Kessil Tuna Blue Dimmable Special Blend LED Aquarium Light
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Great RSM 130 / 130d Upgrade
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FRIEDRICK SIEGMANN
Excellent!
Posted: 5/4/2013 from MURFREESBORO, TN UNITED STATES
5.0
5
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Comments:
I cut away RSM 130d front and side trim and went rimless. After tons of research and input it was clear the A350w was the led for the RSM. Kept inTank media rack. Tossed Tunze 9002. Moved Tunze 3155 to media rack and threw in Aquamaxx Hob-1. Clamped the Kessil to the back plate over the power center with the A350 gooseneck. Looks alsome!
The A350w spread is perfect. No hood retro fit can match the Kessil pedant spread and natural shimmer. No more hood up and down for maintaince. No more hood fan noise and vibrations. The Kessil led is dead silent, no water heat, no more six month bulb life, saves money over the RSM hood energy, looks like a whole different reef and all invertabres / corals love it. I ran it for 6 weeks on an 11 month reef and less nuciance algae. Jerry the CSR @ Kessil is super too.
Kessil is at the forefront of reef led technology!
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Kessil 360W Tuna Blue
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JEFF ATKINS
Excellent!
Posted: 4/25/2013 from LENOIR CITY, TN UNITED STATES
5.0
5
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Comments:
Good Lord within 2 hours my Zenia was pulsing like never before! Think this ones gonna be a keeper. Beautiful shimmer, complete color control and brightness knobs to fine tune to your liking! AWESOME!
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AWESOME LIGHT
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ROMAN
Excellent!
Posted: 4/15/2013 from TX
5.0
5
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Comments:
I HAVE 2 OF THE A350W ON MY 120 GALLON, LPS DOMINATED WITH SOFTIES AND ALL OF MY CORALS ARE THRIVING, THE COLORS ON THE CORALS POP!! NOT TO MENTION THE GROWTH AND EXTENSION OF THE CORALS. I REALLY LIKE THAT YOU CAN TUNE THE COLOR OF THE KESSIL TO YOUR PREFERENCE YOU CAN GET THE LOOK YOU ENJOY, ALSO IT REALLY HELPS ACCLIMATING CORALS EASIER,THE SHIMMER YOU GET FROM THIS LIGHT IS BEAUTIFUL NO VIDEO ONLINE DOES IT JUSTICE, FAN IS SUPER SILENT , YOU CANT BEAT THE SLEEK LOOK OF THIS LIGHT SIMPLY AWESOME
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More light
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IVAN TOSCANO
Great
Posted: 3/14/2013 from Bonita, CA UNITED STATES
3.5
5
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Comments:
Great light, I have a 60 gallon rimless cube. The only thing I have a complaint about is the light penetration, I wish light would reach down more an cover a larger radius. I have some dark spots In the corner of my tank. I can easily fix this by making the lights higher but then my light wont reach my tridacna clams below. Currently I have 2 a350w to cover my tank. Lots of money and
Light for such a small tank.
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Eh
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KEVIN BIAS
Average
Posted: 1/15/2013 from Laramie, WY UNITED STATES
3.0
5
Experience Level:
Beginner
Comments:
I would say that I neither love or hate this unit. I have been using it for about six months now over my nuvo 38 and all of my corals look really good (besides a few sps that died off and I don't think it was because of the light). The pros would definitely be how bright this light is. Holy cow this thing is bright! I mostly run it around 50%-60% of it's output. However, the spread of light is pretty dismal to say the least. Bigger tanks would need at least several of these if you didn't want any dark spots. This is my biggest issue with the light. About a week ago I decided to ramp up the light to about 90% output for the day to see how my corals would react. Two hours into my experiment and the light was getting extremely hot to the touch and then started flickering on and off. Every 5 minutes or so it would turn itself off for about 10 seconds and then kick back on. I decided it would be best to leave the light where it was and I haven't had any issues since. With that being said I wish I would have saved my money a little bit and bought a better unit.
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misleading
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RICH SYKES
Average
Posted: 12/7/2012 from MOUNTAIN HOME, ID UNITED STATE
3.0
5
Experience Level:
Expert
Comments:
as i read all the reviews and doing my research for the best LED lighting...these were the one everyone was raving about. Yes they are great and my corals love them,.....but on a large tank you will need at least 3-4 of them to get the same lighting as three metal halides. everyone else said two would me more than enough for my 125 gallon tank.."no Way" both ends of my tank are very dark. if i could send these back and get the 350w that might make a difference. but everyone...including customer service said that the 350's would be way more than i would need. boy were they worng interms of lighting everything up. I love the ease of setting them up and not having a Hooded lighting system on my office. Also the heat is gone, and my chiller does not come on quite as much which is a plus. I will have to order another 350 which is another $ 399 not very happy.
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Are you kidding!!!!
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JASON FINAN
Excellent!
Posted: 11/11/2012 from LAKE FOREST, CA UNITED STATES
5.0
5
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Comments:
I could grow just about anything with this light. SPS, LPS and softies. Within a few weeks my corals are responding. Vibrant colors and extended polyps. Job well done Kessil.
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Kessil
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Lion
Excellent!
Posted: 11/1/2012 from ECATEPEC ESTADO DE MEXICO, ME
5.0
5
Experience Level:
Expert
Comments:
Excellent¡¡¡¡
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Kessil A350w
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ROGER EDEL
Excellent!
Posted: 10/27/2012 from New York, NY UNITED STATES
5.0
5
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Comments:
What a difference! I was running a bank of six ATI over my 65 gallon reef tank. It's my first salt tank and its been up and running for a year now. I have mostly polyps and plate, a few open brain, leather...
They love it! Have started to grow, colors are much more vivid! I am running only one of these using the goosneck and it does fine. The only place that is a bit dim are the very top left and right corners. I am in the process of ordering a new 110 gallon tank and ill just add another one when I get it.
You will not be disappointed!
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Kessil LED`s
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CHRISTOPHER TEETS
Great
Posted: 10/14/2012 from CEDAR LAKE, IN UNITED STATES
4.0
5
Experience Level:
Intermediate
Comments:
I have had reef tanks for 20+ years. I am an electrician by trade. I love the small compact size of these lights. Took me about 5 hours to make the transition from my metal halide hood to these pendants. I hate the stiff thermoplastic cords. They don`t shape well. The cords are plenty long to put the transformers down low out of sight. They don`t come with any mounting provisions making them difficult to mount on the aluminum plate that I chose to mount the timers as well.I like the ability to change the color of the light very much . So far I am very happy with my purchase. We`ll see what the utility bill is in a month. If I did the math correctly, It will take 5 years to break even on power consumption. This does not factor in the reduced cost of cooling or lamp replacement. $1200.00 to light up a fish tank is stupid expensive. I also hate the fact that they are made in Tiawan!
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