wow nice setup! very organized as well. How do you like you reef keeper lite?

God...I just bought another Vertex Illumilux LED fixture, 50% 450nm (royal blue) , 50% 470nm (blue) for my display. Going to take off the T5 actinic fixture sitting on the top of my other two Vertex fixtures and put it on my sump with 10,000K bulbs in it. The new Vertex fixture will bring my wattage up to about 110 watts, all Cree XP-E 3 watt emitters. Okay, my display lighting is a little over the top for a 20g but this new fixture will give me more of the 450-470nm range, a bluer look but more important for Zooanthellae. I will post a pick when its up and running over the tank.  


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God...I just bought another Vertex Illumilux LED fixture, 50% 450nm (royal blue) , 50% 470nm (blue) for my display. Going to take off the T5 actinic fixture sitting on the top of my other two Vertex fixtures and put it on my sump with 10,000K bulbs in it. The new Vertex fixture will bring my wattage up to about 110 watts, all Cree XP-E 3 watt emitters.

Didn't you think that 120 watts of LED's over my 75 gallon was a lot lol?  Better get some sunglasses for those Chromis haha 

Quote from: babyreef on November 01, 2011, 05:12:30 PM

God...I just bought another Vertex Illumilux LED fixture, 50% 450nm (royal blue) , 50% 470nm (blue) for my display. Going to take off the T5 actinic fixture sitting on the top of my other two Vertex fixtures and put it on my sump with 10,000K bulbs in it. The new Vertex fixture will bring my wattage up to about 110 watts, all Cree XP-E 3 watt emitters.

Didn't you think that 120 watts of LED's over my 75 gallon was a lot lol?  Better get some sunglasses for those Chromis haha  

Whats the break down on your lights in Kelvin rating and how many hours do you keep you lights on for?

If I ran mine all at once it would break down to  18 X 3w 450nm , 6 X 3w 470nm , 12 X 3w 7000K all Cree XP-E.
36 emitters X 3 watts = 108 watts total. Yes, probably too much for a 20 gallon.

Thanks for the details, Looks like we are running about the same % of whites vs blue and for the same period each day. Most companies seem to be going with 50/50 white/blue variations. I am wondering if it is for aesthetic reasons mainly or it is considered the best mix for marine tanks. Ecotech's Radion is adding the green and red spectrum to their fixtures, I believe it is more for aesthetic reasons, make those corals pop. I have heard and read that green and red spectrums are not used by most marine life. Green and red are used by mainly algae and plants. Stemming the question...pleasing to the eye or to the coral? I'm sticking to science and sticking with only the spectrums that can be utilized by what I want to grow in my tank. The Radion is an expensive RBG LED light that can be tweaked by the user simply by mixing the colours to achieve an eye popping spectacle in the tank. I wonder if users who choose more green and red end up with more algae, cyanobacteria, or other problems, time will tell.