Light recommendations

[William B]

My current light is almost 5 years old and Instead of replacing the LEDs I was thinking of getting a more controllable light.
Iam interested to here if anyone else has a similar tank and fitted a non juwel lighting system. I know I can upgrade to the new version, but it's alot of money with the controller. Plus not sure it's worth it. Maybe something that can be modified to fit my tank? A twinstar light?
Info on my tank;
Juwel lido 200,
co2 injected (inline diffuser)and 2x tnc doing. (High tech)
Fluval 407 half filled with media and a 1000phr powerhead.
I don't want to increase light intensity now, just something more modern and controllable, with the ability to increase light intensity when required.
Thanks,

 

[oreo57]

28"x 20" x 26" deep approx. 55 gallons
There are dozens of possible lights worldwide.

My current flavor of the day is this one
You would probably need to ditch the hood

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Airpro 600 should fit.
$270 USD approx.
Just pick the freshwater rgbw version

 

[jaypeecee]

My current flavor of the day is this one...

Hi @oreo57

Have you ever experimented with lighting that emulates natural sunlight/daylight? Companies like Waveform Lighting and Kyocera seem to be active in this form of lighting?

Here's a couple of links:

Aquarium Lighting Products | Waveform Lighting

Spectral considerations in aquarium lighting applications are crucial. Our products feature high PAR output lamps optimized for aquarium vigor, health and appearance.

www.waveformlighting.com

KYOCERA Develops World's First Full-Spectrum LED Aquarium Lighting; Innovative technology mimics sunlight at specific underwater depths; designed to optimize growth of corals and marine plants | News Releases | KYOCERA

Kyocera announced that the company developed the world’s first full-spectrum LED lighting for aquariums.

global.kyocera.com

JPC

 

[oreo57]

Hi @oreo57

Have you ever experimented with lighting that emulates natural sunlight/daylight? Companies like Waveform Lighting and Kyocera seem to be active in this form of lighting?

Here's a couple of links:

Aquarium Lighting Products | Waveform Lighting

Spectral considerations in aquarium lighting applications are crucial. Our products feature high PAR output lamps optimized for aquarium vigor, health and appearance.

www.waveformlighting.com

KYOCERA Develops World's First Full-Spectrum LED Aquarium Lighting; Innovative technology mimics sunlight at specific underwater depths; designed to optimize growth of corals and marine plants | News Releases | KYOCERA

Kyocera announced that the company developed the world’s first full-spectrum LED lighting for aquariums.

global.kyocera.com

JPC

Yes. I've used Luxeon " fresh fish" cobs which are 6500k and 95 plus cri
Also SORRA 5600K violet pump 95 plus cri.
Any of my arrays can be balanced to high fidelity as well.
With those since I don't have a way to. actually measure cri I go by how " white" the light is on a white surface.
There currently are some Bridgelux EB cobs with high fidelity and cheap.

The other than diy lights are nice but a bit pricy/watt

There are studies that show a slight deviation from " perfect" is considered more err" pleasing".
Particularly at spots below the black body locus
A bit " magenta".
Point is high cri whites best any low cri whites any day but will be judged ( humans) a tad less pleasing say over 6500k high cri but supplemented with a tad amount of 660nm red.
RGB is another story as are any lights with low k but high cri ( measured by a different standard).
Point is " perfect daylight" is a choice with an upside and downside.
Very pleasing overall but less punchy than some of unnatural spectrums.

Plants generally don't care

 

[jaypeecee]

Hi @oreo57

Thanks for your reply. I'm using an old Samsung Tab to write this reply, which is quite a challenge! Will get back to you again when I'm back at my laptop.

JPC

 

[Mr.Shenanagins]

Yes. I've used Luxeon " fresh fish" cobs which are 6500k and 95 plus cri
Also SORRA 5600K violet pump 95 plus cri.
Any of my arrays can be balanced to high fidelity as well.
With those since I don't have a way to. actually measure cri I go by how " white" the light is on a white surface.
There currently are some Bridgelux EB cobs with high fidelity and cheap.

The other than diy lights are nice but a bit pricy/watt

There are studies that show a slight deviation from " perfect" is considered more err" pleasing".
Particularly at spots below the black body locus
A bit " magenta".
Point is high cri whites best any low cri whites any day but will be judged ( humans) a tad less pleasing say over 6500k high cri but supplemented with a tad amount of 660nm red.
RGB is another story as are any lights with low k but high cri ( measured by a different standard).
Point is " perfect daylight" is a choice with an upside and downside.
Very pleasing overall but less punchy than some of unnatural spectrums.

Plants generally don't care

I considered a DIY build with fresh fish and some blues, reds, and cyan to enhance even further with customizability. Lost interest due to time constraints but it honestly seems the best route to go for customization and bringing out the colors you want.

 

[oreo57]

How to get the best of both worlds..
Important stats highlighted..
R(g) and R(f) = 100 in a perfect world..
This used lux z's but the same can be built with Rebels.
One could add " regular blue" .
Of course each bin of a single color can be slightly different nm wise.
Point is with no whites you avoid some yellow dulling