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Finnex LED owners unite! or at least join the club

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Do you have a Finnex light? Fugeray, RayII, MonsterRay, Planted+, Fureray-R, Mighty Ray - If it's a Finnex LED then join the club and show us your setup!

The lighting threads are always full of pics, links and recommendations on Finnex lights - it's about time we had our own club too. They are a sponsor of the forum as well!

In light of the image remove, here is the cut and paste to repair your sig:

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Some useful info:

Finnex sponsor room on this board. Factory Rep Lowe monitors all the time and will answer question when the bat signal is lit!:
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=145

PAR data charts for current fixtures, be sure to match your model and length to find the chart for you:
Fugeray and RayII models

Monster Ray PAR data

If you have any other ideas or info for this top post I'll add it here. Let's see those journals and pics!




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#139 ·
does anyone have pics of 2 finnex LED fixtures bracketed together and hung over a tank?

thinking of hanging over my tank, but looks like the height really messes with PAR. Wondering how it would look if I had 2 fixtures mounting to each other.

I want enough light on the lower parts of my substrate for a good carpet.
Right now I'm hoping to have a Ray2 mounted ~19" above the substrate. Will try to get it closer, but there's a piece of drift wood poking out of the top of the tank

2 Ray2's? lol
 
#145 ·
yes, having two ray 2s on a 75g is too much light, in my opinion. One ray 2 should already give you high light. It depends on how deep your substrate is. If you want to add red leds you should get the finnex monster ray. Apparently, people have the ray 2 + monster ray combination with good results
 
#150 · (Edited)
Just some basics, 1/4" acryllic, measuring tape, drafting skills, laser cutter, and plenty of patience. Through trial and error, this latest version is the most pleasing. The quality material used shows best along the edges and curves where light refracts. Time on the laser is expensive but the end result is nothing achievable by hand.

This has been running for several weeks on a tank with no co2 and zero dew or water marks on the Finnex Ray II lamp. The light spread is far wider and less intense at the substrate level. The design works well on rimmed tanks where I have the Ray II and MonsterRay running in tandem over a 40g breeder. Looking to manufacture a few more if anyone's interested. its only going to be a limited run due to time constraints.
 
#151 · (Edited)
Still time to join the club?

I upgraded the light on my 20 long with a Finnex Ray2. WOW! What a difference. My plants started to pearl once I upgraded my Marineland single-bright to the Ray2. My aquarium addiction has since grown and now also have a 29 gallon planted community that I hope to replace with a new LED system (currently running a single t8).



Sorry for the poor cell phone pic.

In case the pic didn't work, here is the link:

http://imgur.com/lUOHCOc

link to some vids of my tanks:

http://www.youtube.com/user/oahusurfr
 
#152 ·
I upgraded the light on my 20 long with a Finnex Ray2. WOW! What a difference. My plants started to pearl once I upgraded my Marineland single-bright to the Ray2. My aquarium addiction has since grown and now also have a 29 gallon planted community that I hop to replace with a new LED system (currently running a single t8).

http://imgur.com/lUOHCOc[IMG]

Sorry for the poor cell phone pic.

In case the pic didn't work, here is the link:

[url]http://imgur.com/lUOHCOc[/url]

link to some vids of my tanks:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/user/oahusurfr[/url][/quote]

You're going to have algae problems soon if you're not running CO2 (I don't see any drop checker or diffuser in your tank). It may be heaven for some otos though!
 
#156 ·
24" Fugeray on a 10 gallon is what I run. PAR is insane at the depth of the 10 gallon so i needed to place a mesh screen thing to act as a filter for the light. Reduces the PAR from like 80->40 which makes it a lot more easy to manage the tank. Also, at 50 PAR you can pretty much grow anything. Maybe use the smaller fugeray.
 
#163 · (Edited)
I have the fugeray+R clip on for my 7.5 gallon cube, I've seen great growth in the dwarf sag and all of the anubias plants are putting out a leaf every 3 weeks. I am definitely getting a 30" Ray II when I redo my 29 gallon tank!

EDIT: Oh no, was I too late? Are people still being added to the club? I just realized this thread was started almost 2 months ago.
 

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