If you knew anything about aquaria you would know that the zooxanthellae of corals and clams need light in the 400-470 nanometer range (which is on the UV side of the visible lighting spectrum and why marine systems look blue).UV sterilizers kill microorganisms but they are in near-direct contact of UV bulb in the system whereas corals are at least 12" away from the light. A lot of that light energy is lost due to incident reflection off the water's surface and not to mention absorbed by water.
Great idea! This has the potential for marketing! The LEDs would never burn out, and it looks amazing! I wonder how the freshwater and saltwater plants and life do with LEDs and if there is an advantage.
@L4GL3ss The LED aquarium lights have been on the market for a long time. I sell them at work however I recommend customers to steer clear of them as they don't provide any UV for fish or plants, there about 1/3 EXTRA of the regular reflectors and of course they have a power block which is a pain when you have you're filter, air pump and heater all on one power board.
I'd stick with regular reflectors, they are cheap and so are the tubes. I will admit the LED lights do look good.
@gnarly79 They have not been on the market for a "long time", and UV is dangerous to fish and humans. Ever heard of a "UV Sterilizer"? Its used to KILL anything that comes through it such as bacteria, germs, parasites, etc. If a fish got through there, it would kill it too.
The device shown at 0:15 is sort of a mini programmable logic controller (PLC). They are frequently used for controlling industrial machines and processes. It requires some programming knowledge to make it work. As digid96 mentioned, the dimming is most likely done with a pulse width modulation (PWM) function in the PLC. Some also include real time clocks so you could even control the brightness and color based on time of day.
besides what has been said... do the LED lights have enough power and needed spectrum to illuminate the plants so that they grow, or this LED is indended to be used only at night and replaced with a neon light at day to sustain the developement of plants ?
When he says 59 x 7,000 and 10 x 3,000, he's giving you the spectrum. The spectrum he went with is suitable for planted aquariums. For coral you want more like 10,000.
im about to make this led lights for my aquarium but i still cant find a way to controll them..Want this fade in fade out effect and a timer.What are you using?
very nice...
aschneck88 10 months ago
If you knew anything about aquaria you would know that the zooxanthellae of corals and clams need light in the 400-470 nanometer range (which is on the UV side of the visible lighting spectrum and why marine systems look blue).UV sterilizers kill microorganisms but they are in near-direct contact of UV bulb in the system whereas corals are at least 12" away from the light. A lot of that light energy is lost due to incident reflection off the water's surface and not to mention absorbed by water.
robkt 1 year ago
Great idea! This has the potential for marketing! The LEDs would never burn out, and it looks amazing! I wonder how the freshwater and saltwater plants and life do with LEDs and if there is an advantage.
L4GL3ss 2 years ago
@L4GL3ss The LED aquarium lights have been on the market for a long time. I sell them at work however I recommend customers to steer clear of them as they don't provide any UV for fish or plants, there about 1/3 EXTRA of the regular reflectors and of course they have a power block which is a pain when you have you're filter, air pump and heater all on one power board.
I'd stick with regular reflectors, they are cheap and so are the tubes. I will admit the LED lights do look good.
gnarly79 1 year ago
@gnarly79 They have not been on the market for a "long time", and UV is dangerous to fish and humans. Ever heard of a "UV Sterilizer"? Its used to KILL anything that comes through it such as bacteria, germs, parasites, etc. If a fish got through there, it would kill it too.
Stop misinforming people.
ClefDeDavid88 1 year ago
The device shown at 0:15 is sort of a mini programmable logic controller (PLC). They are frequently used for controlling industrial machines and processes. It requires some programming knowledge to make it work. As digid96 mentioned, the dimming is most likely done with a pulse width modulation (PWM) function in the PLC. Some also include real time clocks so you could even control the brightness and color based on time of day.
dl08in 2 years ago
Amazing
thundertydus 2 years ago
besides what has been said... do the LED lights have enough power and needed spectrum to illuminate the plants so that they grow, or this LED is indended to be used only at night and replaced with a neon light at day to sustain the developement of plants ?
iivvooTheZ 2 years ago
When he says 59 x 7,000 and 10 x 3,000, he's giving you the spectrum. The spectrum he went with is suitable for planted aquariums. For coral you want more like 10,000.
Vlaxitov 2 years ago
And besides that you can clearly see that the light is very bright, penetrating the water nicely.
Vlaxitov 2 years ago
croat ustasha beast.
KATAFRAKT 2 years ago
PWM, pulse width drive, thats the secret.
Einar
digid96 2 years ago
dimmer swith maybe but it makes it look like it is automated which is not easy to do
evanm1978 2 years ago
Is this for real or is it just fake. The fact that you have not sent any response posts says its fake.
how did you control the dimming effect.
if its real Ill buy one from you.
evanm1978 2 years ago
dimmer switch?
shadowscion 2 years ago
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thundertydus 2 years ago
@evanm1978 Stfu evan, you're such a stupid shithead.
thundertydus 2 years ago 3
Do what yourself? Did this explain anything?
caesar3693 2 years ago 2
what a tease! tell us how you did that, it looks amazing!!
namehater 3 years ago
im about to make this led lights for my aquarium but i still cant find a way to controll them..Want this fade in fade out effect and a timer.What are you using?
sk8tom 3 years ago
That is too freaking awasome, it seems as it was simulating the lighting of the day...too too cool.
MightyEvilOne 3 years ago
Sweet... how much did it cost and what are you using to control it?
imgmakr 3 years ago
Windows Movie Maker, my friend. Windows Movie Maker.
Chaoman60 2 years ago