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adam1103 · 08/15/2016, 07:18 PM

LET THERE BE LIGHT!!!

So I had 2 of these over my 90 gallon tank, and while they did the job I never really liked the looks of them. It just wasn't the finished look I wanted anymore. Especially since I was going to do a suspended canopy above the tank.

So while I was surfing the Led Web I came across the Onyx housing kits and couldn't pass them up for the price.

But again wasn't happy with the amount of Leds so I decided to ramp it up a little. The Onyx housing came with spots for 28.
My concern was 28 over a 2ftx2ft area wouldn't provide enough par for most SPS. So I drilled new holes with a step bit and was now ready for 35 Cree Leds!! I'll post colors at the end of this.

Still needed a couple of Lenses.

So for color layout per Onyx housing:
1 Cree XP-E Green
2 Phillips lime
1 Cree XP-E Red
1 Cree XP-E Red/orange
1 Phillips Cyan
6 420 Violet
10 Cree XT-E Royal Blue
6 Cree XP-E Blue
7 Cree XP-G2 Cool White
So I also had 4- 36 Inch T5s- 2ATI coral plus and 2ATI aqua blue special. T5s would run for about 6 Hrs a day and Leds about 11. I was getting about 250-300 par about halfway down the tank with the Leds at about 50 percent.

08/15/2016, 07:18 PM	#6
adam1103 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 75	LET THERE BE LIGHT!!! So I had 2 of these over my 90 gallon tank, and while they did the job I never really liked the looks of them. It just wasn't the finished look I wanted anymore. Especially since I was going to do a suspended canopy above the tank. So while I was surfing the Led Web I came across the Onyx housing kits and couldn't pass them up for the price. But again wasn't happy with the amount of Leds so I decided to ramp it up a little. The Onyx housing came with spots for 28. My concern was 28 over a 2ftx2ft area wouldn't provide enough par for most SPS. So I drilled new holes with a step bit and was now ready for 35 Cree Leds!! I'll post colors at the end of this. Still needed a couple of Lenses. So for color layout per Onyx housing: 1 Cree XP-E Green 2 Phillips lime 1 Cree XP-E Red 1 Cree XP-E Red/orange 1 Phillips Cyan 6 420 Violet 10 Cree XT-E Royal Blue 6 Cree XP-E Blue 7 Cree XP-G2 Cool White So I also had 4- 36 Inch T5s- 2ATI coral plus and 2ATI aqua blue special. T5s would run for about 6 Hrs a day and Leds about 11. I was getting about 250-300 par about halfway down the tank with the Leds at about 50 percent.