Well I have mine in a canopy but I've put them into fluorescent fixtures before
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Can you elaborate at all please? I'm trying to figure out how to do this easily, what ballast/transformer/whatever are you using to power the LEDs?
Okay In my tank on the right half I have a 50W led (really bright) it runs off of it own led driver (constant current) it is attached to a heatsink that dissipates heat away from the led and into the air.
On the left side of my tank I have 2 10W LEDs. Each led has it's own driver that steps the standard wall electricity in the U.S. ( 120 V AC) down to 12 V DC which the led requires to run properly.
So basically depending on how bright you want your tank you will have to decide how big of an led to get and how many to get. I prefer to use a few larger LEDs rather than a bunch of small ones. This is because the usually have a bigger viewing angle compare to smaller ones.
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As you can see in this picture it shows the viewing angle of different LEDs. The higher power ones usually have a bigger viewing angle. If you also raise the led up the viewing angle will cover more area of the tank, but the light intensity will decline not by much though.
They have a lot if 10,000-14,000K LEDs on eBay but a lot of them are in the 30-100+ watt range. I noticed you had a few posts on converting to saltwater. Are you wanting to make something that will work for corals incase you switch from FW?
Hope that helps a bit.
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On the left side of my tank I have 2 10W LEDs. Each led has it's own driver that steps the standard wall electricity in the U.S. ( 120 V AC) down to 12 V DC which the led requires to run properly.
So basically depending on how bright you want your tank you will have to decide how big of an led to get and how many to get. I prefer to use a few larger LEDs rather than a bunch of small ones. This is because the usually have a bigger viewing angle compare to smaller ones.
View attachment 772414
As you can see in this picture it shows the viewing angle of different LEDs. The higher power ones usually have a bigger viewing angle. If you also raise the led up the viewing angle will cover more area of the tank, but the light intensity will decline not by much though.
They have a lot if 10,000-14,000K LEDs on eBay but a lot of them are in the 30-100+ watt range. I noticed you had a few posts on converting to saltwater. Are you wanting to make something that will work for corals incase you switch from FW?
Hope that helps a bit.
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I'm exploring LED's for everything. I started looking when I was setting up my planted tank but now I want to consider it for all my breeding tanks in my basement. I imagine 10,000-12,000k is best for lighting cichlids??? Those are what I breed so that is why I typically inquire about those temps. I am considering venturing into salt but not converting, just getting a small experiment so to speak.
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Hmmm idk why the picture quit working. Maybe because I got it from google.
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Thanks, trick. I'm probably going to put together a light for my hex with 4 10 watt lights. Should penetrate into the tank.
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