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Our second product showcase will feature one our most popular bulbs, our 14k Full Spectrum PAR Bulb.
24w 14k Full Spectrum G2 Dimmable PAR38 - $84.99
While LEDs have brought with them many super blue tanks, full of corals glowing like they are other worldly, we recognized that there are still many people out there that prefer a more naturally colored tank. Many folks are still running halides, for the sole fact that they don't like the color of most LED fixtures, or that they find LEDs make their coral's colors look washed out, and don't get good growth with them. Well, in many of these cases, they are just looking at fixtures featuring the wrong spectrums of light all together.
When we started designing one of our first PAR bulbs a few years back, we knew that most of the LED fixtures out there were just missing something. They felt too cold, and washed out the colors of coral. Not to mention, the lack of growth they produced. So, we started experimenting.
The first place we looked was studying as much information we could on photosynthesis. Most corals contain a photosynthetic algae in their tissues called zooxanthellae. This algae, while not identical, behaves very similar to the chlorophyll in plants, more specifically chlorophyll A, and people have been doing detailed research on plant growth for years. Much longer than most of this hobby has been around!
What we found was basically a few things. What we already knew, which was that blue light was very important and usable, specifically around the 455nm wavelength. There was also a spike in usable around the red spectrum, specifically at 660nm. And we needed white diodes to produce light what was very visible to use to see what was in the tank. So we started testing bulbs with red white and blue combinations (which later led to our refugium bulbs). The color just wasn't pleasing for a coral tank, even with just 1 red diode. So we thought about light and how colors mix and realized that we had two of the three parts of white light! If you mix red, green, and blue light together, you get white light. However, based on the studies, the green spectrum was not all that beneficial for photosynthesis, so we looked for a spectrum that was very close between the blue and green color spectrum. What we found was a greenish blue color called cyan that peaks right at 495nm. Mixed with the red and blue, it did its job to tone down the the intense red diode which was overpowering the mix, and at the same time, providing a bump at the end of the blue spectrum, where most blues don't produce. We ended up with two different variations of this bulb, which we really liked and would become our 20k Full Spectrum and 14k Full Spectrum. We later released a second generation of these bulbs, upgrading the whites to neutral whites, and making the bulbs dimmable.
These have been two of the most popular bulbs we sell. However, our 14k bulb is a bit unique in that we don't know of any other similar bulbs on the market that produce the same spectrum as our bulb. What's even better, is we have had multiple people, who claim to be hardcore halide folks, give our bulb a try on their smaller tanks, and tell us this is the first LED light they have seen come close to looking like halide, and this bulb might change their mind about LED! Not to mention the following reviews we have received also:
"This light is nothing short of spectacular, and as for the price and quality you can't beat it. The customer support of this company is remarkable and their products are top of the line. My corals are flourishing and my tank has never looked better. I ordered another as soon as it was available for my second nano tank. If you haven't had the pleasure of using or seeing one of these bulbs order one or two, I promise you can't go wrong!"
"This is a awesome light. I removed my T5 lights off my biocude and replaced it with the 24w 14000k. Instant color change in some corals. Some got more vibrant after a couple of days. Would highly recommend this light."
"This Par 38 bulb is fulll spectrum and well made. Avoid the cheaper knockoffs that do little or nothing for your photosynthetic animals. I switched from T5 x 4 lighting to LED's a few months back after I came across this site. Best decision I ever made"
So, that's our 24w 14k Full Spectrum dimmable PAR38 in a nutshell. You can get them here:
24w 14k Full Spectrum PAR38
Thanks for reading, stay tuned for more product showcases!
24w 14k Full Spectrum G2 Dimmable PAR38 - $84.99
While LEDs have brought with them many super blue tanks, full of corals glowing like they are other worldly, we recognized that there are still many people out there that prefer a more naturally colored tank. Many folks are still running halides, for the sole fact that they don't like the color of most LED fixtures, or that they find LEDs make their coral's colors look washed out, and don't get good growth with them. Well, in many of these cases, they are just looking at fixtures featuring the wrong spectrums of light all together.
When we started designing one of our first PAR bulbs a few years back, we knew that most of the LED fixtures out there were just missing something. They felt too cold, and washed out the colors of coral. Not to mention, the lack of growth they produced. So, we started experimenting.
The first place we looked was studying as much information we could on photosynthesis. Most corals contain a photosynthetic algae in their tissues called zooxanthellae. This algae, while not identical, behaves very similar to the chlorophyll in plants, more specifically chlorophyll A, and people have been doing detailed research on plant growth for years. Much longer than most of this hobby has been around!
What we found was basically a few things. What we already knew, which was that blue light was very important and usable, specifically around the 455nm wavelength. There was also a spike in usable around the red spectrum, specifically at 660nm. And we needed white diodes to produce light what was very visible to use to see what was in the tank. So we started testing bulbs with red white and blue combinations (which later led to our refugium bulbs). The color just wasn't pleasing for a coral tank, even with just 1 red diode. So we thought about light and how colors mix and realized that we had two of the three parts of white light! If you mix red, green, and blue light together, you get white light. However, based on the studies, the green spectrum was not all that beneficial for photosynthesis, so we looked for a spectrum that was very close between the blue and green color spectrum. What we found was a greenish blue color called cyan that peaks right at 495nm. Mixed with the red and blue, it did its job to tone down the the intense red diode which was overpowering the mix, and at the same time, providing a bump at the end of the blue spectrum, where most blues don't produce. We ended up with two different variations of this bulb, which we really liked and would become our 20k Full Spectrum and 14k Full Spectrum. We later released a second generation of these bulbs, upgrading the whites to neutral whites, and making the bulbs dimmable.
These have been two of the most popular bulbs we sell. However, our 14k bulb is a bit unique in that we don't know of any other similar bulbs on the market that produce the same spectrum as our bulb. What's even better, is we have had multiple people, who claim to be hardcore halide folks, give our bulb a try on their smaller tanks, and tell us this is the first LED light they have seen come close to looking like halide, and this bulb might change their mind about LED! Not to mention the following reviews we have received also:
"This light is nothing short of spectacular, and as for the price and quality you can't beat it. The customer support of this company is remarkable and their products are top of the line. My corals are flourishing and my tank has never looked better. I ordered another as soon as it was available for my second nano tank. If you haven't had the pleasure of using or seeing one of these bulbs order one or two, I promise you can't go wrong!"
"This is a awesome light. I removed my T5 lights off my biocude and replaced it with the 24w 14000k. Instant color change in some corals. Some got more vibrant after a couple of days. Would highly recommend this light."
"This Par 38 bulb is fulll spectrum and well made. Avoid the cheaper knockoffs that do little or nothing for your photosynthetic animals. I switched from T5 x 4 lighting to LED's a few months back after I came across this site. Best decision I ever made"
So, that's our 24w 14k Full Spectrum dimmable PAR38 in a nutshell. You can get them here:
24w 14k Full Spectrum PAR38
Thanks for reading, stay tuned for more product showcases!