225 Blue + WHITE LED Aquarium & Plant Grow Light Panel

[TypicalWhiteAZN]

ya'll prolly seen this sale posting from eBay (reference title)... After obsessing about its possibilities I decided to ignorantly forgo my booze money for the week and purchase a few of these... Well they were weak sauce and for the past 6 month have been sitting on my shelf... Thankfully Tom (socal fish), just got in a Par Meter for rental and I finally got some hard data....

At its highest, 54 Par... from ~4 inches away w/o water penetration.. its only 13 watts so no surprise..

soo.... if u want cheap and low energy fish ONLY light, there ya go... but the all white panel does make a great refugium light.. my chaetos thrived like crazy...

 

[gumbii]

i keep telling people man...

it should work for macro algaes... and i like the light spectrum the quad band panel has...


but yeah...


fail...

 

[glOckcOma]

oooh I need a good fuge light how much are they and post a link.

 

[glOckcOma]

nvm found it

 

[TypicalWhiteAZN]

yeah like $25.. but don't let an ounce of saltwater get into it!.. once one strip goes, its a domino affect.... so warp its up in that clear plastic stuff.. u know, its super thin, transparent stuff they wrap food in... kinda sticky... i know the word but cant spell it even if my life depended on it.... My bachelor's degree doesn't help me at all on this.. regardless, I had one working for well over 6 months w/o issues until a water change got outta hand and the **** thing electrocuted everything it touch... fail... so warp it like a condom i guess..

basically common sense, but unlike most fixtures the panel's surface is like 80% cardboard.. so anything gets on it is absorbed...

Anyways, for even better macro growth, dont put it on top. Positioning it on one of the side of the sump walls and place the macro right next to the glass... maximizes whatever lil par it can bleed out.. Blast it 24/7 if you want since its only 13 watts..

 

[socalturbo]

Does anyone know what the minimum wattage per LED is that will work on a coral tank?
Im going to be doing a LED setup on my 24g nano, and found some 5mm 1 watt leds?

 

[IEreefmaster]

Does anyone know what the minimum wattage per LED is that will work on a coral tank?
Im going to be doing a LED setup on my 24g nano, and found some 5mm 1 watt leds?

It depends upon what watt LEDs you are going to use. I am not sure of the exact answer of the question....however, I have heard that a company will be releasing a 5w LED fixture in the next coming months.

 

[TypicalWhiteAZN]

w/ LEDs the more Watts per chip = more depth pernetration.. But its also dependent on how many chips you cluster together and how much lumens each chip puts out. To my understanding lumen loosely correlates to PAR. Anyways, 1 watts should be alright, you just need to cluster alot of them together and use optics for water penetration.. I have a panel of 1 watt LEDs w/ 60 degrees optics over a small portion of my frag tank that is supporting soft corals and rose anemones.... gets about 130 PAR at 10 inch depth.. but again, its only 40 watts!

 

[5ft24]

3 watt LED's aren't much more than the 1 watters (Price wise)

 

[socalturbo]

I was actually looking at getting these strips, can you let me know if they'll work? I want to test it on my 12g nano before trying it on my 40g setup.

"LB1 Series LED Light Bar
12 inch Light Bar with twelve 3mm High Flux Piranha 90 Degree LEDs. Bars Separate in 3 inch sections. Mounting Tracks, C21 Interconnect and Power Jumpers available in store. 12VDC Operation.

LB1 series 12-LED Light Bar
SPECIFICATIONS
All LB1 series Light Bars use 3mm High Flux Piranha LEDs with 90° viewing angle
Part NO Emitting Color CCT*/ Dominant Wavelength Single LED Luminous Flux or Intensity** Lumen or millicandela per Foot Total Lumen or millicandela per Unit Current Draw @ 12 VDC Price Each†

LB1-W12 Cool White 7150K 7.9 lm 94.8 lm/ft 94.8 lm 120mA $15.95
LB1-B12 Blue 470nm 6500mcd 78000mcd/ft 78000mcd 118mA $16.95

If not, ill be going the custom route and buying some cree leds and just wire my own panel up.

 

[TypicalWhiteAZN]

doesnt even look like theres a heatsink on those strips... is 'lm' stands for Lumen?... if so, 95 lm/ft?.. cause u can get 130 lumens from just one cree LED chip XP-G... Think those strip will do well for a fish only or freshwater lighting... but feel free to test 'em for corals and rent a par meter.. lmk what kind of data you get... what are the wattages per strip?