Avoiding all the fine tuning and nuances of LEDs. Really, the first two or three posts in this thread do exactly what you want. I mean really, I don't care about series or parallel, or the finer points of heat transfer materials. From what I found, the first couple of posts on page 1 give me enough information to go from no knowledge to a working prototype that shines brightly. And it's enough know how that I can manage it. That's all I need. Just better lights to grow corals with less power wasted. Nuf said.
My only concern now is will the lights really grow the sps or other corals I'd like to keep? If the answer is yes, then hang the fine tuning, to me the only question becomes how many buck pucks hooked to a power source and 6 LEDs do I need for the aquarium size I have. And I'm not going to quibble over a 100 par values either direction. Just like any type of aquarium lighting, I believe you'll find some corals that will grow just fine with this lighting set up, some that grow gang busters!, and others that you just won't be able to keep. But how is that different than T5, MH, VHO or any other form of lighting.
This project just makes total sense as described in the first couple of posts. But I am learning a lot reading through all this. So please continue...(sits back down)
Aaron
