help!

[xDukrx]

Hey guys, first reef tank and first led light build. I wanted to make sure I have everything I need parts wise for my build. My tank is a 49 gallon 24"L X 18"W X 24"H. I want to have nice coral growth as well as make my fish pop. Should I have more royal blue and less white? The red and purple are just be experimental for color change and can be replaced or removed.. Any recommendations? Any other parts ? Thank you!

My list is-

 

MakersLED Heatsink Kit 12 inch

 

Inventronics 75w driver - 700mA

 

CREE XT-E Royal Blue x12

 

CREE XT-E Cool ​White​ (600​0K) x6

 

CREE XT-E Neutr​al Wh​ite (​4500K​) x6

 

Exotic Hyper Violet LED - 430nm x2

 

Exotic Deep Red - 660nm x2

[jedimasterben]

You want to use no cool white over a reef tank. Your base LEDs should be neutral white, royal blue, and blue in a 2:4:1 ratio (this sets your base color temperature to around 12-14K depending on who you ask ) and then add other colors from there. I would personally use warm white instead of deep red by itself, it blends a lot better. You could also use the Nichia white instead of the XT-E and skip using warm white or red altogether. You'll want cyan and violet, though.

 

8x NW, 16x RB (or 4x Luxeon M royals), 4x blue, 2-4x cyan (play around with them), and 8-16x violet. Having two violet over that tank will make zero difference, I wouldn't bother with less than 8.

 

You'll also probably want to run them on separate drivers, or at least separate out the blue adn violet.

[xDukrx]

Awesome, thank you for the reply. Any driver you recommend that's relatively simple?

[jedimasterben]

Inventronics if you're wanting simple, but the MakersDrivers are also pretty easy to use, just takes a separate DC supply. Each Makersdriver 2up can run up to ~28 LEDs (has two dimming channels).

[xDukrx]

Thank you very much, I'll male sure to post on here how everything turns out when I am finished!