I am currently planning my new tank, I have been on hiatus for the last 8 years. I reacently obtained a trapezoid shaped tank that is 96" long 30" deep about 250 gallons. I was wondering what leds would do best to keep sps and what color spectrum to look for growth and viewing and what opticsI may need. I would like to mimic sun set and rise and lunar phases.
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There are many good DIY LED threads on RC. Spend some time doing research before you start buying components. Several good threads devoted to the Lumia chips 5.2's being better IMO. Recently several have begun doing DIY's using the Radion upgrade Pucks available on the Echotech website (good value but requires a decent amount of DIY skill)
The "evil cluster" is another popular configuration for larger tanks, as is including some T5 supplement.
You'll probably want optics around 60 degree for a tank that deep. The Blue end of the spectrum 410nm to 480nm is the growth spectrum so you want to be heavy there and only provide enough other colors of light to achieve pleasing viewing (T5 is an easy way to do that)
Read up for a while then start asking more specific questions as you get your ideas narrowed down. Otherwise you'll just get a ton of opinions and there are a ton of different ways to do LED lighting that will achieve good results, so it is really up to you to narrow it down.
The "evil cluster" is another popular configuration for larger tanks, as is including some T5 supplement.
You'll probably want optics around 60 degree for a tank that deep. The Blue end of the spectrum 410nm to 480nm is the growth spectrum so you want to be heavy there and only provide enough other colors of light to achieve pleasing viewing (T5 is an easy way to do that)
Read up for a while then start asking more specific questions as you get your ideas narrowed down. Otherwise you'll just get a ton of opinions and there are a ton of different ways to do LED lighting that will achieve good results, so it is really up to you to narrow it down.
Thank you for you reply, I have been searching RC and other sites just can't seem to find much info for a tank of my depth.
oreo57
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Correction the back panes is 36"
cdenunzio83
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I have a marineland 300 DD and I run 3 dimmabul evergrow 55x3watt full spectrum and I have to turn them down
I have a marineland 300 DD and I run 3 dimmabul evergrow 55x3watt full spectrum and I have to turn them down
cdenunzio83
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Yes
mine are 3w with 90 deg also 30 " deep and I run at 75 % of power
mine are 3w with 90 deg also 30 " deep and I run at 75 % of power
They are beautiful fixtures but I would need like 6 of them. And cost is a factor also, and I enjoy doing DIY projects.
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