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Old 10-05-2010, 12:18 AM
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Default Wanna Try building a LED light

Ok Im pretty handy and building things so.

What would be best here:
my tank is 60x24x24 150 gal all LPS so what is the lighting requirements for a lps tank since my current lighting is 2x400's 20K XM's

can I get away with 48" light strip?

How many BLue's ?

How many White's ?

Type's of reflector's/optic's?

How do you attach the led's to the metal board?
is it aluminum

Type's of LED's ?

Type's of transformer's ?

Type's of heat sync's?

How many Fan's?

Smaller ones or the larger ones.
what type of wire's should I use what gauge?
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