Lets See SPS LED Tanks!

[BL]

Thanks guys.
My tank has been running under LED over 8 months, I used MH and T5 before.

 

[steevareno2002]

One of my favorite LED SPS tanks! Hope he doesn't mind me posting here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeZswM5lULM

 

[Mark in the Box]

My aquarium fully led for appr. 1,5 years now. I'm very satisfied with colors and growht.

 

[Mark in the Box]

And one pic of the right side

 

[Mark in the Box]

And offcourse one of the left side with the white leds dimmed for 50 % and blue at 80 %

 

[Stuginski]

Sory for delay Jerdel....thank you..

I´m using 50/50

Hails from Brazil

D.

 

[Stuginski]

Hi Fishman...I´m runing leds for 1.5 years right now!

D.

 

[Stuginski]

Hi Reefhobo...

I never run halides in this tank...so I can´t say if my tank would be better with halides or not....but I´m really happy with leds.

Hails from Brazil

D.

 

[cediss]

Steveareno2002- Very nice video!............

Mark in the Box- sweet tank

 

[steevareno2002]

Another nice LED tank! Great pix...

 

[BL]

Update March 23, 2012
FTS

Top down shoot.

 

[Marco Madeira]

Hi guys.
8 months on PAR38 leds..., have been a good experience until now.

 

[steevareno2002]

Looking good guys!

 

[jedidog1]

tanks with the diy led on what are you running your leds at? not percentage but at what mill-amp are you running your whites and blues at and how far off the water do you have your leds at, i just want to compare with mine im running nw and rb with some blue leds and just cant get the color out of some of my sps frags and i get no growth. been really thinking about just going to metal halide.

 

[cediss]

I doubt the no growth is due to LED. I thought the same thing at first. Only Monti and pocci were growing for over 6 months. Not even my green slimer was growing much. Then took bio pellets off and found my refractometer was reading off so salinity was actually 1.030. Now everything is growing. Not saying these are your issues specifically. But LEDs are new and get blamed for a lot of problems.


To answer your question. Most DIY LEDs are rated for 1amp max unless you run XML. I had my RB running around 1amp and my CW running around 350mil amps. 24 CW:24RB, 80 degree lenses at about 12 inches above the water.


I'm not sure how this helps you since

 

[cediss]

If you give up on LED go T5. Cooler and better color, less electricity.

 

[rodneyri]

nice BL, what combo of LED colors are you using?

 

[BL]

nice BL, what combo of LED colors are you using?

6 White 1 watt LED 7 kK : 9 Blue 1 watt LED (All China LED)
Here's my layout:

 

[steevareno2002]

If you give up on LED go T5. Cooler and better color, less electricity.

No way are T5's cooler and less electricity. How do you figure?

 

[CalmSeasQuest]

No way are T5's cooler and less electricity. How do you figure?

I did a double-take as well - I think he was referring to T5 vs MH