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the star polyps are growing pretty good with the leds. im not sure the tank looks bright enough for viewing though. corals are growing good, its just not pleasing to the eye. i did score a great deal on 2 helfrichi firefish $100 for the pair. they are doing great and stay out in the open all the...

morgan at inland says the best algae to grow is the purple algae. its suppossed to export twice the nutrient load of green. my turf scrubber is a dump system and i have used it for about 3 years and its worked great. i dont know if the constant flow type grows the same algae in the same way but...

thats the float type i need. i think im gonna have to wire a couple fans onto my heatsink. i figured going with one 60 inches by 9 inches solid that it would give it more space for heat dissapation. but it still gets pretty warm. i can still hold my hand on it, but its warm.

here it is closer with the optics on. to be honest the only difference i can see with the optics is that the lights dont blind me now when i open the canopy. as long as this will grow some mushrooms, star polyps, athelia and xenia then ill be in business. where is a good place to get a float...

well here it is. im pretty happy with it. now what do i need to check to see if theres actually useful light getting to the places ill need it.

ok new question. if my leds are 1000ma max drive then what is the desired driver setting. should i set the drivers at 900 ma. i didnt know if running them at the max would shorten life.

pretinning wires is the devil. for some reason i am shaking like i have a severe case of parkinsons disease. but on another note me and the boy are gonna chop a hole in the canopy today. ill post a pic of how the lights fit into the hood when we get done. and ill try to make it big enough you...

and i have no idea how to change the size of the pictures. i took it with my phone.

one question i have is there any way to wire 2 drivers to one power cord. i would rather not have 5 cords on the one light fixture. and i think im about half blind from pretesting all the leds.

The Heat Sink with the mounting brackets ready to go!

well the leds, drivers and dimmers came in today. i figured there would be some instructions on how to wire the dimmers into the drivers but no such luck. im off to find some on the web. ill put up a pic of how it turned out when i get done.

my heat sink came in today. 60 inches long and 8 1/2 inches wide. my leds should be here in a couple days. im going to start on my hanging brackets tomorrow.

so i might be ok to build this one like this. then i would just have to play with the optics and fixture height. im really only looking to grow some mushrooms, starpolyps, athelia and maybe some some xenia. and i guess if all else fails i can always add a couple more drivers and leds to fill in...

so i would have to double just about everything then, and that would cost me another $425. i guess i need to shop around for a better buy on the parts.

and with a very small mod to the canopy i can get the leds 14 inches above the water.

is that spacing center to center or edge to edge. i have been looking at starting out with 4 rows of cree xr-e with 80 degree lenses with four drivers and the diming controller. they would be spaced out about 4 1/2 inches apart and rows would be two inches apart. and thats center to center. i...

the tank will have some soft coral in it. i dont want to cut a hole in the canopy to hang lights above it. im looking at a ddc-01-pwm controller with eln-60-48p drivers. im not technical enough yet to know the difference in the leds. what i need help with is how far apart could i space the leds...

I have been looking around and im planning on using crees with the dimmable drivers. What I need help with is what degree lense gives what effect. They will be mounted about 10 inches above the surface of a 6 foot long 18 inch wide 30 inch tall tank. I kinda like the ripple effect on the mvava...

135 gallon tank stand and canopy. tanks glass with some scratches and a bulkhead drilled in the top back. nice looking stand and canopy. asking $500. also have a 75 gallon saltwater set up and running. approx 100 pounds of live rock. yellow tang, 2 clowns, blue linkia( been there for 2 years). a...

i know you dont want them but berghia worked well for me. i no longer have and aptasia, and you can get them online at inland aquatics.