Custom building my "New Frag System" picked up my glass yesterday

[14 foot reef]

Super interested to see the atlas in action! Was considering them for my 240 build.

They will be hear Friday or Saturday !!!

 

[14 foot reef]

3 Quanta Atlas hung with RMS mounting hardware. So slick and sturdy.

Next Wire management !!!

Only set to 150 watts in these photos, you can manual adjust up from 150, 200, to 250 max watts with the built in waterproof toggle switch.

 

[14 foot reef]

Par,Pur & spectrum lights set at 13" above water line, par meter is 13" below water surface, so meter is 26" from the Quanta Atlas lens. 740 Quad Core led's per fixture !!!!!
I took readings at center directly under lights then all the way against the front glass under the 6" x 3/8" Glass euro brace !!!!!!
Remember, the lights are set only at 150 watts, the lights can go all the way to 250 watts.

All these readings are before the dome reflectors are installed, these numbers should jump up 15-20% once the domed reflectors are installed.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

wow! i really like those!

 

[minus9]

Nice! I would love to see what one fixture covers and the par distribution in a 3x3 area?

 

[legalizedreefer]

Nice! I would love to see what one fixture covers and the par distribution in a 3x3 area?

I really hope one of the other YouTube channels picks up the PAR testing like this in the style that BRS does. If Ryan doesn’t get back to making videos for YouTube we are at a loss for this sort of data

 

[exnisstech]

I really hope one of the other YouTube channels picks up the PAR testing like this in the style that BRS does. If Ryan doesn’t get back to making videos for YouTube we are at a loss for this sort of data

Probably won't happen unless some other vendor does it. Too much cost for a hobbiest to do it.

This may be the perfect single light option for larger cubes (non nano)

 

[14 foot reef]

Nice! I would love to see what one fixture covers and the par distribution in a 3x3 area?

Luca has all this data in a 4'x4' box he did during all his development of the fixtures.
As soon as he gets out of the weeds, the data will be on his website. Give him time, he is overwhelmed

 

[legalizedreefer]

Luca has all this data in a 4'x4' box he did during all his development of the fixtures.
As soon as he gets out of the weeds, the data will be on his website. Give him time, he is overwhelmed

How many of these would you recommend for an 84” x 36” acro dominant display?

 

[minus9]

Luca has all this data in a 4'x4' box he did during all his development of the fixtures.
As soon as he gets out of the weeds, the data will be on his website. Give him time, he is overwhelmed

Yeah, I figured he was going to be overwhelmed with emails and DM’s as soon as he released those clips. What’s funny is, I was looking at these reflectors (but smaller) to mod my Kessil’s a few years ago and thought how they could really do something with LEDs, but I couldn’t find something that would fit. Having been a halide user for decades, I felt that LED manufacturers were missing something and not considering the technology that created the gold standard of lighting and not utilizing reflectors. I get the physics of strike back doesn’t really apply with diodes, but at least one person was willing to do the work. Thankfully we have hobbyists like Luca and Daniel forging the way forward. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!

 

[JeffB418]

740 Quad Core led's per fixture !!!!!

Are they quad core? I thought the bars were but I didn't think these fixtures were.

 

[14 foot reef]

Are they quad core? I thought the bars were but I didn't think these fixtures were.

They are single Diode with 720 of them in each light.

 

[Dburr1014]

How many of these would you recommend for an 84” x 36” acro dominant display?

2 or 3 would do it.
At $500 each, cheap to light it. May need bars at the ends, depends on your goals.

 

[14 foot reef]

How many of these would you recommend for an 84” x 36” acro dominant display?

I'm gonna try to get Luca to Chime in on this ..... I don't want to answer incorrectly.
On my 72" x 48" I am running 3 Atlas and will add 2 new Helix bars on the sides.
On a 36" wide by 84" long I would guess Luca would say 4 Atlas. But I will get him to chime in

 

[legalizedreefer]

2 or 3 would do it.
At $500 each, cheap to light it. May need bars at the ends, depends on your goals.

That’s what I was hoping to hear. I don’t have that tank yet but it’s my next upgrade and if I can light it for just above the cost of one single radion I’m super happy. The way I look at it, I’d need to add supplemental bars no matter which main fixture I go with

FWIW I already have 2 of the quanta reef crest on my 4ft tank and love them. So I’d definitely go with more quanta bars in the future

 

[legalizedreefer]

I'm gonna try to get Luca to Chime in on this ..... I don't want to answer incorrectly.
On my 72" x 48" I am running 3 Atlas and will add 2 new Helix bars on the sides.
On a 36" wide by 84" long I would guess Luca would say 4 Atlas. But I will get him to chime in

Still…. 4 Atlas + 4 (6 foot) bars would be a heck of a lot of light for a fraction of the cost of going with radions/blades

 

[telegraham]

Yes the Atlas are Quad Core

@JeffB418 is correct. The Atlas does not have quad-core diodes.

 

[14 foot reef]

Are they quad core? I thought the bars were but I didn't think these fixtures were.

I am sorry I did answer that incorrectly. The Atlas lights are single Diode, with 720 of them.

 

[Solo McReefer]

Back & 2 Sides set, I always stop at this point so I can get inside the tank and clean all the seam joints with a razor blade. I will wait till tomorrow to do the seam clean, that way everything is set, and not tacky. Very easy to clean up with this process.
I'm sure 10 people will say this is incorrect, but been using this technic for 20 years building glass tanks.

Left Side and back get set first.

Now right side gets set

now will let dry until tomorrow then climb in and clean up excess caulk after pressure tooling the seams.

Looks like you've done that before

 

[EvanStagnaro]

What are your plans for selling? Are you intending to have an online store and ship? Super awesome build!