mattv Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Lets try this again. First off a little about my system. I did a diy on my leds thanks to rapidled and Upinders help. There is 42 3watt crees with no optics on my system with 24 royal blues and 18 whites run by a daylight controller. My tank is 30"x30"x24" connected to @ 250 gallon frag and sump system. The led lighting is brighter my last system that ran a 250w+175w MH and 2 24" t5's. The leds are more crisp and I love the blues at night! I have only had the display up and running since Christmas. Thought it would be fun to show the growth every two weeks. Enjoy! The first picture was taken 12/27/11 Today 6/3/12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 When you say a daylight controller are you talking a basic timer or are you using an actual controller like DA or Neptune? I have thought about tracking growth myself on a few a slowest growers since it seems they are not as slow as they once where, my purple monster (which is not for sale/trade -(nono))inparticular. So do have a place marked where you stand or set the tripod so you get the exact same distance camera setting etc-How retentive are yu-rofl I onnly laugh since I probably would-got to keep all things equal ya know-(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 When you say a daylight controller are you talking a basic timer or are you using an actual controller like DA or Neptune? I have thought about tracking growth myself on a few a slowest growers since it seems they are not as slow as they once where, my purple monster (which is not for sale/trade -(nono))inparticular. So do have a place marked where you stand or set the tripod so you get the exact same distance camera setting etc-How retentive are yu-rofl I onnly laugh since I probably would-got to keep all things equal ya know-(laugh) Your killing me(laugh) I am trying to shoot from the same spot by looking at the old pictures. The daylight unit is from rapidled and has three preset modes that simulate sunrise and sunset with the dimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaman30k Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Keeping an eye on this thread. Just picked up my first LED fixture after reading and seeing great result from those that have been using them for some time. So far I have been impressed but its a little early to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugenereef Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Your killing me(laugh) I am trying to shoot from the same spot by looking at the old pictures. The daylight unit is from rapidled and has three preset modes that simulate sunrise and sunset with the dimming. (laugh) Wow we are really scientific now (laugh) I like your growth tracking pictures. and I have to say the colors look really good too. Let me know when you are ready to frag some of these. I have had similar experience with LEDs. Although, there was a huge problem of hair algae, it has been resolved and my corals are back up and recovered very very quickly. Just took some pics myself with my phone and thought I'll share one with you on your thread!! The polyp extention is great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Updated the first pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriz2fer Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 You have one radion over a 60 gal? How's the spread? People are using 3 radion over 48" tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 You have one radion over a 60 gal? How's the spread? People are using 3 radion over 48" tanks. That's why I did a diy. I would have needed at least its two for this 90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Matt, your growth is insane! I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaman30k Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 You have one radion over a 60 gal? How's the spread? People are using 3 radion over 48" tanks. Yup just one. They are rated to cover a 2'x2' footprint which the tank is. I don't remember any dark sections at 8" above the water. It's currently running at 100% intensity at 14k with great polyp extension on the sand bed. Sent from my ADR6350 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriz2fer Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Nice I would like to see some pic your you tank sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 http://www.pnwmas.org/forums/showthread.php?30571-My-LED-90-cube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriz2fer Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I seen your tank already...lol I was talking about josh tank, I want to see the way the radion looks with one fixture over the 60 gal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 update! New picture. Love these led's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadams7 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Wow! That thing is growing like a weed! I've got to get myself a calcium reactor. Are you dosing anything else besides calcium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Wow! That thing is growing like a weed! I've got to get myself a calcium reactor. Are you dosing anything else besides calcium? No. I am a lazy reefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Dog Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I've seen Matt's LEDs in person and they are amazing. Beautiful color on all the corals, along with great growth. Things look even better when he puts on the blues....makes everything look electrified. Makes me wanna get LEDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandinga Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Lookin good matt. How is growth on other stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 Update. So far so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Update. So far so good! It actually looks terrible-totally proves the point of all those threads I have read were LEDs just make SPS turn brown and die, unless of course its not LED's in general but something more specific like the fixture they have (or had) is a POS or maybe they shocked the corals to death, or maybe they suck so bad they cant grow algae. But then again it could just be that LEDs just wont grow SPS since they lack UV and dont have the correct spectrum and they just dont have enough, uh, what else oh ya maybe enough people using them that actually can keep corals alive!!!! Baaaaaaaa Looks good Matt, but I wish you would have kept this a secret, its going to make it difficult to sell all the MH stuff I have- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted April 6, 2012 Author Share Posted April 6, 2012 I have 3 set's to sell soon so I feel your pain and in hindsite I shot my self in the foot with this thread! Speaking of uv I just ordered 7 uv led's to add so we will see what that brings to the party:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherguy30 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Looking great mang!!! That some insane growth action! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattv Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Some updated photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burningbaal Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Some updated photos (worthless) where are those photos EDIT: j/k, of course...I'm guess you're about to upload them or the upload messed up or something...I am curious to see new pics, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 They are updated on the the first page..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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