Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board - New LED Submersible

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Also they might look cool across the bottom of the front glass shining on the corals and rock.

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Originally Posted by The Grizz (Post 687877)

Also they might look cool across the bottom of the front glass shining on the corals and rock.

It would. But how would you hide it?

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Originally Posted by MarkoD (Post 687880)

It would. But how would you hide it?

I would toss a bit of rock over it in that case, just so light shines through, but you dont see the fixture if that makes sense

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Originally Posted by nanomano (Post 687881)

I would toss a bit of rock over it in that case, just so light shines through, but you dont see the fixture if that makes sense

But it's 35 inches long

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Originally Posted by MarkoD (Post 687880)

It would. But how would you hide it?

Add a nice decorative trim across the front of the tank.

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 687866)

Really?? Ok, here, I'll explain it to you. Clearly he misspelled Lose for Loose, and means "When people lose everything and they have nothing else to lose they "lose it"" Which makes perfect sense and I'm pretty sure EVERYONE else got that....
Again, off topic, and if you have a serious question (right...) about unrelated topics, use PM.

Sorry guys, English is not my 1st language and thank you for correction, appreciate that.
I did a spell check but obviously I was wrong.
Corrected the signature to reflect the true meaning.

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Originally Posted by nanomano (Post 687837)

what do you use them for? :lol:

I was thinking about suspending it on top of the rock work just below the tank rim (by zip tying it to the mid section of the tank plastic rim ) to get corals to fluoresce more, now that these lights are 1Watt.
My tank is 36" long so 35" seemed like a good choice. They also have smaller and larger ones.
This way it would not be visible from the side because I have black tape at the top to hide water level, so it will sit there barely submerged.

Only had a quick read here, but I would think a higher power submersible LED strip could be effective as main lighting, not just decorative. Think about it, water cooled (don't neet a huge heat sink) & one of the best ways of getting the most out of any light is having it closer to the surface of the water, hence closer to the items you are targeting. Wouldn't it be safe to assume that since it's actually in the water, you're getting more light to your livestock? It wouldn't surprise me that in the future more manufacturers will explore this option. Only real downside would be the loss of 'shimmer'.

What about the algal build-up?

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Originally Posted by mike31154 (Post 689556)

This was my thinking as well.
Because it is now a higher wattage it will illuminate better. In terms of heat i am not sure if the will generate much, but it is a good point. KingEdPet is using 2W LEDs and the have heat sinks attached so you could be right about some heat being generated.

http://www.aquatraders.com/

They also now have "all white" and "White / Blue mix" versions of these submersible LED's, so i guess they are implying that it could be more then just decorative lighting.