xxBarneyxx
Fish Aficionado
Currently we have 4 white tubes and 2 blue tubes on our vision 450 which works fine for the soft coral s we have. We did start off with 8 but it just costs to much to run them and replace the tubes.
Its coming up to the time where we need to replace the tubes again and I'm giving serious consideration to making a DIY LED unit as are electric bill is stupidly high (and I don't have a couple of grand to spend on aquarays or the like).
The actual building of it im not overly worried about (I'm fairly handy with a soldering iron but sure I will still have plenty of questions) but I have still not seen anywhere a decent guide on how many LED'S you need per sq ft for a full reef system. Was planning on using the CREE led's (unless there is anything new on the market in the last month or two).
It doesnt have to be equivalent to twenty 450w MH units just has to do for softies, LPs and maybe the odd lower light SPS and BTA later down the road (could maybe add in extra spotlights for these if needed).
Its coming up to the time where we need to replace the tubes again and I'm giving serious consideration to making a DIY LED unit as are electric bill is stupidly high (and I don't have a couple of grand to spend on aquarays or the like).
The actual building of it im not overly worried about (I'm fairly handy with a soldering iron but sure I will still have plenty of questions) but I have still not seen anywhere a decent guide on how many LED'S you need per sq ft for a full reef system. Was planning on using the CREE led's (unless there is anything new on the market in the last month or two).
It doesnt have to be equivalent to twenty 450w MH units just has to do for softies, LPs and maybe the odd lower light SPS and BTA later down the road (could maybe add in extra spotlights for these if needed).
