The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread

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Originally Posted by shilala

Now I'm really strongly considering LED lighting for the tank

I have not done much if any reading since they came out, right around the time I bought my T5
hood. I was simply buying closeout for price. So there was no way on the LEDs. However, like
anything there are kinks to work out, and those first fixtures were WROUGHT with problems. In fact
I think that many of the problems are still there. Random LED failures, entire strip failures, and
NOWHERE near the durational performance they were sold at. "It's the last light fixture you'll
EVER BUY!"...."All the light with none of the heat!"...."LEDs Don't burn out like light bulbs!"
None of which turned out to be true. I say stay with what you have, ESPECIALLY since
you got drug into starting this back up at great cost to yourself. Let the newness of your rig
wear off, have a few disasters again, and then think, "Hmm, good thing I didn't spend $800 on LEDs.

I have a "night lite" led on my fixture, and i can tell you it IS like a semi-strobe effect, but it DOES
produce shimmer in a way. I guess if you are going to extrapolate out to 17 years, it's a good buy,
but as with any reef tank, I predict disaster, the LAST disaster, way before then, lol.