LED growlights!!!

[legendaryfrog]

Would any of the LED lightbulbs shown on this website provide enough light (of the correct spectrum) for a planted tank?
http://www.theledlight.com/120-VAC-LEDbulbs.html

 

[legendaryfrog]

anyone?

 

[tai95]

Some of them may work, But the price of the bulb is kind of expensive if it didn't. They also look like they would be a spot light, so you would need maybe 1 per foot for the tank. For a 4' tank that would be a $200 investment. If they did work though that would be a huge savings on bulb replacement.

 

[legendaryfrog]

the initial investment is high, but hopefully it'd save $ ovr the long term.

How many watt flourescent bulbs would one 10 watt LED replace?

 

[Mgamer20o0]

i am going to say no. i dont think they out put the right wave length for the plants to grow.

 

[skillful abbot]

LED Spotlights for planted Aquariums [Sorry I snapped a shot of the magazine page rather than scan ... I'm feeling lazy]

 

[legendaryfrog]

im fairly aware of using red and blue leds in plant-growing. I have a hydroponics system going on in my basement which uses something very similar.

I'd rather not use it over a tank as fish get fairly angry when they see red, and it makes the water red.

 

[skillful abbot]

Basement hydroponics . . . ? hahaha. Reminds me of, "That 70's Show'.
Cool. I really don't know much about it... I thought you were wondering if LED in general could be used. But after reading you question again I see you were asking about a specific brand. Good luck.

 

[mg6682]

I'd be interested to see if this works. That site lists a couple of bulbs that are 60 and 100 watt equivalents, both in the 7000K range.

 

[BigShrimp]

http://www.solarisled.com/

Looks like they've done extensive testing on this LED fixture. Seems really expensive but in the long run you save on bulbs and not having to worry about a chiller.

I'm hoping the price will drop at some in the near future. I'd love to test one on my planted tank as well as on a reef set up.