wspangler01 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I build these light almost 2 years ago. I ran them until I broke the controller while switching tanks. I love these lights and will incorporate them into my 150 whenever I get time. I bought a converter to control pwm signal through apex. Less options via apex, but still enough. I am copy and pasting from the original build. Hung over tank lights off. Just over 10%. I don't really have them completely dialed in to the color I want, but I'm getting close. The light looks a lot whiter in person. Each fixture consists of 1-BXRA-40E0950-B-03(neutral white) 4-Philips Luxeon M ROYAL BLUE 12 Watt LEDs 4-CREE XP-E2 Blue 1-Philips Luxeon ES Cyan 3 Watt LEDs 1-Philips Luxeon ES Deep Red 3 Watt LEDs 4-Exotic Hyper Violet LED - 430nm-lgb I am using the stormx controller which allows me to control each color individually. I can control each channel by 4096 increments which allows for a super smooth sunrise/sunset feature. Right now it takes 3 hours ramp up and 3 hours to ramp back down. I may adjust later. It also has cloud coverage and thunderstorms. I do not have these on right now. I want to put a screen top on my tank first. Right now I have all the colors across the three heatsink a wired together, but I have all the drivers I need already in place to control the colors individual across the heatsinks to allow for a rolling cloud and thunder. The controller had a spot to solder on a connection for a temperature probe. Here are the pics of each individual channel at 100%. White. Royal blue. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wspangler01 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 Blue. Cyan. Hyper violet. Deep red. At 50% it's visual as bright as my mh/t5 setup. At 100% it's crazy bright. I can't wait to check with a par meter. I still have to put the optics on if I choose. I bought narrow ( 54-60degree) with the plan on raising 8-18inches, but that's for a later day. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Looks like you did a great job. How is growth with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wspangler01 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 I tried out several optics. I went back and forth between no optics and 60° with the light hung almost 4' off the sand bed Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wspangler01 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 Looks like you did a great job. How is growth with them?Growth with them was just as good as the mh t5 fixture it replaced. Growth was a lot better in the 125 then my current 150, but I'm never home anymore to maintain it. My wife feeds my tank and I keep my ato reservoir and dosing containers full. Color on most coral looks good, but no accelerated growth.... but I'm off tomorrow first day in months!! Gonna do a water change and might buy one of those apex feeders. Might even hook the leds back up if I'm feeling motivated(.005% chance of that)Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wspangler01 Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share Posted September 13, 2015 I had my leds on the 150 for almost a day when I moved everything over. They were running with the halides as a supplemental. When I went to rerun the wiring and stuff behind the tank is when I broke the controller. Here is with out the leds and with them as supplemental. Just halides. Halides w/leds Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Nice, I'm using stormX on my led build also, but have t got around to playing with it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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