Unboxing & Setup- The ¿BEST? Reef LED Setup in the Hobby - Without Sacrificing Quality yet LOW COST!
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Today, we are discussing why I switched from the very popular and possibly best selling light. The EcoTech Marine XR15 Radions. Instead, I chose to replace them with the all new Quanta Lights Atlas.
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I love that aquascape looks great!
wow that is some lighting! Great video!
Yeah I’m a fan of white light & full spectrum but that’s really white 😅. Interested to see how it looks once the blue T5 bulbs come in and especially later with some blue LED bars for supplementation.
Your fish looked gorgeous under this light. I am guessing with the dimmable control you will be able to go to the increased par in increments - it is a big jump in par from your previous set up and might upset your corals.
Thank you! I thought so too but amazingly, the corals have reacted very positively. I will say I only ran them without the contrability feature for 3 days. I've been able to control them since.
Great Review Dennis! I figured I'd give you my quick and dirty review as well. I've been running the Quanta Atlas on a Red Sea Reefer170 for 2 weeks now. I have it set at the 150w setting and running through my Hydros controller at 25% with an AI Blade grow for supplemental blues.
Pro for me:
- Price. For a light fixture with power to easily grow acro and anything else it can't be beat.
- Durability. These lights are built to industrial standards. They are in fact industrial lights used for warehouses and anywhere that lights are hung high and need to be last.
- Power. I think the 3 level power supply is the saving grace for this light. If I wasn't able to use it at 150w, theres no way I could have used the light.
- Dimmable. Again, I realize other lights are app controlled right out of the box. but this light having that 0-10v dimmability makes it usable on more tanks.
- Flexibility. All of this adds up to this light being able to be used on a wide range of tanks.
Con's for me:
- Spectrum. Some will not like how white this light is. It tends to make purples look brown to pink and there is really no pop of colors used standalone. Very natural light. And shows all of the problems in the tank.
- Needs Supplemental Light. The spectrum gives the coals everything they need. However, for viewing and that pop we all love you need to supplement with a blue or actinic add on light. That really hurts the affordability aspect.
- Dimmable. Yes I called it a Pro, and it is on an otherwise undimmable Chinese industrial light. But the cluster is only dimmable to 10%. So anything under that and the light shuts off. Keep that in mind when setting it up.
I will be running this light for the foreseeable future. But after running it for a few weeks now I really can't say it's for everyone. This is coming from a Kessil a360x over the RS170. That light did all it needed to for the tank and was more adjustable. But man I really dig the natural light look.
Definitely agree with all of this. I had no clue of the dimmable to 10%. It definitely isn't for everyone. These are commercial lights for sure. Thanks so much for your feedback. Definitely will cover those on my long term review.
Cheers Dennis 🤙🏽
Tanks are looking 👀 awesome 🤩
Likewise my friend!
Great job sir, tank is looking Awesome as usual ... Definitely an option for down the road when i actually get off my butt and get some corals, witch i want to talk to you about. I always watch everything you up load and look forward to them as well. keep trying stuff out for us so we can save some money. That's the biggest problem with this hoppy .. Have a great day brother.
My memory doesn't always work as I want it to. Did you tell me before that you serve in the military?
@@queencityreefs no sir , my son did does that count lol.
@@wes9412 lol it can count for a discount!
great video on those lights!! thank you
I am looking forward to getting my quanta lights soon. I’m running the Reef Flare pro blue and haven’t been really satisfied with them.
I don't have any experience with them or know anyone that does but from the content that is out there, they weren't too appealing. Which Quantas did you get?
@ getting the meso blues. I’ll eventually get the helix at some point but heard great things regardless of the models
@adamhudson6812 most definitely. Keep me updated on that. I eventually plan to add those to my system. More for the Coral pop as these lights don't need any supplementation from a PAR perspective.
Wow those are bright! I’ve been following the release of these. Appreciate the par test and review! Excited to see more
Thanks for watching! Any particular questions? Id love to have specific questions that I can talk about on the follow-up long term review.
@ I’m interested to see how to add the ability to ramp up and down. I briefly watched telegrahams video. I also look forward to seeing the spectrum with one of Lucas blue led lights on it too! I’m not sure if I’d be a big fan without a little bit of blues
That's definitely a downside but if the blue bars can counter all the white, I'll be extremely happy.
@@queencityreefs I’m sure it will! I’ve been thinking about just throwing a light bar on top with the radions
@Semper.Reefing that would also work. Bars are a great way to provide better coverage. I'm actually thinking of eventually covering my other tanks with just bars.
Great video! I love my Atlas and meso blues!
Good to hear! I added blue Actinic to the T5 fixture and the Atlas still over powered it lol. So with the meso Blue bars, it blend in and makes it a bit bluer?
Yes it helps, but it’s still not blue like most people are used to. I’m a halide user, so it’s great.
I don't mind it. Definitely not looking for "ab+" look. Just a bit of that blue hue when both on. What I meant though, do the meso Blue lights alone (with Atlas off) give that nice bright florescence?
