russ722 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I'm concidering starting up a 10g gallon reef and I'm wondering about lighting. I have a chance to get a ocreef par38 bulb(12x3 watt Cree LEDs)for a good price.would this be enough light cover the whole tank? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 lol, Cree. It's most certainly not. Besides that, one PAR38 doesn't do well for lengths over ~14-16". Link to comment
russ722 Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 OK thanks for the heads, guess I was miss informed. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 No, it's just that OCreef doesn't have a clue about LEDs. (most don't, though) Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Just get a ReefRadiance fixture,or fork out the money to make your own light: Heatsink shit and whatnot: Makers Heatsink 6"-$25 or 12" for $50 150w-200w Power Supply-$30-$50 90mm Fan and PSU-$10-$20 depending on where you order it from. Used Coralux Storm conteoller-$50 Storm Plastic Case-$10 Coralux 3up Board-$7-$8 I think Meanwell LDD 700mA-$21 all together LEDs enough for 4 clusters of 3: 3x Luxeon ES Royal Blues-$9 3x Luxeon ES Warm Whites-$9 3x Luxeon ES True Blues or Cyans- $9 2x Hyper Violets-$9 Just a smidge over $200 shipped. Link to comment
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