Blue LED's the wal-mart way...

[nospeed411]

Ok so I kinda stole from a bunch of others ideas on here and built a nice little LED strip.

Supplies needed
1. Box of LED blue lights from Wal-mart. ($6)
2. 3 boxes of LED light clips , also sourced there.($2 a box)
3. 1 extension cord
4. 1 Timer ($4)
5. 1 strip of 90 angle aluminum from Lowes. ($8)

Take the little clips and space them aprox 1/4 inch from each other for doing a 48" strip. 60 lights seemed to do just fine on my 90 gallon with ease. Clip in the lights and test the strip before mounting . Mount strip to underside of hood , run cord , plug in and admire your work.

 

[poly-nomial]

Ok so I kinda stole from a bunch of others ideas on here and built a nice little LED strip.

Supplies needed
1. Box of LED blue lights from Wal-mart. ($6)
2. 3 boxes of LED light clips , also sourced there.($2 a box)
3. 1 extension cord
4. 1 Timer ($4)
5. 1 strip of 90 angle aluminum from Lowes. ($8)

Take the little clips and space them arrox 1/4 inch from each other for doing a 48" strip. 60 lights seemed to do just fine on my 90 gallon with ease. Clip in the lights and test the strip before mounting . Mount strip to underside of hood , run cord , plug in and admire your work.

Lol dude i like your sig! Nice moonlights?

 

[kingyella]

cool, you have the easiest diy method i've seen so far. i like it. I would probably add some extra adhesive to those clips to make sure they hold over time.

 

[nospeed411]

Yeah...moonlights..for when the Parrot and the JD are in the mood...LOL

As cheap as these things are you could easily light a whole tank with 3 sets of white ones.

 

[Danger_Chicken]

cool

 

[nospeed411]

cool, you have the easiest diy method i've seen so far. i like it. I would probably add some extra adhesive to those clips to make sure they hold over time.

Well the adhesive on them seems decent but I think with the moisture they will give up...I am actually gonna run a bead of hot glue across them to give em some extra holding power.

 

[kingyella]

yea the hot glue will hold them for sure. With all these diy moonlight threads, i kinda want to do one now. If i decide i'll have to jack your design, seems easy.

 

[nospeed411]

yea the hot glue will hold them for sure. With all these diy moonlight threads, i kinda want to do one now. If i decide i'll have to jack your design, seems easy.

Yea by far the easiest way to do it. I only have roughly 20 bucks in the whole thing. If you notice it's spaced up from the surface of the water by a good 6 inches, and I still get incredible light penetration.

It does however piss me off that about a year ago I spent 40 bucks on a 6 lamp setup on ebay that was worthless.

 

[doomsau]

very cool will the constant moisture effect the life of the light string?

 

[mamapuff]

Wow. I'm on a budget and this is gonna be so cool. I may have to add a few more strips but I totally can't wait. Thanks!