Manda,

I have not used the LED lights, I have only used T5 HO Florescents. There are a number of threads started by Martin, Tracy (addicted2plants)

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3351673/led-experiment?n=139

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3356221/adenium-martin-in-denmark-part-iii?n=316

Not sure if this will work for me to get the threads to you.

When you go to Adeniums forum, at the top type in LED Lights and it will show "LED Lights in Adenium" and click on this, it will bring up threads related within the Adenium forum.

Rick

I have an led panel sorta like that. It was a little prcier than that but not much and I got it a couple years ago its over a planted aquarium. They are bright. They make a little heat but not like a halogen or sodium light. It wouldn't get hot enough to hurt an adenium. They don't need to be as close to the plant as fluorescent lights. You can buy a light meter that measures intensity in foot candles and lumens and compare its brightness to sun outside. The sun outside is brighter than you think. We don't really notice because our eyes adjust.

I used one MHydro 600W light last year. I just purchased another one so I can cover all my new plants. The MH lights are great, and I was surprised how far I had to keep the light or burn the leaves.

You should start the light around 3 feet, and adjust from there.

Jedoba, Is your Mars Hydro with all white lights or multi? I remember looking last year at them when Tracy & Martin where posting of them and I thought they where all white lights.

Rick

They look like little white chips when off. Pink light when on. I have some older ones blue and red. (The older ones are not Mars hydro though.)

Okay, yes these resemble the ones I had looked at. I noticed that with Jericson's Aquaponics set-up, it looked like the lights where of different colors. Curious as to what difference it would make other than them being different light spectrum?

Rick

Does anyone have the 300W or 600w and one of the Reflector series? Any idea if the Reflector series is better than the older ones?

Tracy uses the Mars Hydro Reflector series (green colored body).

Rick

Manda i have a 400w COB led its great i have it set up in an old frog tank my DR seedlings are growing my wife has put orchids in and a fly trap all good i allso have a 1000w for my large plants in winter and 2x fluro set ups for my seedling germination

I researched the reflector series but chose the other because of two issues reported with the reflectors: they are brighter, 3watt versus 5watt, which causes them to burn out sooner, and produce more heat.

Thank you guys for all the info. I just ordered one of the older series. I figure it being my first led light grow panel it shouldn't be bad.