Steves Leds

[Sophie1213]

So in other words if you know what you're doing, you're fine

 

[SilverSurfer]

Wow, well that sounds like you need an engineering degree in order to put your light together unless you get the 99% complete premium option in which case why get a diy to save money certainly not saving anything. Those leds, heatsinks, and fans better be stellar :wink:

 

[Sophie1213]

Lol right?? I think you'll be better off with rapid led, and at lease their instructions are much more helpful

 

[SilverSurfer]

Yeah I have used them before with no issues. Just saw all his boisterous claims and thought well this could be good but it sounds like more trouble than its worth and seems like your paying the same or more so wheres all the savings he mentions repeatedly?

 

[Chris_W]

It's true, they're not the easiest lights to get working. Even with the 99% complete option, the instructions they provide aren't the best. It took over a month of searching before I got mine working properly. It's honestly why I didn't go with them again. They definitely work when you get them going though.

 

[Sophie1213]

Haha so there is hope! You haven"t had any problems with your fan have you? That's the biggest complaint I've read about

 

[SilverSurfer]

So the lights are good once you get them working? Hows the color? How did your corals look/react? Were they better than other leds or just skip it and go to radion?

 

[Chris_W]

They're pretty good. I personally went with the 52's on my current tank because i didn't like all the wiring and i wanted a little more control over the individual diodes. Here are a few pics from my old tank. I was keeping a sebae on the sand in a 30' deep tank with steves led's.

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[SilverSurfer]

Cool thanks for the pics. Pretty good doesn't sound like its worth the money and hassle?

 

[Sophie1213]

So I recieved the cord saturday, finished everything today since I had the hood at work with the tank. I will update with photos tomorrow

 

[SilverSurfer]

Sweet thanks for the update. Looking forward to the pics.

 

[Sophie1213]

 

[Chris_W]

Looks good! Was it easy to get wired up?

 

[Sophie1213]

Wiring was super easy! Would I do it all again? No probably not haha. I guess I'll see what I like more though, since I ordered an AI prime for my other biocube. At least with that I can see if theres a growth difference since I have had chinese leds on there for about a year

 

[SilverSurfer]

Wow looks really purple or is that the camera?

 

[Sophie1213]

The led option I chose had more blues. It was one of the 14k series and had a lot of blue and royal blue. So it does look pretty purple. Even though it's purple it (so far) has shown colors very crisp which is nice. Hopefully I get the AI prime in a few days and I'll have before and after photos of the chinese leds versus the prime

 

[SilverSurfer]

Awesome

 

[Sophie1213]

Yeah I hope they look sweet! They were semi on sale at marinedepot for 179 instead of 200 which was cool

 

[SilverSurfer]

Always cool to save

 

[Sophie1213]

before

after