Another DIY LED project

[New2petro]

As if the water was on fire, it is crazy how much it shimmers.

[johnnymisty]

Much brighter and love the shimmer

[New_Cichlid11]

How many bulbs did u use? Looks like 4

[New2petro]

That tank is right next to my 120 with t5's and bright substrate and they do not compare when matching brightness. The led's are much brighter. I think that it is a much cleaner and clearer light also.

[johnnymisty]

Looks good i may do that in the future and take off my 4 bulb t5 light

[New2petro]

sorry about the double post, don't know what happened there.

[New2petro]

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Got the lights installed and the tank assembled. I tryed the lights with the defusers and without the defusesr on the bilb assemblies. I preffer the bulbs like they are in the picture without the defusers. It broadens the spectrum of light and makes the water shimmer so much that it looks like it is on fire. This is one lighting system that I would recommend to everyone because it really lights up the tank and it only cost about 150.00 dollars at the very most. I love it.

[New2petro]

Lights are in. The canopy had to be modified to support the lights but we got that done. It is great the way the lights shimmer. Because my brother my brother in law said that it was the most awesome thing he has ever seen. One of the bulbs had to be sent back because it did not work. I emailed the company and they said send it back and they would replace it. It is on its way back. Should be here in a couple of days.

[tunedis95]

Ha Ha...beat me to it, Ive been looking up these PAR led's the past couple of days. Thinking of switching out my 3X35watt HID kits for a few of these LED bulbs....still debating though. Each one of my bulbs is 35Watts and drawing less that 3 amps and around 3200 lumens....

Yas lights look nice, not complicated either. Something happens just buy another light fixture...sweet

[New2petro]

Blasting sand is of the devil himself. That stuff goes everywhere, especially in tanks with heavy flow

This is another problem, constant debris in the water do to the high current that the circulation pump generates.

[New2petro]

People also use blasting sand if you like the darker sand.

That is what I have in my 90g Troph tank. I don't really like it. I am looking for a larger grain then that. No to mention that th color is pretty bland. I added some white Auqa Terra but I dont like that either.

[New2petro]

Y'all don't have a Leslie's Pool Supply store over there?

Btw, start a tank thread man, details of the build are appreciated here

I checked the local Leslie's pools and they did not carry it. Emailed US silica and they suggested one of there suppliers in NJ. It is only about 15 miles from my place so I am heading over there tomorrow.

[eklikewhoa]

He didn't exactly have a high flow tank...

+1

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Another DIY LED project

I think mistahoo used blasting diamond sand or whatever it's called. He didn't have a problem

He didn't exactly have a high flow tank...

[New_Cichlid11]

Yea blasting sand sucks its never really settle and your surface agitation needs to be still not like most troph/petro tanks it will go everywhere. Trust me i had it in my tank because i thought it look nice but i hated it and so did my canisters