Now, an old halide I had at this height.....yeah. It had a sharp pinch in the periphery.

03/11/2018, 01:24 AM	#3
kupadupapupa Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 344	My jbj is sitting on the factory jbj stand. I would guess the very top of the tank is maybe 4ft.

03/11/2018, 09:14 AM	#4
rffanat1c Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Kenosha, WI Posts: 693	Depends on what you find annoying. My radions spill blue light on the walls but doesn’t bother me. A friend’s wife couldn’t stand the same light spill in his tank and she was 20’ away in the bedroom complaining. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/11/2018, 11:32 AM	#6
Antegon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Chicago Posts: 97	I ran primes for a while on a 29g in my main room. The bleed wasn’t that bad initially but I did have an issue with the spread. They also are V sensitive to splash, another reason they need to be higher. Just my experience! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/11/2018, 11:41 AM	#7
Ryan33 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 53	The light in my picture is a jbj Orion sl65 not a prime although I should have went with the prime.

03/11/2018, 02:34 PM	#8
kupadupapupa Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 344	Ok thanks guys. I was just worried because my eyes are sensitive to light so I even had to install a dimmer in my living room to dim the living room lights all the way down or they would start irritating me.

03/11/2018, 10:49 PM	#9
BoisBlancBoy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 258	Not to hijack the thread but how about the hybrid t5/led? I was thinking about this as well. Without a canopy and being able to see the bulbs while sitting in the living room trying to watch tv might be a bit distracting/annoying.

03/12/2018, 06:51 AM	#10
oldhead Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: New Jersey Posts: 527	I have primes over my 110. They are about 6" above my head since the tank is so tall. The tank is 4ft to the right of my couch. I have no problems