LED lights for discus advices

[trungnguyen]

Hi all,

I am working on my 100 gallon tank (5 feet long) with canopy for my discus. I have looked for LED light set up for a while, but nothing. My set up will be just gravel, driftwood, water and discus. Therefore, I want to set up the bright of lights that are good enough and not harming discus's eyes (sorry because I don't know much about lightings stuffs). Does anyone know what LED lights set up that I can attach under the canopy?

I have seen some good lighting set ups but they seem impossible to installing under the canopy…

Thanks

[Skip]

I made my own using ikea led light. . Go to my homestead.. I have a thread on how I built it.. see if it could work for your hiod

[trungnguyen]

Can you provide me the link to go to your led thread, I couldn't find it.
Thanks

[trungnguyen]

I'm thinking about the white set from ikea for main light and color one for effect.
I just want to have enough light to see the fish, no live plants

[Skip]

No..
I am on phone.. but I don't think u looked very hard.. its there. .

[steinbc]

trungnguyen, you are after the same thing I am right know. Here is a link to warlocks LED build. Looks like a project I may bight off.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...highlight=ikea

[Skip]

trungnguyen, you are after the same thing I am right know. Here is a link to warlocks LED build. Looks like a project I may bight off.

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...highlight=ikea

if i were to do it again.. i might use the HOME DEPOT yard stick... instead of 1x2.. to make it thinner up top..

[Len]

I have a set from home depot that wrks pretty well. It has 3 one foot sections that would do well in a 5 foot tank. It cost about $70, but cheaper in the US im sure.

no dimming, just on or off.

[Dave's Discus]

Reef Coral in Baton Rouge, LA sells LED strips 3-4' long that can be attached inside a canopy with screws. The even swivel. Not sure of brand, but you could google, LED aquarium light strip and find retailer or order online.

Hi all,

I am working on my 100 gallon tank (5 feet long) with canopy for my discus. I have looked for LED light set up for a while, but nothing. My set up will be just gravel, driftwood, water and discus. Therefore, I want to set up the bright of lights that are good enough and not harming discus's eyes (sorry because I don't know much about lightings stuffs). Does anyone know what LED lights set up that I can attach under the canopy?

I have seen some good lighting set ups but they seem impossible to installing under the canopy…

Thanks

[Dave's Discus]

These were very expensive when I bought them.

Reef Coral in Baton Rouge, LA sells LED strips 3-4' long that can be attached inside a canopy with screws. The even swivel. Not sure of brand, but you could google, LED aquarium light strip and find retailer or order online.

[Discus-n00b]

Beamworks brand off ebay. Cheap, they look good, and do the job. Plug and play.

[Madaboutdiscus]

Beamworks brand off ebay. Cheap, they look good, and do the job. Plug and play.

+1 love mine.

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[trungnguyen]

Does anyone have experience with Ecoxotic stunner LED strip lights?
I'm thinking to get 2 strips of 8000K white light for my 100 gallon tank...
Any advice?
Thanks

[Second Hand Pat]

How tall is your tank? I am pretty sure you will find the Ecoxotic stunner lights very dim for your application. Current is making some very reasonable freshwater LED sets. I am trying a couple of them out over my larger tanks and they work well for non-planted tanks.

[nikond70s]

best bang for your buck. i would go with the flood led. they're about $18-50 from 10w-50w

or u can go with the beamswork led. also cheap. ranges from $30-$80

i currently used the ebay flood leds. i hang them above my tank. u can hang them inside ur canopy. and they create nice shimmering effects with high currents. i got the 10w flood leds. cost me about $50 for 3. but currently only using 2 cuz i dont want it to brght