Looks very bright Rick. Can you possibly wire it to an auto-dimmer?
I created a video to show a fellow member how this fixture looks like. I thought maybe someone else might like to see it as well.
Here's the video:
This Aquatic Life EDGE LED 24" light is the one I specifically bought off of Amazon for $126 shipped.
So far the fixture is great for my set up. I do not plan to have plants in this tank, only sand and Driftwood. With sand, i would imagine the light would look even brighter since it wouldn't be BB and would reflect more light off the sand.
Pros:
Cheap price (for what I was looking for)
-very bright
-adjustable
-manual override
-sunrise/sunset
-built in timer
-really long cord w/ power brick
-easy programming
Cons:
-No controller
-Each bank can not be cycled through out the day. What I mean by this is, say you like only the bright white lights, and you turn them on in the morning, then, you set the multi colored lights to come on after the white, well, after that you can no longer program the white lights to come back on after that initial setup. Not a big deal, but I thought I would mention it for someone wanting to be switching banks back and forth through out the day (not sure why, but I felt the need to include that). However, one scenario where this is a big deal, is if you have a rest period through out the day. Say that you want your light to come on at 10am, and turn off at 2pm, and come back on at 6pm, well, there isn't a way to program it in this fashion. Which leads me to the next con
-No back up battery. If you disconnect the fixture, then you lose all your settings. Which means you can not plug it in to your own timer and set it up for a dark period through out the day.
-No hanging option
I will update this as I get more hours in to the unit.
Last edited by rickztahone; 05-16-2014 at 12:54 PM.
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Looks very bright Rick. Can you possibly wire it to an auto-dimmer?
DiscusLoverJeff
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I am looking for something very similar to put over my 60" tank. I like the height you have it at as well. I will look into a 48" fixture.
You are right about the separate banks of lights. It would add a different dimension to the tanks appearance.
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They have an ebay store as well:
http://stores.ebay.com/Aquatic-Life-...=p4634.c0.m322
If your looking for cheap LED fixtures these cannot be beat:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aquatic-Life...item3cdfbd58b5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aquatic-Life...item3a8db54cec
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aquatic-Life...item3a8f76ef81
These are your barebones fixtures, no timers etc ( I find those accessory's more trouble than they are worth for my needs). Multiple fixtures can be linked together for more light.
Last edited by nc0gnet0; 05-20-2014 at 07:17 PM.
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I just bout a set of these. One blue and one blue and white. I didn't like the fluorescent fixture that came with the new tank. They're not here yet but I expect good results.
~Victoria
My blue one came in today and man is it bright. I took a quick picture so you could see it. The other isn't here yet.
~Victoria
Hello - I have four of the freshwater version with red white and blue .50w leds. On ebay they started at TEN DOLLARS!! for a 20 inch. Very good bargain. Really shows the colors on the fish.
Woodduck
Ricardo, question on this fixture. Does it save it's programming if the power goes out? or becomes unplugged?
Pat
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The one I have Pat, has a backup but I've only ever had my power flicker not go out for a long period of time. When my power has flickered and gone out for a short period of time during a summer storm, the battery back up did keep my time settings.
~JACKLYN~
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I think we will find that it does not retain the settings. Which means it has to be programmed while on top of the tank. A bit awkward on a large tank mounted in a canopy
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Want to look like Al did at his ACA talk with his white Simply Polo shirt?(You can catch Al's awesome Discus talk HERE)
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