Hey guys, I posted this on RC but thought I would share here as well in case anyone is wondering.
In case anyone wondered if it's possible here is what I did. I just gutted everything inside the hood except the stock fan. Break off any screw post that's in the way. Use silicon adhesive to glue the driver block. Drilled two holes for the two dimmer. Wire everything together. Wiring is mostly stock except for the fans. Drill some holes on the top as a fan grill to add a third fan taken from the Chinese LED case. Glue that fan down with silicon adhesive(liquid nails). Glue some extra old computer heat sinks and old graphic card heat sink to the Led board just in case. So two out and 1 in fan. Cut the led board on the outside so it fits inside the stock cover. Take off all the lens for better coverage. And done. $86 led upgrade. I also bought some Chinese 3w epistar 395nm uv bulbs and replaced 5 white bulbs($5for 10bulbs). I also have 10 full spectrum bulb($3) comming and plan on replacing 4whites and the 2 red bulbs. I find that at the fixed height the light is at the red bulb isn't getting mixed into the tank as well so the full spectrum bulb being essentially blue/red together would be better. One of the attached picture is kind of the plan on the new bulb distribution. This tank just has an upflow ATS and a diy bottle Reactor using a Rio 90pump with seagel as a media.
In case anyone wondered if it's possible here is what I did. I just gutted everything inside the hood except the stock fan. Break off any screw post that's in the way. Use silicon adhesive to glue the driver block. Drilled two holes for the two dimmer. Wire everything together. Wiring is mostly stock except for the fans. Drill some holes on the top as a fan grill to add a third fan taken from the Chinese LED case. Glue that fan down with silicon adhesive(liquid nails). Glue some extra old computer heat sinks and old graphic card heat sink to the Led board just in case. So two out and 1 in fan. Cut the led board on the outside so it fits inside the stock cover. Take off all the lens for better coverage. And done. $86 led upgrade. I also bought some Chinese 3w epistar 395nm uv bulbs and replaced 5 white bulbs($5for 10bulbs). I also have 10 full spectrum bulb($3) comming and plan on replacing 4whites and the 2 red bulbs. I find that at the fixed height the light is at the red bulb isn't getting mixed into the tank as well so the full spectrum bulb being essentially blue/red together would be better. One of the attached picture is kind of the plan on the new bulb distribution. This tank just has an upflow ATS and a diy bottle Reactor using a Rio 90pump with seagel as a media.
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