DIY high powered led reef light hood for salt water tank

[tuangay74]

Hi is this eBay 3w led?

[suganut]

Hi I have a 180 I'm trying to light without breaking the bank. 72 x 24 x 24 any know how? Therer are no corals yet, but I'd like to be prepared just in case.

[alfonzeJ]

u can be creative there is high powered leds like up to 100 watts if u look on ebay u can find them at a good price but u might have to ship them from china.right now my set up has alot lik 25 for a 26 gallon it depends if its hard coral or or soft

[ironmancan715]

hi, what led set up would you recomend for a 120 gal 48" 24"  24"? thx Aaron

[admirehomes]

When it comes to LED lighting, wattage per gallon is no longer a factor and really the wattage per gallon is kinda out the window old term basicly, its all about what type of corals u have and tank shape, hight ect.....

[alfonzeJ]

@admirehomes i have a new led light i have made that grows hard coral. if u wanna know how to build it i can help

[jeridjohnston]

hey there. i am interested in learning what kind of leds i would need to grow hard and soft corals. if you could give me some pointers i would really appreciate it.

[alfonzeJ]

@jeridjohnston i would buy cree xre leds there the best and also buy meanwell driver i both the leds from deal extreem.com and the driver from e bay

[suganut]

@admirehomes Hi I have a 180 I'm trying to light without breaking the bank. 72 x 24 x 24 any know how? Therer are no corals yet, but I'd like to be prepared just in case.

[betjoh]

light looks good thinking of changing my halides to leds 3w set-up. I do notice red algea in your tank. I also see lots of micro bubbles usually not good, but its the beginning of a nice tank.

[rarityd]

are those the Creed LEDs? how many are there?

[rarityd]

hi, is your LED kit similar to the nanotuners's kit? how are your hard corals doing at this time? are they as strong as advertised? thanks for yr time.

[sntfrmabv2u]

You have all that coral and anenome and just have it on LED lights? And only 30watts? Thought reef tanks needed 3-5 watts per gallon to function

[ugotbawlz]

this is most definitely the way reef lighting is headed... i really hope the price comes down on the high powered cree diodes ...as in half.

[Axel1238]

i am considering on using led lights for my aquarium as well. how did you make this? or at least where did you find the right led bulbs for it?

[davethehorrorexpert]

looks pretty sweet man. I thought you should have have 3-6 watts per gal tho. I also heard a bunch o stuff about lumens and other junk though too. You should scrape some of your coraline algae off and send it to me.

[madphys]

Hello!

I couldn't find info about how large is your tank? And do yo uthink that this LED lighting (total of 30W) is sufficient for healthy coral growth?

[alfonzeJ]

well the tank is 5 years old and yes its the only lites i use

[dmenacex]

yo how old is this tank and are the led lights the only lights your using ?