I haven't had a chance to watch the video all the way through yet, only the first few minutes of it. Sorry but I'm battling a sinus infection and just wasn't feeling good today. I will try to sit and watch it tomorrow with my husband since he works at one of the manufacturers who makes the LED fixtures. He'll be able to tell me how feasible this would be and what potential issues would be involved.
I did also check out (briefly) the website listed in the beginning of that video and am wondering if you checked into the expense of building your own LED fixture, since money was mentioned as an issue for you? When you start adding up what would be needed for components, (IF this guy's diy plans are a doable thing) you'd be looking at spending up to around $400 on average to build this fixture. Expense is one of the reasons why LED fixtures are not real popular yet overall and want to make sure you're prepared for that... buying a ready made/built fixture or diy, it's still not going to be cheap.
I will post again after hubby and I have had a chance to watch the whole video and will give you our take on it then, hopefully tomorrow if I'm feeling up to it.
In the mean time, can you tell me what bulbs and how many you have for that other fixture you mentioned? (I need to know what is printed on each bulb) Knowing what you have is the first thing in deciding what can and can't work for your situation and will make it much easier for me to help you.
Dawn
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, Amber Berglund <arberglund@...> wrote:
>
> While we're discussing lighting, have you ever done DIY LED lighting? I
> have a youtube video link of a person who's done a lot of DIY prodjects
> (mostly fish tanks and such, but also stands/hoods etc). I was wondering
> what you might think of his LED light fixture that he made in this video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLFh3Q_FEA&feature=g-user-u
>
> Amber
>
> On 9/22/2012 3:06 PM, dawnshungryeyes4u2c wrote:
> >
> > Yes I was keeping that in mind, but thought I needed to warn you if
> > you intend to use this 29 gallon as a quarantine tank.
> >
> > I understand your dilemma in regards to the lighting, but you need to
> > know that the lights you mention for options are not going to work for
> > a reef tank. I'm sorry, but they just don't produce enough light or
> > the right spectrum for such a thing. It would cost you a lot more than
> > $50/bulb for the proper CFL bulbs if you were to order hundreds of
> > dollars worth of corals only to watch them die because they don't have
> > the proper lighting.
> >
> > I guess my advice to you has to be to consider a fish only tank for
> > your 48 gallon tank, stay away from corals/reef setting. That would
> > allow you to use a lower grade of lighting, however, the live rock
> > should still have something appropriate for salt water or it isn't
> > going to grow anything but troublesome algae. Even coraline algae
> > needs proper lighting to grow on the rock.
> >
> > I'm going to post some photos of my 75 gallon reef tank for you (taken
> > today) and also 1 of my 29 gallon biocube taken just before I tore it
> > down back in March to turn it into a quarantine tank.
> >
> > I'm very sorry for you that your situation doesn't allow for keeping
> > of a reef tank, that is very sad. But, it's better that you find out
> > now before you waste a ton of money trying to do something that
> > won't/can't work.
> >
> > If there's anything more I can do to help please just ask.
> >
> > Dawn
> >
>
>
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