Black Box Light Improved

[Reefs of Space]

Picked up a new 20" black box light by Phlizon. I'm going to swap out some of the diodes to improve the spectrum.

 

[Reefs of Space]

Here's the old layout

 

[Reefs of Space]

The whites are just too bright. Past 10% and the tank is yellow/white.

 

[Reefs of Space]

This is how the new layout will be.
55 3w leds
2-390nm
7-410nm
2-420nm
10-440nm
18-470nm
2-520nm Green
2-660nm Red
2-3000k
4-6500k
6-10000k

 

[Reefs of Space]

Old vs new

 

[Flippers4pups]

This is how the new layout will be.
55 3w leds
2-390nm
7-410nm
2-420nm
10-440nm
18-470nm
2-520nm Green
2-660nm Red
2-3000k
4-6500k
6-10000k

That's well rounded! Where you sourcing the diodes from? eBay?

 

[Reefs of Space]

Removing the lenses

 

[Reefs of Space]

That's well rounded! Where you sourcing the diodes from? eBay?

Yes Ebay. I ordered from China, but you can get them from US dealers for more money.

 

[Diamond1]

Following along.

 

[Reefs of Space]

My last diy I used CREEs and Epistar. Some of the CREEs burned out and others dimmed but the Epistars are still going strong, so I went with Epistars (no pcb) for this mod.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Following! Looking good. What thermal grease are you going to use?

 

[Flippers4pups]

I've replaced some of mine to mimic SB reeflights diode lay out. I'm about to do all of my 3 165w boxes very soon with all new diodes.

 

[actik]

i also wanna see this, i use a wattshine BB. but still in cycling period..

 

[Reefs of Space]

Following! Looking good. What thermal grease are you going to use?

I still have some Arctic Silver

 

[Rakie]

Out of curiosity, had you considered the SBReef lights?

 

[Reefs of Space]

I did look into them. I like that they use different lenses depending on the diode. I really wanted a 20" light and this is perfect for the size tank I'm going to put it on. I got the light for $55 and the diodes for $10. That's still half the price of the sb light, and with a fully customized spectrum.

 

[Reefs of Space]

I was considering this light for $100

Out of curiosity, had you considered the SBReef lights?

 

[Rakie]

Much more expensive than either, but I keep seeing good things about the Noopsyche (which I probably butchered the spelling of).

For $150 it's a solid steal, as it rivals the AI Hydra's and supposedly stands in the shadow of a Radion. The problem is you also need the $60 controller. It's interesting if it had that built in as wifi / bluetooth program and was $200, people would be less critical.

People don't like having so many controllers haha

 

[Why-Me]

With the Noopsyche you can control 16 lights with 1 controller.
First light is $219 because of the controller but each additional is only the $159 each, seems like a deal.

 

[Rakie]

With the Noopsyche you can control 16 lights with 1 controller.
First light is $219 because of the controller but each additional is only the $159 each, seems like a deal.

Correct. I think people just don't like controllers. I know I definitely don't myself.