LED Retro Fit in the Red Sea Max 130d

[eandrews]

Well this was a fun project. I am pretty sure the Biocubes are much easier let's just say that. I had anticipated and planned on staggering the 2 Ecoxotic Panorama Modules in the space I had to work with but I did not see that only one side within that space had spacers to screw the acrylic to. I had to get a bit creative after the first attempt failed. I ended up using all my acrylic stock but got it done with a single LED moonlight.

Materials List ($222.00 total)

1 sheet of Acrylic from HD - $20.00
1 pack of cable clamps - 3/8" - $2.00
2 Ecoxotic Panorama Modules - $200.00
(16 - 8,000k white, 8 - 453 Actinic blues)

Here's the pics sorry if they are blury, I took them with my HTC...

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started off by gutting everything out of the old canopy..

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Cut a drilled a 8x22" sheet to around the inserts that slide over each other. I staggered the modules to give it a good spread of light.

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Here's what she looks like finished...

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[gnashty]

your just a busy bee arent ya! looks great!:thumbs:

 

[eandrews]

gnashty;539412 wrote: your just a busy bee arent ya! looks great!:thumbs:

Always doing something... The pics don't do it justice... I love the shimmer!

 

[eandrews]

Here's a couple videos with the shimmer affect... The Mandarin Goby even comes out to see what's going on in the side view... I got a bit close to the skimmer on the second one sorry...

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[misu]

Iwant to put 5 or 6 in my rsm 250 too, great job

 

[eandrews]

misu;539423 wrote: Iwant to put 5 or 6 in my rsm 250 too, great job

The really have a great peaceful look. I'm surprised how blue the 8(8k)-4(453) strips are.. really pleased..looking forward to some good growth with my suns and spawns..

Thanks JENN!

 

[jennm]

Looks great, Eric!

The shimmer is awesome, isn't it? Makes a huge difference to "our" eyes, very pleasing.

Never having to buy replacement lamps again is a plus also

Jenn

 

[eandrews]

JennM;539666 wrote: Looks great, Eric!

The shimmer is awesome, isn't it? Makes a huge difference to "our" eyes, very pleasing.

Never having to buy replacement lamps again is a plus also

Jenn

That and no heat... sold it for me....

 

[markl]

Looks good. :up:

 

[eandrews]

Thanks mark, you really have to see it in person. Pics dont do justice

 

[eandrews]

daniel1381;588094 wrote: hello
i have a rsm 130 and want to upg to leds..wondering how your was doing and if it was enough leds or did you have to buy more?

2 strips gave 300 par at the higher levels and low 200s in the sand...

My monticap is growing out of the water and my softies are all getting new heads...

 

[eandrews]

another pic with the new extreme moonlight retro fitted...

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[superclown]

I picked up 2 of these used and placed in my 24g aquapod along with a single stunned and it gave me a perfect color combo and things are doing really well

 

[superclown]

daniel1381;588875 wrote: Where did you get the stunned and how did u mount it

lol... I meant stunner strip. I picked mine up from Einstien Aquatics yesterday. He's always took care of me everytime ive went there so thats why I make the trip

I am not using the stock canopy I made my own wood canopy that just sits on top of the tank with 2 legs

but its basically a single module in front single module in back and stunner in between of the two.

I have a little spacing between mine to cover a larger area but looking at your pics yours actually looks like it puts out more direct spot lighting by the way you have them overlapped

http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50257">http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50257</a>

pics are terrible but it shows the 2 modules and last week I added stunner in between the two