anyone running a full led display??? Lighting, Hardware, DIY Discussion Discuss anyone running a full led display??? in the General Reef Discussion forums; Originally Posted by troylee so your saying if you had a grow out tank and had some frags in there for x amount of months and posted pics online under ...

[benny z]

Originally Posted by troylee

so your saying if you had a grow out tank and had some frags in there for x amount of months and posted pics online under the led lighting that looks super cool and sold some to a guy out of state and he got them and put them in his tank under t5s or mh, he is not gonna accuse you of photo shopping the pics????really what im trying to get at is the corals actually color up really well under the leds or is it only gonna have that color under a led????and look blah under a mh, or t5 the same day you pulled it from the led i know the color will shift after awhile under different lighting etc....

to be clear, i do not use leds over my frag tank except to show them off and for pictures. i use t5 as the primary lighting and only flip the "bling" switch every now and again.

also, none of them look "blah" under just t5.

[Soundwave]

At Benny's request, I'll post some shots of my tank and growth under ONLY LEDs. I'm the same Soundwave from ReefCentral and some of you may have read my giant thread. Enjoy...

FTS - The sand is a little dirty and my tang is PURPLE for some reason but the point is to show you an up to date shot. This is today.



Shot of the side.



Not that long ago.



Quite a while ago.



A little further back in time.



Check out the growth on this guy, at the bottom of the tank...



This is with 24 CREE XR-E royal blues and 30 XR-E Cool Whites.

[LegoZ81]

Nice Soundwave!

[troylee]

that looks sweet soundwave....i didnt know you were over here....big props on the evolution you have created....glad your here i got some questions..that thread over there is so congested i cant even think straight after i read a couple pages...and i can't talk to you directly...anywho i was there when you first posted that and talked to ya, are you using any optics on your tank?? i talked to evil and we came to the conclusion that i would need to get 6x24 led's to light my tank properly with different optics on each side since my tank is 2 different depths...i really wanna do it just trying to justify the 2gs in leds upfront.. it's rough knowing my current light's work and they work very well...lol

[benny z]

i will note that i traded with soundwave for a frag of his garf bonzai and it has done very well in my system since the move from his leds to my halides.

[cherokee_dude]

Can someone please show me, or give me a shopping list for doing an in canopy LED setup for 48x24x24 tank?

[troylee]

That's exactly what soundwave has... He used 30 white and 24 royal blue LEDs.. That would require 9 buck pucks either 700ma or 1000ma which I would suggest... Each buck puck can run 6 LEDs without issues... Power supply can be found online for a decent price... If you go to ledsupply it has his fixture on there with a link to the complete build... We actually need a little more info on what you want to do with it??? If you want it controllable with diming options etc. Then your gonna need a controller also..

[cherokee_dude]

Thanks Troy, I saw that thread and gave up when I saw it was nearing it's 3rd split and I was still wondering exactly what the current thinking is for requirements . I'm just trying to figure out the cost at this point and a summary would help.
I'll start a DIY thread and put the link back here so I don't clog up your OG question.

I'm looking to do a controllable/programmed dimmable unit mounted in a canopy that I can grow SPS in for a standard 120 footprint tank.
edit: I saw the first post, and was curious if there was anything that Soundwave would do differently.

[troylee]

no problem man.. keep this thread alive it all pertains to led's so its good.... thats what i would like to ask soundwave..would he do it differently if he had the chance??? on that long thread you only need the first 3 posts by soundwave to get everything you need for your tank besides the controller...for a basic setup like he uses it would run you around 700$ that is a non dimmable or contolable set up...if you want a controller check out the audrino it seems to be the hot ticket...not sure the price...also the buckpucks would have to be the dimmable version which is slightly more...hth...

[cherokee_dude]

Arduino comes in many flavors, but found it for 30 bucks here w/ the usb connector...
This is gonna be fun! Can you say bluetooth and internet conectivity?!

Arduino

I found this video very helpful.

YouTube Video

[swampy]

Wow, Arduino rocks. What ever you do, do not Google "Arduino aquarium". Way too many options. Time for a DIY thunderstorm with sound and ligths.

[LegoZ81]

swampy, I need to figure that out, have not been able to find a good way to make a circuit smart enough to replicate lightning on it's own. they all use the sound of thunder to do it...

[Soundwave]

Thanks for all the positive feedback. It's kind of funny. In the reefing community/lighting world, I'm getting famous. Yet, you would never know me by seeing me on the street. Weird.

[Soundwave]

Legoz and Benny would...

[LegoZ81]

I would know you on the street. Want me to start a fan club?