Kessil LED Lights.

[ian]

Hi Guys.

At the last meeting i had a good talk to Nick from ACS about
the new kessile led lights that they are starting to sell.

After the meeting had finished Nick told me i could take home
one of the lights to try for a few months as i am looking to
replace my twin 250 watt halides.

SO,

I think this maybe a good idea for a bit of a thread,
so over the next few weeks i will try and tell you what i think.

Cheers Ian.

[ian]

Day 1.

I have installed the kessile led light on the left hand side
off the tank and removed the halide bulb.
There is still 2x T5 blues running full lenght off the tank.



Here are some pics of both sides of the tank, will start with
the kessile light side first ( left hand side)






And now the right hand side which is still under the 250watt
halides and blue T5.







The first difference i sore is that the shimmer on the kessil is far
superior than the one given off by the halides.
The next thing which i think is good,is that there is now glair on the wall behind and above on the kessile side of the tank,all the
light given off by the kessile unit is going straight down into the aquarium.( This pleases the wife,first thumbs up then ).

I will add some more pics and observasions as the weeks go
on or until nick asks for it back.

But up to now i am impressed.

Cheers Ian.

[SYRG WYATT666]

Gunna have some for my tank

[ian]

Me too,

Will after find out what bank to rob first ;D

[SYRG WYATT666]

meh might buy one a month before i get paid lol only need 2 for my 300

[sammeh]

how you doing with the light?

i have won one from nick on a comp acs did for xmas and am gonna set it up when it arrives

[ian]

Hi Pal,

Doing ok with the light, i have found that the sps corals
at the kessile end of the tank have ground quite a bit since
i first changed over from halides. Also i think that the colours
are starting to brighten up.

This also might be to do with getting my nitrates down to 0
and my phos down to 0.08 ( lowest i have ever had them ).

Getting back to the light, the shimmer effect given off by the
kessile light is realy good, much better than halides.
( If you like that sort of thing,I do )

The only problem with the led lights is that it doesent have
the light coverage like what the halides do,so with me having
a 5"x2"x2" tank i think i am going to have to have 3-poss 4
units which is going to make it a deer doooooo !!!!!.
Apart from that i think they are great,well made and neat.

( Which one are you getting because i think a mix off both
the white light and the more blue light would look good
togeather ? )

Cheers Ian.

[rob2563]

Hi Ian
Great thread
is there any way you can monitor the running cost of the LED

it would be good to know this so we can work out the true running cost of the unit

this information is worth knowing when it comes to asking the wife for some cash

The tank looks great, can't wait to see it for real.

Rob

[SYRG WYATT666]

Less than a 1/4 of running an mh very very cheap to run

[rob2563]

Thanks Jon
Happy Bithday

[ian]

Whats this !!! Your Birthday .

You keeped that one quite.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY , HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[rob2563]

Hi Ian
Information centre on the front page Birthdays today says it is

Unless there's a bug

wyattt666 Birthday today ;D

but his profile says its May 1st ?...

maybe he is royalty and has two a year ;D

[SYRG WYATT666]

the boards are been odd lately i am just getting my head around to build us a new forum but yeah i am 24 today lol

[sammeh]

its the 10k white one i won and am gonna set it up as a feature light over the centre of my tank