DIY LED on tank pictures and video (youtube)

[snowmansnow]

ok so if I decide to go with LED this will be the first of 6 of these that would hang over my 48" tank.

This is the same light that I just completed on the diy forum

Here's a youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaxAMuZiSNw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaxAMuZiSNw</a>

GREAT shimmer though!

and pictures below ( a little too purple. led is really hard to capture)

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[texhorns98]

It looks fantastic! When are you teaching your clinic on "how to"?

 

[snowmansnow]

I'm FAAAR from qualified haha..

I do know what works (now) though.

I had so many questions that I thought the guys in the DIY section of RC were going to kick me off the board!

That being said I feel VERY comfortable recreating the same setup, which I'm going to have to do 5 more times to complete the tank (if I go this rout) haha

The light has been on for a good hour now and.. GEEZ a peet just looking at the tank leaves your eyes blinded.

The entire room has shimmer lines all over the ceiling (big room).

I really want to test the par on this setup but there's NO WAY i'm buying a par meter to do it haha.

 

[snowmansnow]

Looks like its time to sell some more frag packs and make enough to make #2 which SHOULD go a WHOLE lot smoother.

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[texhorns98]

If you don't mind me asking...how much $$ do you have in the setup you just finished? And are there any economies of scale? What size are the modules? Looks like you have a 48" wide tank and could only really use 3 more of the ones you built...maybe 4.

I can't believe how pure and clean the light looks!

 

[mcphock]

Looks great! How much did the whole setup cost you?

 

[eliphant]

very nice!
This setup will definitely put you well into the MH range and higher. I don't remember if you mentioned in your build thread, but did you use optics? The LED's w/o optics give great par to about 12 inches, and par #'s drop considerably after that.

 

[dakota9]

Looks Great! I think two more should do it.......

I hate when people ask "how much" when it comes to cost, but I've got to know myself.

Share if you can!!!!!!!

 

[eliphant]

Nvm, looked at your build thread again and saw the pics with the optics!
Very clean build!

 

[snowmansnow]

Not cheap haha. The upfront cost of led isn't going to save u anything. It suposidly comes in op cost and lamp replacement

let's just say u could gave gotten a nice 250 hqi mh pendant for about the same.

 

[snowmansnow]

EliPhant;510477 wrote: very nice!
This setup will definitely put you well into the MH range and higher. I don't remember if you mentioned in your build thread, but did you use optics? The LED's w/o optics give great par to about 12 inches, and par #'s drop considerably after that.

I have 60 degree op for the blues. There aren't ant ops out for the whites

 

[snowmansnow]

Dakota9;510478 wrote: Looks Great! I think two more should do it.......

I hate when people ask "how much" when it comes to cost, but I've got to know myself.

Share if you can!!!!!!!

Nah it will take 4 or 5 more. The fixture us longways. It would hang the other way so that it is only 7.25 wide and not 15