DIY marine aquarium lighting
Hello everyone,
I am in Bulgaria and decided to start with a saltwater aquarium because I really like beautiful sea corals and fish.
After spending a lot of money on the aquarium and filters, pumps, etc., it turned out that I was almost broke. After much thought, I decided to make my own lighting for my future reef aquarium. The prices of 1000-2000 euros for Lighting System are impossible for me. So I looked at the devices of these extremely expensive lights, took a piece of paper and a pen and hastily sketched out my lamp. Necessary materials: 1. Aluminum profile for LED strip; 2. Diodes with different wavelengths (400-700nm, 20000 K); 3 Controller for sunrise and sunset modes with 5 adjustable channels; 4. 24 V drivers and power supplies; 5. 24 V fans. And I got to work.
![viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-095.jpg viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-095.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3128/3128748-5cd67928b10666164d870fe17a0c32f3.jpg)
Hello everyone,
I am in Bulgaria and decided to start with a saltwater aquarium because I really like beautiful sea corals and fish.
After spending a lot of money on the aquarium and filters, pumps, etc., it turned out that I was almost broke. After much thought, I decided to make my own lighting for my future reef aquarium. The prices of 1000-2000 euros for Lighting System are impossible for me. So I looked at the devices of these extremely expensive lights, took a piece of paper and a pen and hastily sketched out my lamp. Necessary materials: 1. Aluminum profile for LED strip; 2. Diodes with different wavelengths (400-700nm, 20000 K); 3 Controller for sunrise and sunset modes with 5 adjustable channels; 4. 24 V drivers and power supplies; 5. 24 V fans. And I got to work.
![viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-469.jpg viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-469.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3128/3128742-a8fc935dbaea4b9ef9c5ab091a73267e.jpg)
![viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-228.jpg viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-228.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3128/3128743-f32105e336294c6d9fc78b3fbbc68608.jpg)
![viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-32-553.jpg viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-32-553.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3128/3128744-0c5affd7d9ae6e237362c60ad9e3d364.jpg)
![viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-29-999.jpg viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-29-999.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3128/3128745-b3ebd325957919df480abef4e4072ebb.jpg)
![viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-170.jpg viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-170.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3128/3128747-acf1ad11766ec432b1df1b24a1f6011c.jpg)
![viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-095.jpg viber_image_2023-06-16_08-58-30-095.jpg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3128/3128748-5cd67928b10666164d870fe17a0c32f3.jpg)
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