DIY 48" LED Array/T-5 Combo Full Spectrum with StormX

[Jonviviano]

Hello all,


First of all i want to say that this build would not have been possible without the wealth of knowledge available on this forum. I would also like to state that I do not have a fancy degree in engineering, or any other background so this build will have flaws, probably could have been done in better ways or cost less. But never the less i really enjoy making LED arrays for my tanks and improving designs with every build. At the moment i have a basic 2/1 ratio CW to RB array on my 72 bow. These LED's have been running for around 8 years without fault, Built i feel with improving technology it was time to make some upgrades.

I decided to attempt an LED hybrid by utilizing 2 T5's along with the LED's. My idea was to help eliminate some shadowing, and also fill some voids in the overall color spectrum. I do not intend to rely on these for any reasonable PAR value. I will sytart with a rough materials list

- Odyssea 48" T5 fixture ( mainly for housing)
- 2 meanwell lrs-350-48 ( i wanted to reduce the load of only 1 power supply)
- Heatsink USA 3.5" x 46" heatsink
- Stormx controller
- Coralux PWM fan controller
- Coralux 6UP board
- Coralux 4UP board ( i did not know about the 10UP board at the time)
- 4x 1000H LDD
- 3X 500H LDD
- 3x PWN fans to replace stock
- ATI purple plus and ATIAquablue Special
- A mixture of CREE/SEMILED/LUXEON LED's ( Break-down to follow)
- Various connectors, acrylic, fans, wires, etc...

I decided to utilize the original endcaps and ballast for 2 out of the 4 T5's and the timer. Evertthing else was gutted.

CHANNEL 1
- 8 XP-E2 Neutral White

CHANNEL 2
- 4 XP-E2 Warm white & 4 XP-E2 Cool white

CHANNEL 3
- 15 XP-E2 Royal Blue

CHANNEL 4
-4 Rapidled Ultramarine Royal Blue & 4 XP-E2 Blue

CHANNEL 5
- 8 SEMILED Violet UV (410-420 NM) & 4 SEMILED UVA (390-400 NM)


CHANNEL 6
-4 Rapidled Infrared ( 840-870 NM) & 4 Semileds DEEP Infrared (945-955 NM)

CHANNEL 7
-2 Luxeon Cyan ( 505 NM) & 4 XP-E2 Amber (590 NM) & 2 XP-E2 Green (530 NM)

CHANNEL 9
- 3 PWM fans( controlled similar to ramping LEDS)

T5
- 1 Aquablue Special & 1 ATI purple plus ( Subject to vary)


My intent with this build was to Mimic as closely as i could the Orphek V4. I tried to utilize similar spectrum's and arrays.

 

[Jonviviano]

***ALL Channels showing around %50 brightness***

Channel 1

Channel 2

channel 3

Channel 4

Channel 5

Channel 6

(Barely visible to naked eye)

Channel 7

 

[Jonviviano]

All channels

With T5 ***Lamps are stock odyssea actinic crap***

Both blue channels with T5

Both White channels

Control box attaches to light Via Ethernet cable (2 for lights, one for Fans)

Sorry for some poor photography, I should have turned the lights down even lower

I am still waiting on a few parts to close everything up, And still need to learn the Stormx controller. I wanted to use a nice acrylic project box for all the components but could not really fond one that fit my needs. I will be borrowing my brothers PAR meter and hope to get some extensive readings.

 

[mcgyvr]

FYI... You should either pay for or drop photobucket as we cannot see your images due to them now charging for 3rd party hosting..
All we see is this..

 

[Jonviviano]

aaah, crap- Thats a shame this took a while to put together

 

[mcgyvr]

aaah, crap- Thats a shame this took a while to put together

I "think" you can fix it yourself by editing your posts and appending "~original" (without the quotes to your links..
Like this..
See attached..

Yep.. Tried it myself and it works..
I have requested that the mods delete my 2 posts so yours stays clean of my instructions of how to fix these photobucket posts..

Very nice job BTW..

 

[Jonviviano]

Mcgyvr would that be on the IMG or URL link? both? Thanks for your time

 

[mcgyvr]

Mcgyvr would that be on the IMG or URL link? both? Thanks for your time

Its appending that to the URL of the IMG

 

[Jonviviano]

OK, Edited and linked photos from imgur. Let me know if that works ?

 

[oldhead]

Very nice. I thought about doing a diy led but for what I wanted I could buy a reef breeders for $20 more.