whats your opinion on moon lights/leds?

[cjilge]

I would like to add some blue leds to the tank and was looking at the R2 solutions dual extreme's. WHat are you using for moon lights or blue leds? I plan on running them 24/7 depending on how bright they are at night. I may add a couple 2 led strips to actually use as moon lights and just run the extremes to blue up the overal tank. any thoughts?

Thanks!

 

[Stealth91RT]

I use the lbm4's on this site and love them! Great color and not to bright for night time use. Pre wired and sealed all you have to add is a 12v adapter from wal-mart or wherever.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Flight_bars-sign.html

 

[ghellin]

Chris I have the lbm 2 I will bring them to the meeting on saturday I have blue and white.

 

[cjilge]

cool thanks ghellin, I've looked at so many its crazy. I just need to cover 6ft and would like to blue up the tank alittle and have some moon lights.

stealth, how many do you have running?

 

[Stealth91RT]

I extended the wires to evenly run 4 along a 4 foot span on my 75gal. Gives a great color and really makes my corals fluoresce.

 

[ghellin]

The blues are like very dim actinics they do look great

 

[cjilge]

Glad you told me I was going to order like 20 of them! I wait to see yours Ghellin.

Thanks guys!

 

[cjilge]

thanks ghellin! those look awesome over the tank! they are pretty bright. I will probably run 2 strings, one one 24/7 and one on first and off last for dawn dusk . Thanks again those are great moon lights. I'll get these back to you at the next meeting.

 

[ghellin]

Awesome!

 

[cjilge]

I will order the 4leds and about 20 and go from there. I may order a few of the other colors to see if they change the look any or not. once I get them here and installed I'll let you know how they are doing.

Thanks Again!

 

[Mylilreef]

do those need any special drivers or would just a 12V adaptor work? i took a peek at them last night and looks like something i might be interested in.

 

[ghellin]

Which ones? I had LEDs on the hood of my aquapod, and a 1x4 board with a few LED modules. The LEDs in the hood are high power LEDs and do require a LED driver. The ones on the board are waterproof LEDs for moonlighting and are powered by any simple 12v power supply.

 

[Mylilreef]

yeah i was looking at the waterproof moonlights. only a 12v power supply makes 'em pretty affordable and they look to be a really simple install.

 

[okieman98]

i just ordered from that site Saturday, have not got mine yet. but i got a blue boat kit and aft light. got the white led aft light to use night fishing due to the low amp pull , and modules to light up the internal of the boat, it should look good at night. and not mess up your night vision to much. i use a 24 inch strip light on my 55 gal holding tank works great. also if u look on ebay there is one guy that sells a aquarium kit up to 72 inch, i have one of these as well and light up the tank great, but they are not water proof and if u drop then they will go out. i have use this this one for about 2 years, if u want the guys store site pm me and i will look it up