Newman's Picotope

[.Newman.]

ok so Yesterday I completely finished my LED fixture, and I put it on the tank.

1. the lighting now looks a bit wacky. like some sort of disco is going on in my tank...

2. Blue Cree LEDs rock!

 

and FTS and some pics of my corals under the blue Crees will soon be posted

[Mr. Microscope]

Awesome! Congrats! I can't wait to see.

[.Newman.]

thats BS. my camera cannot handle the blue Crees, so only blue color shows on the pics >_<

Thus I cannot post the awesome wicked shots of my corals in their neon colors under the blue Crees.

At least I can post a crappy FTS:

[Mr. Microscope]

Since installing my PAR, I've been experimenting with Photoshop to make my photos look as close to reality as I can. I'm starting to get pretty close. After opening the image in Photoshop, open the levels. Then, adjust each histogram for R, G, and B so that there are no blank spots on either end. You'll probably see Red and Green concentrated on the right and Blue concentrated on the left. After adjusting each individual color histogram, go to the RGB combined histogram and move gamma (middle slider) slightly to the left. Look at your aquarium while doing this and you should be able to tune it in pretty close.

 

That GSP sure looks awesome! Zoas too!

[.Newman.]

thanks for the tips!

 

oh wait...theres no photoshop on my computer x_x

[Cheetos]

Congrats man for finally going with LEDs. Looks great! You just couldn't resist the disco look could ya?

[.Newman.]

best of all i can finally look at my corals under only the actinic lighting. blue crees = the best actinics around x_x

 

thanks

[Cheetos]

You know it!

[.Newman.]

OK, so my camera turns out to not be as bad as I had thought, its just that I forgot to set the white balance correctly for the new lights. I had been working with the white balance from the PC lighting I took off. Best of all I can now post very accurate Actinic shots!

 

This is very close to what the tank looks like under normal lighting:

 

And these are going to be all the actinic shots:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kinda cool that I can get these shots to work w/o any photoshop

[racechase]

What are the deets on the LED fixture?

[.Newman.]

details(lol):

3 cool white Cree LEDs

3 Royal Blue Cree LEDs

a 6" heatsink

2 Mean Well LPC-35-700W drivers (one for each color)

and a fan for the heatsink.

 

and thats about it.

this is basically what it was: DIY LED from rapidleds.com

 

I did not put my 80 degree optics on the LEDs, even though i have those. I do not believe they are needed with a small tank this size

[new-b-reefer]

details(lol):

3 cool white Cree LEDs

3 Royal Blue Cree LEDs

a 6" heatsink

2 Mean Well LPC-35-700W drivers (one for each color)

and a fan for the heatsink.

 

and thats about it.

this is basically what it was: DIY LED from rapidleds.com

 

I did not put my 80 degree optics on the LEDs, even though i have those. I do not believe they are needed with a small tank this size

 

this is one beautiful picotope. the colors are amazing

[racechase]

Dude, nice find Thanks for the link!

[friar1]

Newman:

 

All I can say is.... AWESOME!

 

Friar

[.Newman.]

lol thank you guys. I cant believe how a simple light could transform this tank in a single day.

[c_k_kuehne]

The latest batch of pics is looking really good.

[RedMan25xl]

nice progress newman.

[Cheetos]

Dude, nice pics!

[Wendy]

You're tank looks great & congrats on the new led lighting!

[.Newman.]

Thanks!

[racechase]

Hey man, I'm dropping in to say I'm going LED Thanks for helping me cross over

[.Newman.]

haha, thanks for looking at my thread/tank

[.Newman.]

I think the finger leather likes the new light:

[Sushi]

the shimmer looks really nice

 

any pics from farther back showing the entire tank?

[.Newman.]

lol ok, if you say so...but be prepared to see some....

 

 

WIRES!