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disaster999
06/08/2015, 05:31 AM
I recently have a 40" tank, 100gal with a custom 30" DIY LED light with 5 clusters of

3 CREE Neutral white
3 LGB Hyper Violet
3 LGB RGB (deep red, cyan, blue)
6 CREE Royal Blue

These throw out a lot of light esp with lens and running them at 100%

Then I upgraded to a 65" 160 gal tank and my 30" light just isnt cutting it. So I bought 2 Lumia 5.2 and upgraded the drivers and added a new controller.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-s458uYoo_yI/VWmkj74xawI/AAAAAAAARLM/ug5T92wbu24/w480-h853-no/upload_-1

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ucf4UHds7Js/VWmkdi_im2I/AAAAAAAARK8/h8biHIxrbts/w480-h853-no/upload_-1

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zRL4Q1Cz-MU/VWx5L4kYeqI/AAAAAAAARN4/4ec7hFBtP4s/w590-h394-no/DSC_2476.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9lSf1slxuhI/VWx5L-AKHMI/AAAAAAAARN8/5UbFJcNjhLI/w590-h394-no/DSC_2479.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5_zz2XK5u1I/VWx5L2LXJDI/AAAAAAAAROA/B7AylBUK9sQ/w590-h394-no/DSC_2485.JPG

I have the blue, UV and RGB running at 100% and the whites is at around 70% This throws a lot of light into my tank and have a very even coverage.

tdtreefer
06/08/2015, 07:19 AM
What wattage are those diodes? Amazing color. No shadowing? Or does the puck style take that away? I'm planing a build myself.

disaster999
06/08/2015, 07:43 PM
Total wattage of the entire light is roughly around 370W

There are minimal shadowing but with the light at 12cm wide over a 26" wide tank, theres bound to have some shadowing.

The puck style light mimics a MH light, but MH have reflectors and such to efficiently reflect most of the light into the tank over a wide area. The LEDs cant really achieve that.

tdtreefer
06/09/2015, 12:16 PM
what direction are the fans?

disaster999
06/10/2015, 06:49 AM
pushing down