$100 DIY Cree LED XR-E - Actinic Supplement 48" Light Strip

Good job, man!! You wanted blue.... well... you have blue!!

Awesome! Frag tank looks just great!

 

thanks mag! I wish it wasnt a frag tank though. All im missing is a overflow and I can setup my sump. then its more LR, bigger corals, etc..

 

LOL !!! I feel your pain, bro!! This is a never ending hobby.... somehow I put a lot of money in this tank already... money that I shouldn't have spent on it considering my unemployment situation, but still.... there's this frag or this LED or some other thing that "I need to get for the fish"

Well... I tell you what though... I'm sure I'll be dazzled the day you say "OK.. I'm happy with my tanks. I have everything I wanted to have in there"... I'm sure it will be more than a jaw dropping tank

Keep it up, man! I like the DIY! +K for the time and effort invested and obviously for sharing it with us!

- Mag.

 

I think the day we'll all say we are happy is when we got a couple 500g reef tanks sitting in our homes.. ;D

 

But if you go 500 you may as well go 1000!

 

yeah or convert the swimming pool to a reef tank..

 

This is the kinda thinking I like..ahhh I could see it now..snorkling in your own private reef....
They had out side fish/reef tank/pools when I was in hawaii at the aquarium there.I believe it was in maui..

 

Great job night-rida! I enjoyed reading through this and seeing the results. 8)
If you had to do it again, would you use epoxy or stick with screws?

matt

 

thanks matt!

Well with only 8 leds, screws weren't to bad. Seeing how Im already handy with a drill, bits, tap,etc. but anymore over 12 leds, I would probly epoxy them down for sure.. It would have saved a good 2 hrs of marking/measureing/drilling/taping holes but with glue but it's permanent.. so placement better be right, or you'll be upset. Also with the 5" spacing and 60 degree lens I did, I'm happy with the coverage with so little amount of these cree leds give on my 4' long tank. I would estimate 12 leds total spaced every 5" would even be enough for even a 6' wide tank looking for actinic supplement..

-night8)rida

 

So a 4' wide tank would require about 115 LED's? I'm hoping there's a typo in that post. :-/