leds for refugium

[mfinn]

I'm thinking about going with a led fixture for a small refugium.
The refugium area in my sump is 10" x 17".
I am looking for a premade fixture. I am not interested in another diy project.
Other than the par 38 bulbs, what else is there?

 

[mfinn]

anything?

 

[Kevinw]

Check out superbriteleds.com they have all kinds of LEDs

 

[mfinn]

Check out superbriteleds.com they have all kinds of LEDs

Any idea which fixture would be suitable for growing macro?

Had a offer from someone to build me a fixture for my 10" x 17" refugium with the correct color leds. But he wanted almost as much as I paid for the ATI Sunpower 6 x 24 watt fixture.

 

[nixer]

i have a 50/50 reefbrite on one of mine as a trial. it works great, but kinda expensive.

 

[wld1783]

Macro Algae will grow fine under a Cool White LED. That said we found best growth mixing in a warmer Cool White to spread out the white spectrum. Also dont forget the 450-455nm range. The Cree XP-E and XR-E Cool White has all of this. Here is a pic of a PAR 38 We are using on our refuge.

 

[pumarjr]

i run an led over my fugue, it grows my chaeto like crazy, just about every other water change, every two weeks, i'm removing a ziplock bag of chaeto from my sump.

 

[soccerbag]

Check out superbriteleds.com they have all kinds of LEDs

You can also visit quite a few of our sponsors who specialize in LED lighting (such as ReefLEDLights | LED Aquarium Lighting Reef Aquarium Lighting ReefLEDLights | LED Aquarium Lighting) and help to make this site a great reefing community. I know you are aware of this mfinn. Just saying....

 

[mfinn]

You can also visit quite a few of our sponsors who specialize in LED lighting (such as ReefLEDLights | LED Aquarium Lighting Reef Aquarium Lighting ReefLEDLights | LED Aquarium Lighting) and help to make this site a great reefing community. I know you are aware of this mfinn. Just saying....

I am just starting to learn about leds.
I am a complete green rookie with leds.

Heck, I just dropped a mh fixture over a tank and went with a T5 fixture




Thanks everyone.

 

[danielbui23]

Here are my LED's for my sump/ refugium from Exotic Illuminations. It's a square 14Watt fixture with 6700k and 10,000k. I love it.

Here are some pics.

 

[xmetalfan99]

I went to lowes and purchased a 3500K PAR38 7-diode for about $43. It worked extremely well for cheato and other macro algaes. Also a lot cheaper than bulbs purchased online.