Tank Pics Switched to LEDs growth pics

well I said I would never do it but I switched the display to LEDs. It's been about two weeks and so far so good. Corals haven't skipped a beat. My beanch mark for success will be alk and calcium consumption. I dose two part so I know exactly what my tank consumes. If it drops off then I know the corals aren't growing as rapidly as with the halides. Just figured I would also post pics of a couple smaller corals and update this thread monthly with pics of the same corals.

Up first is acropora Tera del fuego


Next is reef nation ghost tort


Acropora nasuta


Acropora plana and his little known green beans buddy behind him.


Will try to update monthly.

 

Lol auto correct got me again. Says little known green beans buddy from now on that coral will be known as green beans acro

 

El cheapo reefbreeders

 

Lol the heat off of those 400w Radiums was a killer in the summer man. If the LEDs don't work out I'm going to try a Ati power module.

 

31in have them set at 75% blues and 50% on whites. Par at this setting is comparable to my 400w halides and to the eye looks like 20k.

 

These lights have zero disco ball effect what so ever. They have a slight shimmer but nothing like halides. But the shimmer means nothing to me. Other than the shimmer these are indistinguishable from my halides to the naked eye.

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If I do decide to stay LEDs long tearm I will get better ones than these eventually.

 

Club par meater

 

I set it to about 800-900 at the surface and I'm getting 250-300 on the bottom.

 

Please elaborate?