10 gallon AIO rock wall

karazy · #1 12-25-2008, 03:46 AM

haha, that would be a good idea, wouldnt it...

well i'll be using these.

2 white strips, and 2 blue strips. maybe 1 purple.

i'll be making..what you would call..trim? out of black acrylic, so the lights will be in the lid part. the lights are plug and play, so i guess unless i can find some way to link 2 strips together, i'll be needing alot of timers

banditpowdercoat · #2 12-25-2008, 04:51 PM

Those LED's are 12v so plicing the wires is easy. I have them as moonlights on most my tanks, as well as regular lighting for my betta tank

karazy · #3 12-25-2008, 05:23 PM

kool!

how do you like the lights?

banditpowdercoat · #4 12-25-2008, 05:30 PM

They make great moonlights. Not sure if they will be intense enough for regular lighting to grow corals with though

karazy · #5 12-25-2008, 05:33 PM

hmmm. well it'll be 96 wats of LED on a 5 gallon. and im not keeping SPS or anything. if it doesnt work out, i guess its only 40 or so dollars spent on moonlights

sphelps · #6 12-26-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by karazy

hmmm. well it'll be 96 wats of LED on a 5 gallon. and im not keeping SPS or anything. if it doesnt work out, i guess its only 40 or so dollars spent on moonlights

You must be mistaken, 96W of LED?? maybe 9.6 but that even sounds high for 5 of those led arrays.

karazy · #7 12-27-2008, 04:10 AM

hmm...im not sure sphelps. it says 24W on the page, unless thats just a code. its 96 LED bulbs, so i guess i just have to find out the wattage and lumen of each bulb..

EDIT: haha, i was wrong. its only 9.6 watts of LED, but 480 lumens in all. is that any good?

noirsphynx · #8 01-08-2009, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by karazy

haha, that would be a good idea, wouldnt it...

well i'll be using these.

2 white strips, and 2 blue strips. maybe 1 purple.

i'll be making..what you would call..trim? out of black acrylic, so the lights will be in the lid part. the lights are plug and play, so i guess unless i can find some way to link 2 strips together, i'll be needing alot of timers

I ordered these lights and they arrived today. It says plug n' play but they're not. Did you get yours yet? I have no clue what to do with them now.

Whatigot · #9 01-08-2009, 07:51 PM

nice thread...
I use a 18w CF on my 5.5
http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/pc...t+Fixture.html

It fits PERFECTLY on a stock 5.5 if you take the top trim off.
evap was a concern at first but then a 2L coke bottle set at a slow drip as an ATO fixed that pretty quick.
Works great, have zoas, shrooms and some softies...

Bet yours winds up being prettier though.
following along.

Boomboy · #10 01-08-2009, 08:09 PM

i think this thread needs more pictures. cant wait to see.