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The second one looks like it has a diffuser lens. Not sure if that would be good or bad, I'm guessing that's done that way to reduce glare or for a wider dispersion. That one is IP65, 100 beam angle, not sure what the PE wire is. Between these two, I'd use the other one
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If you think about the sun in the sky for an average of 12 hours a day, 2-3 hours in the morning and evening are at a small angle to the surface of the ocean with little penetrating light, but I am not a scientist and just thinking at a small angle much of the light bounces off and does not penetrate.
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Thanks for the clarification on the lights - that makes sense now
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11/15/2017, 01:48 PM | #9782 |
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Back to the subject of the thread and the light discussion and some new reader doesn't get confused - I keep my ATS lights on 12 hours.
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11/15/2017, 05:12 PM | #9783 |
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Decided to let my screen go 14 days instead of the usual 7 day scrape.
Pretty happy; got more growth & stayed nice & green with almost no yellow die back. Interesting growth in that despite the thickness & lushness there's no long strands hanging from the bottom of the screen. Last edited by Scrubber_steve; 11/16/2017 at 01:03 AM. |
11/16/2017, 07:49 AM | #9784 |
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Ok guys, Help me out there. I have to find a RELIABLE replacement option for my LEDs. I have approx a 7x7 hole cut in either side of my ATS enclosure, and now BOTH of my fixtures are dead. I dont mind building the LEDs if necessary, but I need it to be relieable and reasonable cost. I was considering building something using the Plant growth LED clusters from Led-group-buy (I used the reef version for my tank), but those are NOT cheap. They are about $60/ea just for the LED cluster, then I need to buy drivers etc. That will likely end up costing me $250 easily for two of those. So I am asking what are you guys using??!! I need something low profile.....
These are what I was using (50w grow lamps)
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Well i got impatient and bought 2 of these. They are not red, but they look to be a decent option. I chose the Warm White version
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11/16/2017, 12:40 PM | #9786 | |
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11/20/2017, 12:11 AM | #9790 |
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Has anyone tried using screen from outdoor screen enclosures?
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11/20/2017, 08:40 AM | #9791 | |
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I'm sure they're good, I've used thousands myself
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11/20/2017, 03:14 PM | #9792 |
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Those LEDs from Steves seem AWFULLY expensive. If these LEDs that I ordered from ebay (assuming they last) are a FAR greater value.
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So here is my feedback on solar ATS.
It's been running for two weeks now with nearly no growth! I realize it's November and Texas isn't the brightest in terms of sunlight, but I was still expecting something. The new outdoor tank has seen its fair share of fluctuations due to the massive move or rock, sand, coral, fish, inverts and algae... temperature variation went from 64 to 87! Most things survived though. Only a few coral died but I suspect that was mostly due to the salinity, Alk and pH swings during the moves. So I had expected the scrubber to consume the biproduct and turn it into algae but the weak sunlight just didn't cut it. I put my PAR sensor on and here's what I see: So I went from 1500 PAR 24 hrs a day to a 1000 PAR for 4-6 hrs! I do get early shading from the fence and greenhouse sides but clearly not enough. I added 2 x 100W LEDs for 19 hours to supplement the solar... will update as I have more.
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Oh and the ATS tank did tip over in the garage while moving it solo... just a little water left but I couldn't grab it in time...
Pods worms rubble sand and even coral bits everywhere! Thankfully, all the algae was safely secured in containers.
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"Pods worms rubble sand and even coral bits everywhere! Thankfully, all the algae was safely secured in containers."
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Weekend growth photos
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But for ~$20, these new lights are fantastic
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I am setting up a 20 gallon fusion peninsula and my middle chamber was going to have a small chaeto fuge. I know that I won't be getting maximum efficiency out of that chamber. so can anyone think of a way to add an algae scrubber to the middle chamber? I would like it to be waterfall style but any style would work. Any ideas?
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