When in the market for a new led light, reading real life user reviews are often at least as interesting as reading about the technical specifications. Because Philips claimed it’s CoralCare LED light will change the way we look at aquarium lighting, it is even more clear that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. This article describes my experiences in using these lights for over five months.
After receiving the CoralCare LED lights, I hung them over my tank and connected them to the CoralCare controller. The manual was clear, and actually not even needed: all components were designed in such a way that many people would be able to install the lights without even reading the manual.
在我的计算机上安装CoralCare软件并将控制器连接到计算机之后,乐趣就可以开始了!该软件带有一个实际上非常有用的预设程序。但是,当然,我们所有人都喜欢调整……幸运的是,白天更改色点和强度是轻而易举的,并且控制器还允许实时观察发生的事情。
Also, it is possible to run the whole 24-hour cyclus in just a few minutes to avoid any unwanted surprises. The programs can be saved on the computer so they can also be shared with other reefers. The controller can be connected to most aquarium computers as well.
The dimming is not done with pulse width modulation (PWM) as Philips says it is possible frequencies used in PWM might interfere with the photosynthesis in the zooxanthellae of the animals we keep. Any intensity and any color point between ink blue and yellowish 6500 K can be chosen at any moment of the day.
My first impression was that the spread of light is way better than what I have seen from nearly all other LED-fixtures. Only some very wide fixtures such as the Triton LaniLED are comparable. The spread can really be compared to what we’ve all seen from T5-fixtures over the length of the whole tank.
To my personal taste, T5 light is too ‘flat’ without shimmering. The combination of T5 with Metal Halide lights solves that problem. The engineers at Philips found a trick to get really close to this effect: next to offering a very broad spread without any hard shadows the CoralCare light also produces a very nice shimmering effect without any ‘disco ball effect’.
Color rendition is another important factor in aquarium lighting. I must say, I have seen fixtures that made the tank look nice from a distance, but were not able to offer a spectrum that made the inhabitants show their natural colors. Philips did a good job. With this light, the animals show their true colors in a vivid way. Fluorescence of the corals with fluorescent pigments is also good. Coloration of the corals has improved slowly since installing these lights.
如今,众所周知,良好的LED固定装置将生长珊瑚。根据我的经验,这些固定装置也会。自从我用Coralcare固定装置代替以前的设置以来,Triton-Fluids的装饰略有增加。我必须说,我只是讨厌修剪,我不打算最大的增长。
Growth in my tank is partially stunted by the presence of certain fish that aren’t entirely reef safe (Chaetodon Mitratus,C。Tinkeri,pygoplites diacanthus, 一对Centropyge colini还有一对Oxymonacanthus halli)。这些鱼也选择在the corals and thus limit their maximum growth.
我认为,当放置在具有更具珊瑚友好的鱼类的坦克上时,这些灯的真正生长力量将被揭幕。自安装这些灯以来,我确实在水箱中看到了很多新的增长技巧。我没有看到任何动物的负面反应。
如我所提到的有关飞利浦Coralcare LED的上一篇文章,没有风扇,所以灯光完全安静。我必须说,在用嗡嗡作响的MH固定装置,带有嘈杂的粉丝的T5固定装置和LED-FIXTURE的坦克之后,在固定装置和驾驶员上都有多个风扇,这确实使这些固定装置完全保持沉默,这确实是一种缓解。
我在6月20日安装了这些灯th今年。拜访我的Reefer朋友说,坦克看起来比以前更好,新灯非常模仿受信任的T5-MH组合。我的坦克尺寸为110 x 70 x 80厘米,从角落到角度都很好。
I feel that these lights are capable of lighting a bigger area but due to the way I have built my reefscape, one light would not be able to light the tank as even as these two. Demanding sps and Tridacnid clams do very well on the bottom of the tank with a water level of nearly 80 centimetres. I think that a few pictures speak more words than you would want to read