Led Light Strips help

[FraggledRock]

So I found a place in Manhattan NYC on Canal Street that sells LED Strips. They have regular and a HO version of their LEDs.

The HO version is 18$/foot.

They said they are a 5,000K LED light High Output LED strip.

They also have Blue LEDs, i asked if they were royal Blue 453nM equivalent, and they weren't sure.

I was thinking of buying 2 lengths of 3 feet of the 5k White and 1 length of 3 feet of the blue and attach to my canopy top with the blue in the middle and white in back and front..

Is 5k a good kelvin for corals? and if the blue isnt "royal blue" will it still be considered Actinic blue color?

Suggestions?

 

[Mallyn]

Led strip

Led strip

You should make your own. Heat sink usa for your heat sink and rapid led for your LEDs that way you can add different colors and adjust.

 

[ghellin]

^This. Do you have a link for the LEDs you found? Wattage plays a very major factor in LED usability. If they are 1/2 or 1/4 watt LEDs they will do next to nothing for coral.

 

[FraggledRock]

^This. Do you have a link for the LEDs you found? Wattage plays a very major factor in LED usability. If they are 1/2 or 1/4 watt LEDs they will do next to nothing for coral.

I will ask. I dont know.

I may go the rapid led route w the heatsink

 

[Fredfish]

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They also have Blue LEDs, i asked if they were royal Blue 453nM equivalent, and they weren't sure...
Suggestions?

If they do not even know the spectrum of the blue LEDs walk away because they don't know what they are doing.

 

[ghellin]

^Yup.


FraggledRock the rapidled DIY strips are awesome they won't disappoint.

 

[FraggledRock]

^Yup.


FraggledRock the rapidled DIY strips are awesome they won't disappoint.

Thanks for all the advice, yea i didntbtrustvthem when NO OBE Zknew ANY specs...

Im going to build a led of my own later down the riad, but Today i bought a T5 ho fixture cause i like t5 mixed with led. Im using my aquasun led fir the blues and i have the t5 with the actinic and 10k bulbs.

Whatcha think?

Its got the broad lighting and the coloration i like. The led is shorter than the t5 fixture, but imma remedy that soon!

Thanks!

 

[ghellin]

Looks nice. I am T5/LED combo as well.

 

[FraggledRock]

Looks nice. I am T5/LED combo as well.

Nice its just such a crisp look for me!