Conskis 1.25gal Pico

thats the thing i would love one of these things and to have one for my 1 gallon tank im building but building one is just not something i have it in me too.

is it simple?
 
I know how to soder, reading OHMS and watts and that stuff is beyond me, i cheated in electronics :(

any idea of cost and a run down of what i would need of that site?
 
6 leds about 35 bucks
1000ma dimmable buckpuck with pot 20 bucks
24v power supply 15 bucks
heatsink-be creative 0-25 bucks

screws+wires+other stuff not included

the power supply should have a + side and a - side, connect accordingly to the driver which will have marked cable leads
driver will have a + and minus side to the leds
wire all the leds in series and the end

you will have no control over the color with this setup since you will only be able to dim all of them at the same time

if you got two drivers and hooked each driver up to its own color you could have blues going half power and whites going full or any combo you want, you could also get away with using a power supply you might find around the house, like an old laptop cord. you want about 4 volts per led, but a little less is okay and a driver takes 2v i beleive
 
what do i use a as heat sink?

and as a driver?

And no power supply?

confused as ever omg
 
http://www.cree.com/products/xlamp_mx6.asp

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/361136-REG/EverFocus_AD_2F_AD_2F_24_Volt_Power.html

http://www.google.com/products/cata...log_result&ct=image&resnum=6&ved=0CCgQ8gIwBQ#

http://www.cree.com/products/xlamp_mx6.asp

All this? maybe be simple to do for some people but for me its kind of confusing, i would prefer an already made system haha.

ill probably go with the helios sun led fixture for cheto and coraline growth and go with purly unsynthetic coral
 
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this is what ill probably go with
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=20601
day light/blue light one enough to grow cheto and observe the corals yet not harsh enough to hurt dendro, i dont think i have ever seen a dendro in a tank without MH's kind of scary thinking about it with 0 light in 1 gallon of water by itself.. my own little dendro garden, i hope it will do okay

plan on finishing the build tomorrow
 
So i finally figured out a way to cut it, had to use an exactoknife, and cut the same line like 400 times (no one i know has a powersaw) and the jigsaw took to long so after the 400 cuts i used elbow grease and snapped it off.

all theres left to do is seal it and im all set lol. this thing is so small, i dont even know if a sexy shrimp would be a good idea. it will have plenty of flow and sustain heat fine, but do you think a shrimp will be okay in a 4 inch long 6 inch wide set up if not a single dendro will be in there.

sealing will be tomorrow after i get your opps and when i dont have to work. ill be driling 4 holes in a square formation for the water to entre the sump and then a single hole the size of the sump for the output of the water back into the "main portion"
ive seen some small picos but the main portion of this tank might be the smallest

heres some pics of my master creation which my dad says wont work and that im crazy (:rofl:l:duh:)<me

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i PMED the LED Guru for either a light fixture built by the master himself or for instructions! neither of which i hold him too but itd be nice have to have some wicked LED's over this little thing
 
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