TropTrea
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Yes I would say it is feesable but question the Cost and practicality. Lets look at the basics. I have several 40 gallon frag tanks on LED's and the best results of both Color and Growth are under the following LED's.
10 Watts of Neutral White LED's
8 Watts of Near UV LED's 420nm
15 Watts of True Blue 470nm LED's
30 Watts of Royal Blue 455 nm LED's.
Light distribution on the 40 breeder tank is a big area with a shallow tank. You want at least 4 different point sources if your keeping the lights close to the surface. If you raise them so they are at least 30" from the substrate than you need to increase the wattage to account for the added distance. But two more powerful light sources would be more viable then.
Four groups with a total of 63+ watts would mean about 16 watts per pight point. That would easily be handle by one of the collers you listed. Provided you fcan fit the desired LED's combination on the Cooler.
Going with 2 light sources would mean at 32 watts per light source and preferable closer to 50 watts with the added distance the light needs to travel. Again this is peobably hitting the near limit of the heat sink however will you have enough space on it to mount everything?
For cooling I see it being very simple where for each cooler have a small submergable pump with a pre-filter on it to pump the water. With a 40 gllon tank you want at least 1000 gallons total flow so with 4 units you only need a pump that will run about 250 gallons per hour. The question is with the small tubing what is max you can flow through the water cooled heat sinks?
On the ergonomic sense is the power used to pump the water through the piping going to cost less than the amount f heat that the will saved from the heater?
10 Watts of Neutral White LED's
8 Watts of Near UV LED's 420nm
15 Watts of True Blue 470nm LED's
30 Watts of Royal Blue 455 nm LED's.
Light distribution on the 40 breeder tank is a big area with a shallow tank. You want at least 4 different point sources if your keeping the lights close to the surface. If you raise them so they are at least 30" from the substrate than you need to increase the wattage to account for the added distance. But two more powerful light sources would be more viable then.
Four groups with a total of 63+ watts would mean about 16 watts per pight point. That would easily be handle by one of the collers you listed. Provided you fcan fit the desired LED's combination on the Cooler.
Going with 2 light sources would mean at 32 watts per light source and preferable closer to 50 watts with the added distance the light needs to travel. Again this is peobably hitting the near limit of the heat sink however will you have enough space on it to mount everything?
For cooling I see it being very simple where for each cooler have a small submergable pump with a pre-filter on it to pump the water. With a 40 gllon tank you want at least 1000 gallons total flow so with 4 units you only need a pump that will run about 250 gallons per hour. The question is with the small tubing what is max you can flow through the water cooled heat sinks?
On the ergonomic sense is the power used to pump the water through the piping going to cost less than the amount f heat that the will saved from the heater?