Comments on: How To DIY LED http://reefledlights.com Reef Aquarium Lighting Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:04:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-218 Bill Sat, 28 May 2011 03:21:38 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-218 Ryan It really depends on livestock. For SPS and clams on the sand bed here is our standard recommendation which is the equivalent to a 400 watt MH 36 Royal Blue, 12 Cool White & 12 Cool White XP-G for a High Noon. This will cover 36"x24" with the same PAR as a 400 watt MH with an awesome 20K look. With two 18" heatsinks you could use this mix with good results and cover your tank. For SPS and Clams I would do 120 LEDs Total. Bill Ryan

It really depends on livestock.

For SPS and clams on the sand bed here is our standard recommendation which is the equivalent to a 400 watt MH

36 Royal Blue, 12 Cool White & 12 Cool White XP-G for a High Noon. This will cover 36″x24″ with the same PAR as a 400 watt MH with an awesome 20K look.

With two 18″ heatsinks you could use this mix with good results and cover your tank. For SPS and Clams I would do 120 LEDs Total.

Bill

]]> By: Ryan http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-216 Ryan Fri, 27 May 2011 23:36:14 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-216 Hey I have a 120 gallon reef tank 48x24x24 what should I get? Hey I have a 120 gallon reef tank 48x24x24 what should I get?

]]> By: Bill http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-215 Bill Fri, 27 May 2011 19:06:31 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-215 Eric As a min I would recommend two 18" heatsinks with 12 XP-E Cool White and 6 Royal Blue. This is a fresh water minimum depending on the plants. Personally I would do a few more as the budget allows. For the Lunar 6 Regular Blue would work great. For Fresh Water Planted our Regular XP-E are more than fine. Bill Eric

As a min I would recommend two 18″ heatsinks with 12 XP-E Cool White and 6 Royal Blue. This is a fresh water minimum depending on the plants. Personally I would do a few more as the budget allows. For the Lunar 6 Regular Blue would work great.

For Fresh Water Planted our Regular XP-E are more than fine.

Bill

]]> By: Eric Von Roberts http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-213 Eric Von Roberts Fri, 27 May 2011 18:26:53 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-213 I have a 55 gallon aquarium and would like to be able to have some live plants in it . Could you suggest on a kit that would be suitable for me . I think the tank is 48 inches in length . I need to go the least expenisive as possible . Also would like to have lunar lights as well . Thanks for your time . Eric V. Roberts I have a 55 gallon aquarium and would like to be able to have some live plants in it . Could you suggest on a kit that would be suitable for me . I think the tank is 48 inches in length . I need to go the least expenisive as possible . Also would like to have lunar lights as well . Thanks for your time . Eric V. Roberts

]]> By: Bill http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-146 Bill Sun, 15 May 2011 15:47:07 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-146 Erik The BJB work perfectly with the XP-E. Two of our 12" Pre Drilled and Tapped would work well with the BJB Connectors. For Freshwater I would recommend 48 of our regular XP-E and 24 of our premium Royal Blue. This is based on spectrum. The Regular XP-E will give you better fresh water growth, The Premium Royal Blue will make your fish colours pop. For the moon light our 9 LED Kit will work quite well. Erik

The BJB work perfectly with the XP-E.

Two of our 12″ Pre Drilled and Tapped would work well with the BJB Connectors.

For Freshwater I would recommend 48 of our regular XP-E and 24 of our premium Royal Blue. This is based on spectrum. The Regular XP-E will give you better fresh water growth, The Premium Royal Blue will make your fish colours pop. For the moon light our 9 LED Kit will work quite well.

]]> By: erik http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-141 erik Sun, 15 May 2011 04:05:09 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-141 Hello i was going to switch over to LED lighting coming from T5 HO lighting. I currently have a tank that is 36"L x 18"W x 24" deep. This is a freshwater planted tank. I also wanted to have lunar lights for night. I eventually was going to install the neptune controller to this system. What would you recommend for a heatsink? 2x 18" or special order 1x 36"? how many LEDs do you think i should have for this setup. I was thinking about 68 Cree XP-E LED's. Also, do the XP-E LED's work with the BJB soderless connection? Hello i was going to switch over to LED lighting coming from T5 HO lighting. I currently have a tank that is 36″L x 18″W x 24″ deep. This is a freshwater planted tank. I also wanted to have lunar lights for night. I eventually was going to install the neptune controller to this system. What would you recommend for a heatsink? 2x 18″ or special order 1x 36″? how many LEDs do you think i should have for this setup. I was thinking about 68 Cree XP-E LED’s.

Also, do the XP-E LED’s work with the BJB soderless connection?

]]> By: Bill http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-128 Bill Fri, 13 May 2011 03:03:23 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-128 Fred The ELN 60-48D has a forward voltage of 24-48 Vdc. I would run two parallel strings of 9 LEDs on one driver and 1 string of nine on the other. You must adjust the output current for the single string to around 700mA. For the parallel string, adjust the total output to 1.3A works as thats what the driver is rated for 1.3A. Roughly 650mA will power each string. Bill Fred

The ELN 60-48D has a forward voltage of 24-48 Vdc. I would run two parallel strings of 9 LEDs on one driver and 1 string of nine on the other. You must adjust the output current for the single string to around 700mA. For the parallel string, adjust the total output to 1.3A works as thats what the driver is rated for 1.3A. Roughly 650mA will power each string.

Bill

]]> By: Fred http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-127 Fred Fri, 13 May 2011 02:12:18 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-127 Hello, How would I wire 3 strings of 9xLED total 27 LEDs with 2 ELN 60-48d? Hello,
How would I wire 3 strings of 9xLED total 27 LEDs with 2 ELN 60-48d?

]]> By: Bill http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-99 Bill Sun, 08 May 2011 14:53:03 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-99 Martin I would use Three Premimum XP-E Royal Blue to two Premimum XP-E Cool White. for a close to 12K look with dimmable drivers you can tweak the colour perfectly. Our Premimum XP-E LEDs are specific Bins which are more suites for marine tanks. The Premimum Royal Blue has a more actinic look than the standard Royal Blue and our Premium Cool White has a cooler temp compared to the standard Cool White. Martin

I would use Three Premimum XP-E Royal Blue to two Premimum XP-E Cool White. for a close to 12K look with dimmable drivers you can tweak the colour perfectly. Our Premimum XP-E LEDs are specific Bins which are more suites for marine tanks. The Premimum Royal Blue has a more actinic look than the standard Royal Blue and our Premium Cool White has a cooler temp compared to the standard Cool White.

]]> By: martin http://reefledlights.com/how-to-diy-led/#comment-98 martin Sun, 08 May 2011 11:17:24 +0000 http://reefledlights.com/?page_id=27#comment-98 i have a 90g fowlr tank, and currently using a pink bulb and a white 12000k bulb to bring out the color of the fish, if i were to try to replicate the color with LED's what combination would i use? i have a 90g fowlr tank, and currently using a pink bulb and a white 12000k bulb to bring out the color of the fish, if i were to try to replicate the color with LED’s what combination would i use?

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