fuge light

hey all

just ordered this light and was going to use for my fuge. will this be enough? or am i sol?

White 5mm LED Aquarium Grow Light Panel 12" 14w total - eBay (item 330367994139 end time Oct-15-09 16:20:54 PDT)

 

Should be fine, but honestly I'm not sure why you chose the LED route for a fuge. Personally I use a clip-on reading light from walmart with a 40W lightbulb (fluorescent, 6000K). Plenty of algae growth in the fuge with that.

 

something different and looks really clean. Just wanted to test it out and see what results i get.

 

Sounds like a good reason to me! Please post pics once it is up and running.

 

I use a LED grow light pannel on my fuge, works great! -- Its an expensive option though, so if you have cash to burn its a great option; otherwise you may want to look at investing the extra dough on something else for your setup.

 

just finished building/installing the fuge. Overall i think it came out great and the LED light looks as good as I was hoping and it is very bright. Unfortunately, all the LFS around my house are sold out of chaeto so I wont know if its sufficient for algae growth just yet.

Next weekend, or if i have any time between work and school, im going to run over to the inter coastal and pick up a few mangroves.

here are a few pics. sorry about the quality, iPhone took them. Ill post some better ones on monday.

 

your setup is looking great keep it up cant wait to see the end result =)

 

here is what it looks like now




Got some chaeto that seems to be doing ok and about a 4" sand bed (30lbs of sand in a 12x10x12 area). Already have a diatom bloom happening in there and I can see a ton of pods running around as well.

 

Looking good.. do you have a skimmer?

 

yessir

I run a AquaC Remora HOB skimmer and a Two Little Fishes Phosban reactor that both hang on back of the sump.