Hi
I made a canopy for my 75g tank and currently I have those cheap chinese LED mounted on top of canopy. What I did is just removed 4 screws (2 for each side) and replace them with long ones so the whole fixture can lie down inside the whole in the top of the canopy. After 2 months I noticed that both of my lights are broken (issue with regulators and suddenly I lost blue channel) so I tried to investigate what happened and I disassembled them. There was a lot of moisture accumulated inside the body LED.
So it is time to change light. I want to buy hydras. 26,32 or 52 if I find a good deal. Because I have cats and I don't like hue in the evenings I would like to keep my canopy.
So I am afraid when I mount new lights in the same way I may have moisture problem soon and it may end up with a dead light in a few months or so.
Question is, would 120mm fans solve the moisture problem? I read that people mount those fans to cool down the air inside canopy but I don't know if it solved moisture problem. If I fan in the air I will cool down and people say it should be fan in instead of fan out because fanning out will damage fans and increase evaporation.
Any hints?
I made a canopy for my 75g tank and currently I have those cheap chinese LED mounted on top of canopy. What I did is just removed 4 screws (2 for each side) and replace them with long ones so the whole fixture can lie down inside the whole in the top of the canopy. After 2 months I noticed that both of my lights are broken (issue with regulators and suddenly I lost blue channel) so I tried to investigate what happened and I disassembled them. There was a lot of moisture accumulated inside the body LED.
So it is time to change light. I want to buy hydras. 26,32 or 52 if I find a good deal. Because I have cats and I don't like hue in the evenings I would like to keep my canopy.
So I am afraid when I mount new lights in the same way I may have moisture problem soon and it may end up with a dead light in a few months or so.
Question is, would 120mm fans solve the moisture problem? I read that people mount those fans to cool down the air inside canopy but I don't know if it solved moisture problem. If I fan in the air I will cool down and people say it should be fan in instead of fan out because fanning out will damage fans and increase evaporation.
Any hints?