Post from Sanj:
Hi Saintly,
I understood peoples scepticism when the Aquarays came put in April, information was so sketchy, but since then there have been a few successful tanks amongst those who were brave enough to take the plunge. Have you seen George's Tank under Aquarays?
I am currently setting up a reef aquarium and will use soley LED lighting. I am confident having seen a few 6-9 month old setups with thriving soft coral and LPS coral setups. it already seems to be working for both environments and this is first generation in the UK.
I understand the issue of the initial expense, although it does pay off in a couple of years at todays leccy prices. You are right though they will come down in the future.
There are other makes around; Green skies, Eleos a few others i cant remeber the name off, but they are very expensive at the moment and have ot be imported.
There is a lot of pressure to move towards energy efficency and reducing power demand in europe, that is one of the big reasons i think LEDs are going to gain popularity over the next few years.