[karnivor]

Things are moving on with this technology at quite some pace now. I dont think it will be long before i'm building one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqYl0ksLlho...player_embedded

[jason@jasonsaquatics]

following this with huge interest


jas

[BOM8ER]

jason@jasonsaquatics, on Aug 5 2009, 11:22 PM, said:

following this with huge interest


jas

Me as well, looks amazing

[lindsay]

Serious lights .

[ben]

pros and cons?

[chriss]

The video is quite old now, well relatively speaking. From the thread on UR, the tank does have water in now and some rics, but frustratingly, they seem to be very slow at providing anymore updates.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthre...hreadid=1629428

[jason@jasonsaquatics]

I think there is a long way to go but i do believe this is the future of reef lighting

Any updates guys will be very welcome

yours


jas

[karnivor]

jason@jasonsaquatics, on Aug 7 2009, 08:13 AM, said:

I think there is a long way to go but i do believe this is the future of reef lighting

Any updates guys will be very welcome

yours


jas

Actually, there isnt a long way to go at all, it just requires the industry to accept Aquatics as part of their portfolio.
The lighting technology is already there and prices will be tumbling very fast.
The only missing ingredient is the spectrums that aquarists prefer to use. This is not a major stumbling block as it EXACTLY the same principles as MH lighting in that it uses mercury vapour as it main light producer and metal halides to "stain" the light to the desired kelvin.
There is much confusion among people about this technology and it is often confused with Sulphur Plasma lighting which is a completely different animal and has never shown any major promise.

Basically, you just need to produce the right bulbs and you have it.

I would have no hesitation in building one of these beasties if I could get hold of some kit at the sort of prices they are targetted to be. The last time I emailed Luxim, they wanted $1000 for an evaluation kit + duty and VAT makes it an expensive experiment.

Now if I was thinking of building them on a commercial basis....well, thats another story.

[Simon Garratt]

A few of the guys over the pond have seen these up close and personal, and are very impressed. The punch is unbelievable.

There was/is one being used on a tank at the Stienheart as far as im aware and the general opinion was that it was a very crisp natural light that creats very strong glitter lines due to its smaller point source when compared to other light sources. plus the spectral chart appears to be very even across the range when full on.

I was having a chat with the man from luminarc and there are plans to play with one in a luminarc reflector to see what can be done.

The other interesting thing is that as you turn the input voltage down, the spectrum shifts more towards the blue.

Regards

Simon.