Current USA Sunpod 150w HQI

[kjord97]

I ordered a 36'' set of SunPod Lights 1064
36" 2 x 150 watt 9Blue Leds 9White Leds

The lights are great, well the Halides are great. The LEDS i have the problem with. I tried taking some pics of them while they are on, but the problem is you cant see them. You cant even tell they are on at night. It is like a dim flashlight. Is this the way they are suppose to be. My tank is full of flourescents and when I place my single 1 watt blue led that I got from ice cap, the whole room glows and the tank is great. The 9 blue leds that come on the SunPod dont even make my corals glow.

Is this normal? Are the sunpods LED's real dim? SHould they be real bright and able to light up a 45 gal tank. I do mean 18 leds you would think you would see some kind of light. They are on and working, you can tell a difference when you flip the switch. They have been like this since the day i recieved the unit. It has taken me a while to get back to you guys due to travel and I have been trying to find out if these leds are just dim.


This is from the advertisement
Panel It
The SunPod is the world's first and only fixture to feature both Blue and White Lunar Lights mounted on a removable LED panel. Each color is independently controlled - allowing you to use both colors for a gradual ramp up, or one color for nocturnal viewing. Our Moon White is the only natural white light replicating the glow of a full moon. The crisp white light casts a "moon-glow" over your tank creating a beautiful nocturnal environment. The Nocturnal Blue light casts a mysterious nighttime glow over your tank creating a viewable nocturnal environment while providing all of the benefits of a lunar light.

There is no possiable way to use the lights for a "ramp up " if you cant see them


I know several of you own these lights, do your LEDS appear to be real dim.

[kjord97]

I just want to know how bright the LEDS are suppose to be. They seem very dim, and dont even light up my 45 gal reef

[jmack]

Mine were bright for a couple of weeks then went dim; now i can hardly see them I have the Current Orbit PCS)

[dazed]

Mine are bright enough to light up my zoo's on the bottom of my tank; sounds to me like you do have a problem.

[1pix4c]

i got the same light on my 65
when i have just the blue lights on they light up my whole tank
a nice blue glow over the tank, i can see everything in the tank

[klasiksb]

I've got the 20" unit and everything seems to be working fine.

I don't think there supposed to be 'bright', there moonlights.

[scubaD]

I have the 20" model on my AP24. The blue LEDs cast a nice soft blue glow over the whole depth of the tank. The white ones light it up too much for the night I think but I use the white ones to start the ramp up in the morning and the sunset at night.