Maryland Guppy
CCA Members
Good Evening All:
Had to wonder how many are building your own LED fixtures.
Very popular among reef sites and is growing in the planted tank realm.
This is my standard puck variety.
14 - 3watt LED's driven @ 52VDC on one LDD driver @ 700mA.
Build these little wooden boxes to support the heatsink by the flanges.
1 - 12VDC fan on the end with a hole @ the other end of box to allow air flow.
Since the goal was plants LED's include 3-15K, 3-Full Spectrum, and 1-Green per disk.
I mounted these in a canopy inherited from a friend.
3 of these total 126watts of LED lighting over my 75 gallon.
I use a StormX controller for dimming the LED drivers.
These cannot be ran @ full wattage or an algae farm would be created.
My newest build is for a 80 gallon frag tank to include 8 of these assemblies.
They will be dimmed considerably but equal coverage was the main focus.
Some planted areas of the tank will require less lighting and dimming will be more of a concern.
8 square feet of planting area in one tank is quite a bit to consider.
The only changes have been two fans on each heatsink.
Not that they run hot but added LED life was a major concern.
New LED layout includes one RB & one green per heatsink.
The RB & the green do not provide great plant growth but the visual effect is better.
I have been replicating this canopy design on all my tanks.
Dual hinged with mounting areas for LED's.
I guess more to follow when the frag tank canopy is built.
The canopy build would be another DIY for sure.
Just thought to share this build with others.
I am new with the group and have enjoyed the past two meetings I have attended.
Night All:
Had to wonder how many are building your own LED fixtures.
Very popular among reef sites and is growing in the planted tank realm.
This is my standard puck variety.
14 - 3watt LED's driven @ 52VDC on one LDD driver @ 700mA.
Build these little wooden boxes to support the heatsink by the flanges.
1 - 12VDC fan on the end with a hole @ the other end of box to allow air flow.
Since the goal was plants LED's include 3-15K, 3-Full Spectrum, and 1-Green per disk.
I mounted these in a canopy inherited from a friend.
3 of these total 126watts of LED lighting over my 75 gallon.
I use a StormX controller for dimming the LED drivers.
These cannot be ran @ full wattage or an algae farm would be created.
My newest build is for a 80 gallon frag tank to include 8 of these assemblies.
They will be dimmed considerably but equal coverage was the main focus.
Some planted areas of the tank will require less lighting and dimming will be more of a concern.
8 square feet of planting area in one tank is quite a bit to consider.
The only changes have been two fans on each heatsink.
Not that they run hot but added LED life was a major concern.
New LED layout includes one RB & one green per heatsink.
The RB & the green do not provide great plant growth but the visual effect is better.
I have been replicating this canopy design on all my tanks.
Dual hinged with mounting areas for LED's.
I guess more to follow when the frag tank canopy is built.
The canopy build would be another DIY for sure.
Just thought to share this build with others.
I am new with the group and have enjoyed the past two meetings I have attended.
Night All: