Anybody running a DIY LED for a planted tank?

[DoctaQ]

a high cri high cct led does not exist yet.

cree xp series come in high cri but only in low color temps, the full spectrum 6500k has a cri of like 70-80, it seems low but the difference is not huge.

you dont need the extreme blue that reefs get, but i dont think it will hurt aside from being too much light unless both are dimmed way back. while plants tend to favor red light (vs corals) they will still use blue very effeciently

 

[Jstdv8]

are you saying that the full spectrum bulbs from cree aren't going to work?
I lost ya there.

 

[DoctaQ]

they will work..they just arent full spectrum i guess

 

[Jstdv8]

thye've got those little square ones that have like 7-8 bulbs in the piece that they are saying is a 6500k full spectrum.

 

[DoctaQ]

the only full spectrum light sources are the sun and incandescent

 

[Jstdv8]

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/385586080/3W_Full_Spectrum_Light.html
what is this?

 

[dbosman]

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/385586080/3W_Full_Spectrum_Light.html
what is this?

It's a listing from a site that aggregates manufactures freely available information and sells your cookie details to their advertisers.

Specifically it is a listing for a manufacturer that makes LED spotlight bulbs in the MR-16 format. The manufacturer is in China. The "bulb" is made up of a bunch of smaller LEDs packaged in a standard form factor shape and pin configuration.

What it isn't, is a listing for a full spectrum single LED. Sorry.

 

[Jstdv8]

never said it was a single bulb. I mentiuoned in an earlier post it was several cree bulbs in a single light

 

[DoctaQ]

to clear things up, use the words emitter and lamp

 

[Jstdv8]

I have no idea what an emitter is.
But isnt that besides the point? LOL
Is this a true full spectrum cree setup? Or are they buffaloing me?