ashwin1224 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I want these lights for my new tank, I am a newbie so I dont wanna spend much just to start. The tank is 24"L 20"W 15"H. I am guessing I ll need 12 bulbs for this, 6 CW and 6 Blue. I only intend to keep softies, zoas etc. Would these lights be sufficient? And cant I put them a bit lower than 10"? It looks a bit odd, The height. Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 you can go a little lower, but the beams from the optics will make the lighting look unbalanced. 12 should be fine for softies Quote Link to comment
ashwin1224 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I couldnt get the 60 degree optic bulbs from LED HK, is there another source? They only had lots of 15 or something. Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 i find the bulbs are pretty much the same from all the dealers.. so just search gu10 led 60 and see what comes up here is a good seller with the 60's blues: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1pc-Blue-GU10-4w-L...#ht_2604wt_1413 white http://www.ebay.com/itm/1pc-Cool-White-GU1...#ht_2604wt_1413 Quote Link to comment
ashwin1224 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Thanx A lot!! Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 New Pictures!! The tank is now 11 months old.. almost to 1 year! will have a video to post in a bit too.. its uploading right now Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 tank video Quote Link to comment
boxboy Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 how many of the lights at 5watts each will I need for 16x16x16 17.7gal Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) maybe 16? two rows of 8 staggerred? could manage with 10-12 prolly if you wanted to start with less Edited November 13, 2011 by TinyGiant Quote Link to comment
dlogfx Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Looking really good TinyGiant! I like how your tank is filling in. Quote Link to comment
ashwin1224 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Nice tank man! At what height can I put these lights, these 60 degree ones? Quote Link to comment
ashwin1224 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) Bump! How is the shimmer with these? If its not much, can I supplement with RB CREE on 60 degree optics? EDIT: I ordered 6 Whites and 6 blues Edited November 18, 2011 by ashwin1224 Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 the shimmer is great. Just remember you need surface movement to get shimmer. so make sure you have a powerhead moving the water around in the tank. you can kinda see the shimmer a little in this video i took of my frag rack the other day with my cell. there is a good deal of shimmer with these lights. they are intense! Quote Link to comment
ashwin1224 Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Awesome Vid! At what Height should I put theses 60 degree bulbs?? Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 6 or 7 inches maybe? Quote Link to comment
ashwin1224 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Thanx man! When I ordered those, they were $6 a bulb. Now they are $5.70 Quote Link to comment
mrbigshot Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) hk led will sell the 4x1w 60 degree covers for $2ea shipped (just message hk led). i ordered a dozen to replace my 30 degree covers and two more bulbs for $24. the old 30 degree lenses were just to spotlighty and i took them off shortly after trying them. i'm hoping the new lenses with blend much better. Edited November 21, 2011 by mrbigshot Quote Link to comment
boxboy Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 how far can u ship corals? Quote Link to comment
Puffer_Man Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Any idea how much more, or less effective running these lights without optics on a shallow tank would be? I'm using a 9 bulb setup (3 1w lights per bulb, 6 blue, 3 cool white) over a 10 gallon frag tank (approx 10" deep). The 45 degree optics seem to be a bit too focused in that shallow of a tank, but I want to make sure I will have enough PAR if I run them without optics. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment
GioReef Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 hk led will sell the 4x1w 60 degree covers for $2ea shipped (just message hk led). i ordered a dozen to replace my 30 degree covers and two more bulbs for $24. the old 30 degree lenses were just to spotlighty and i took them off shortly after trying them. i'm hoping the new lenses with blend much better. I have the 60 degree covers on my 4x1w bulbs. I get no spotlighting at all with them being ~8" over the water... you will probably be satisfied Quote Link to comment
MiReef Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 HI TinyG, I was following your thread even though I worked with 3W Cree LEDs with arduino controller. I am setting up a 10G frag tank. I have mixed reed and trying to frag some of the corals that outgrow my tank. Do you think 5blue and 5cool white GU10's is enough for a 10G tank. I think I can have 3 tiers if frag racks for different light intensities. Thanks Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 10 should be fine.. I had a little less than that over my 5.5 and it was a bit too much. on a 10g it should work out great. Quote Link to comment
dlogfx Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) Since I switched out my tank from 10 gallon to a 18 gallon I added 8 more GU10 sockets to my fixture. This is what it looks like now. Currently I'm only running 15 GU10's because I that’s all I have right now. I placed an order for 3 more; now I’m just waiting for the shipment from Hong Kong. Edited December 1, 2011 by dlogfx Quote Link to comment
bodyboarding_bum Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 First test of my new build. 4 x 4x1w cool white, 2 x 4x1w blue, 1 x 3x1w warm white. All 60* optics. Quote Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 looks great! Quote Link to comment
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