Yes, the MB’s have great color “pop” when it’s just them. Because their spectrum is just blue and violet, they’re designed to fluoresce and highlight those colors/pigments. What’s really nice is they have a nice subtle shimmer to them. If you replaced the T5’s with the helix meso blues, would have control of dimming them as well and they would give you that “pop”.
Looks awesome!
I love the ATi Stratton pro’s as well , dream lights , but can justify the price £1800 to cover my tank . , I added 2 ai blade grow to my 2 ai 32hd’s to help with the shadowing off my tank , as have 70% sps . Lights you bought remind me a lot off MH from good old days . Couldn’t beat them for growth and giving out a usable uv .
Yes, they do give a MH look w/ out the UV though. I wish it did have UV. But I will tell you that the corals have responded so well. Not just a small barely noticeable difference. A true polyp extension difference. Now to see how much they grow and how fast. I miss the blues. But eventually i'll get that with their bars. Just need to save up for that LOL.
@@queencityreefs led uv just gives colour , doesn’t give the uv rays that MH does that corals can take in ( uv-b I think ) . Yeah light bars will help balance the your tank out .
Your corals be loving the increase par , bathing in the sun light 😎.
Very interesting light. Thou .
I’ve been a fan of your channel and appreciate your input on this light for sure.. I’m still running halides on my display so this led is right up
My alley. As with halides, for a display it requires a lot of blue light to balance it out and get the pop. These atlas look like halide light to me. They look f-ing awesome. To balance it would I would leave the t5 hood (2 blue + and 2 actinic), but I would also add 2 blue reefbrite xho or the Quanta equivalent of it. The t5 and led strips would be long photoperiod with the atlas only coming on 3-5 hours per day as needed. This is like 20x lighting increase for your xr-15s lol. High energy reefing!!!
Thanks for the feedback and support! 🙏
Great long-form vid. Those Atlas are beasts! Something to check…measure the wattage of the Radions and the T5 combo. Once you get your 0-10V set, I think you’ll see that you PAR/watt is higher with the Atlas. You will save on that electric bill.
Again, great vid! 👊
What's up Telegraham! Maaaan I'm impressed for sure.
Polo Reef just put out a video with the guy from ReefBrite and they just show cased a "50/50" strip light that made the corals look incredible, straight up T5 in LED form (imo).
I love how the fish watch you from the other end "whats this guy doing now..."🤣
I saw that episode. I'm looking forward to seeing the Hydros ReefBrite! Might just add that as supplemental for this setup.
Yes, ain't it funny how they stare at you. I'm telling you. These fish have their own personalities. The copperband will literally peck at the glass asking for food!
Waiting for you to restock the cotton candy torch!
You just missed it! It was but someone purchased it this past weekend.
@ darn. Hopefully you have some soon
Those look super slick! I like the 0-10 outlet option for more controllability. Have you thought about replacing the T5s with some quanta bars? Maybe the meso blue to add that color pop?
Oh, I absolutely am going to. I have to heal from this purchase first though. So it will be a 6 to 12 months before I do. Unless I can sell these ASAP and use that money towards the Helix Bars.
Paint those reflectors black!
For sure. But I am thinking white too!
They look great. Too white for me. I like the blue spectrum a lot more.
They for sure aren't for everyone but I'm definitely going to configure my system to have the best of both worlds.
I bought their light strips and they put out twice the par than reef brite the quanta lights are incredibly high quality and they look beautiful
Thanks! Good to know!
Buy the messa blue light strips they will put out more par than t5 and there spread is better and they will last 5 to 7 years
He has a newer bar version. It is the quanta light Helix. Meso Blue too I think so we may be talking about the same one. I will be doing just that. I just installed the Actinic Blue and while is more blue, I don't see it when these Atlas are on. They are overpowering the spectrum and still look white LOL WOW
@@queencityreefs I bought the helix got them two weeks ago two daylight and two messa blues they are dimmable could only use 3 on my 75 gallon tank I am using 1 daylight and two blues and it’s enough light to grow sps
And the helix lights are cheaper than any high quality strip light on the market
Halide NOTHING is better when it comes to spectrum and par for ON/OFF.
No disagreement here. The real UV you get from Halides is definitely missing from all, if not most, of the led lights out there. Just wanted to share that this is another LED option that exists and is really good. Thanks for watching! 🙏
I will pass. I try my best not to buy anything made in China especially when there are options from the US. China is a horrible country and I do my best not to send them my cash.
the keyboard you are typing on is literally made in china genius....
Too long of into my man
I think you should learn to handle your lights better putting your greasy palms all over the bulbs is not a great idea. If you’re gonna handle like that, you should have gloves on.
🙏👌😉 Will you please come clean them for me? Teach me!
I see you don’t take positive criticism too well😂 at least I see your true colours now by your reaction and your remarks.
@Weimeraners maybe think how you go about giving the positive criticism, came across a little bit harsh and condescending.. and bulbs? who calls LEDs bulbs 😂
@@skeptics_reef5575 I’ve been in the hobby 30+ years I know what makes an LED and they’re called diodes! Any other smart ass remarks?
@@Weimeranersdude your such a loser