Red Sea max 130D - installing led in the hood

[Lion_fish]

Hi reefers,

I have a Red Sea max 130D I want to to upgrade the light to but without ditching the hood (I like it that its closed).
the hood is about 5-7 xm from the water (there is clear plastic to protect the lights from the water)

My thoughts are installing 1 Ration XR15 or 2 AI primes, but I'm thinking I will have a problem with fan space , between the fixture and the hood.
Anyone has experience with that?

My second thought is installing 2 led strips of 60cm, which might be better as they don't have fans.
The tank uses as a frag tank so growth is my main goal.

thanks!

 

[davidcalgary29]

You might want to check out Steve's installation guide (at the bottom); it'll give you a good general guide for replacing the standard bulbs with LEDs. I found Red Sea's own schematics to be quite deficient for my own 250s.

I found this video to be pretty helpful, too.

 

[Natural_Reefer]

I did the Steve LED Retrofit onto the hood of my Red Sea Max 130D (no long have the tank). The Retrofit worked really well as mixed Reef.
I don't think you will be able to get anything like XR15 to fit without hack the hood up really good. Also, the light will probably too close the the water surface (not idea for good spread).
BTW, I still have the hood with Steve LED retrofit. Let me know if you are interested.

 

[Lion_fish]

I did the Steve LED Retrofit onto the hood of my Red Sea Max 130D (no long have the tank). The Retrofit worked really well as mixed Reef.
I don't think you will be able to get anything like XR15 to fit without hack the hood up really good. Also, the light will probably too close the the water surface (not idea for good spread).
BTW, I still have the hood with Steve LED retrofit. Let me know if you are interested.

I prefer standart fixture incase ill want to use it for other tank,
but that's an option send me the details in a msg

about the water height- you probably right won't give good spread.
what do you think about the led strip option?

 

[ReeferHD]

I slid my kessil ap700 in there and it works great

 

[Lion_fish]

I slid my kessil ap700 in there and it works great

nice! thanks
so there's enough room for the fans at the top to work, make me lean towards 2 primes.