LED & HeatSink Help

baseballfanatic2 · Mar 30, 2016

Hey guys,

So I'll be picking up by 30 L Nuvo Fusion tomorrow.

I would really like some help with the lighting if anyone has the time to help me...

What I have is a coralife biocube dimmable rapidled.com kit package from rapidled. This is because I have a biocube now.

I want to run rapidled on my Nuvo as well.

So what would I need to transfer everything on over?

What size heat sink(s) would I need for that tank? And how many Leds would I need to run on that tank?

TheEngineer · Mar 30, 2016

Is it this kit? http://www.rapidled.com/solderless-coralife-biocube-29-dimmable-retrofit-kit/

If so, that green block is the heatsink. You can continue using that. How are you planning to mount the light?

baseballfanatic2 · Mar 30, 2016

icecool2 said:
Is it this kit? http://www.rapidled.com/solderless-coralife-biocube-29-dimmable-retrofit-kit/

If so, that green block is the heatsink. You can continue using that. How are you planning to mount the light?

That's anther thing. I'm not sure if I should hang it or mount it some other way. I wish I could mount it using legs of some sort.

Im scared if I use the heat sink I have now, it won't cover the full 36 inches of tank

fragit · Mar 30, 2016

I had a 40 breeder that I had a rapid diy led set up on. I used the premium setup, which had 3 heat sinks on it. One nano heatsink is not gonna give you the coverage you need/want. Just my 2cents

baseballfanatic2 · Mar 30, 2016

fragit said:
I had a 40 breeder that I had a rapid diy led set up on. I used the premium setup, which had 3 heat sinks on it. One nano heatsink is not gonna give you the coverage you need/want. Just my 2cents

I would really want 1 long heat sink, so that I can control all the LEDs at once, and so that it doesn't look messy. I feel like 2 - 3 heat sinks will have more wires and look more messier.

fragit · Mar 30, 2016

baseballfanatic2 said:
I would really want 1 long heat sink, so that I can control all the LEDs at once, and so that it doesn't look messy. I feel like 2 - 3 heat sinks will have more wires and look more messier.

True, I think heatsinks usa, I think that's the name of the site has all different sizes you can get. I found some site by doing a google search.