Is this fixture using 1 or 3 watt leds?
I received my new LED today from Nick. He was great to deal with and very eager to help me select the correct LED for my setup. I ended up going with the Discus Red LED combination. Great for looking at the fish and perfect for growing plants.
This is what my 65 gallon tank looked like with two 96W 10,000k compact florescent strips. They were about a year old. The plants in the tank had stopped growing to any extent due to the lights being worn out.
This is the tank under the new 35" LED light:
I'm going to use this thread to document the growth of this plant. My expectations are high. I'll post pics every week.
As I document the plant growth it's good to know that I also have CO2 and occasionally toss in some Flourish Excel.
Last edited by -gb-; 04-29-2013 at 03:33 PM.
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Is this fixture using 1 or 3 watt leds?
-Ismael
Hi Ismael, there are 45 LED's & I think it's about 75 watts. Maybe Nick can let us know if I have this correct.
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Any pictures of the fixture?
Chad Hughes
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Here is a picture of the fixture. I was surprise how sleek it is. Very well designed and built!
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You'll see that I have an old light fixture behind the LED. I have it come on 30min before the LED. It's about 17watts. This way the fish don't get startled when the LED fires up. After the LED tunes on the old light turnes off.
Last edited by -gb-; 04-29-2013 at 04:03 PM.
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I like the nice brightness your tank seems to have now in comparison to the previous light. Also the discus don't seem to be minding it. Congrats
Can you please tell me what type of plants are those, specially the one on the side, I just don't recognize it and like the way you have it hanging.
Thank you
Jorge Q
Hello Jorge,
Here is a closer picture of the plant. I have no idea what it's called. I've had these two plants in my tank for over 10 years and somewhere along the way I forgot what they were called. Maybe someone else can identify it for us. Feel free to steal the picture and post it on a plant forum if you like. You may have better luck finding out what it is. If you do... let me know.
BTW - this is about 2 weeks growth. This plant grows like a weed.
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You can make a dimmable power supply for that fixture pretty easy I bet.
800hp Mustang, V-tail Bonanza, Fly Fishing, Golf, Discus
Got too many damn hobbies. .............
Last edited by -gb-; 04-29-2013 at 10:18 PM.
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how much did the fixture run you?
Mike
Last edited by -gb-; 04-29-2013 at 09:04 PM.
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Much nicer whites with the LED fixture.
-Matt