I'm sure thats like half of what you had for your halides though in terms of consumption

Here's a break down of all the parts used:

LED's
20 - Cool White HEW
20 - Nutral White HEW
16 - CW XPG'S
8 - Red
8 - Green
32 - Royal Blue
32 - Blue

Optics
112 - 45 degree
128 - 60 degree

Drivers
4 - 120w
2 - 75w
2 - 38w

Connector Wire's
58 - 2"
54 - 4"
32 - 12"
8 - start / end

Fans
4 - 120 mm fans
2 - splitter wires
2 - fan connectors
2 - fan power supply's

2 - Profilux EVG boards (might be adding one more)

With the MH I had 1216w running but it's the amp draw that I am sure is a helz of a lot lower with the LEDs.

Your a busy man .... Stand has only been cut, no paint yet. :biggrin:

Wow that's a scary amount of LED's!!! All in all how long did it take you to build everything Greg? I would of opted for a DIY build but knowing my handy skills that probably would of resulted in me burning the house down...

I'm in the same boat, went from 1744W total to less than half that @ full intensity. Not having to change bulbs is a big bonus as well.

I would guess from start to finish building everything heatsinks, putting together the LED's and canopy it took me around 30 hrs tops.

Hey Grizz
Firstly awesome job on this I intend to DIY the heatsinks as well material looks like 3/8" for the base and 1/4" for the fins... is that right? how warm is it? cool to the touch?

Thanks
VR

Thanks VR, the main plate and sides are 1/4", the fins are 1/8". With both fans on high on each heat sink there are completely cool to the touch.

Just an update on the affectivenes of the heat sinks. I checked the temp of the HS with my infra red temp gun this morning & it was 80 degrees F. After all the LED's where at there max setting I have them programmed for about an hour the HS is at 85 degrees F.

I am very happy I didnt spend the $100+ for the Loc-tite Alumafix because in the end I didn't need it. I have all 4 fans running on high, all blues @ 100%, XPG's @ 100%, CW / NW HEWS 50% & reds / greens @ 10% at 1:00 pm.

nice your XPGs are working now? thats awesome! I solved my leak problem lol. now its a matter of making the return pump a bit quieter

Feel free not to comment but how many $$'s did an 8ft diy led project run you??

(not the price you told the other half!!lol)

Yep all working now :biggrin:

I should add that I got another EVG board from Martin, so that maks 3. I can turn on the 2 rows of blues seperately as well as the 2 rows of CW / NW. 6 channels of control now and I like to :biggrin:

Is your led light dimmable? If it is how? I just bought two led light fixtures with 4 plugs and I like to dim it down, but don't know how.

The wife knows what it cost but can't say anything because I make the money:biggrin: & it's now cheaper to run the lighting.

I can't really say what I has cost me for the LED component's simply because Martin & I are working on a few things together but it would be around $2200 for just the LED stuff.

Heat sinks cost roughly $80 to build.

All dimmable!! They are completely controlled with my Profilux 2ex controller. The drivers are dimmable & the EVG boards are what makes the 2 communicate.

allright greg enough of this. the LEDs are awesome we get that, now get that 300' finished!!

and dont forget to take lots of pictures

300 is on hold for a while, don't have the time or money to build it right now :sad:

Well that Sucks to hear, hopefully the busy brings lotsa money, then you can get back at it.

Yes it really does suck because my fish need more room to swim.

BTW Mike your crate weighed in @ 340ish lbs :surprise: hope you have some big boys to help you get it off the truck :lol:

The movers are a good size , One is my main bouncer at nite....:biggrin:

Nice :biggrin:

nice job buddy! looks awesome ! now only if you would answer your phone lol

P.S.
and I know your going to say something smart a$$y back. lol
chat with ya later

I answer my phone every time it rings EXCEPT when its you.


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Been following your build, very nice job. Just wondered if you had any updates on how your corals are liking it. I know it is a little soon to judge but just initial thoughts observations, any bleaching, better extension...ect. ?

Corals seem to really like the new LED's. Nothing showed any signs of being unhappy, no bleaching and my zoa's have really shown the best signs of growth, color & the frills around the outside are longer then they ever have been.

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Tank looks great, you really did a good job building it.

Modular should give you a big discount. I like the red and green. Now I really want to built one. Off to Modular LED I go.

Martin gave me an AWESOME price but will not disclose any details, we are working on a few thing together & with out a shadow of a dought one of the best guys I have had the pleasure to meet & deal with.

Well it looks like this build is going to be wrote about on the Marine Engineers Blog site :surprise:

:mrgreen: good work buddy

Soo much work. Glad to see great results for you. It looks fantastic.
Wish I had your skills.

Damn....I disapear for a year, come back and see this?

Shiny....Very shiny

You like that do ya? :biggrin:

So I can't find it in your build but maybe I missed it, are you concerned with the electronics and the humidity above the tank? Or do you have a lid for the tank?

Not concerned at all as the back of the canopy is wide open, from one end to the other. When they go on the 300 gal there will be a complete acrylic splash cover & there will be 2 more fans added, 1 - air in & 1 - air out.

What an impressive build.

When you're running just Red & green LED does it give off an "Austin Powers" kind of "Oh yea baby" glow? I added a pair of Red & Green to my 34g build and when just those 2 colors are on it looks like you've eaten some bad mojo and you're tripping LOL!

Outstanding build for sure!

Are you running the latest PLC and Firmware from GHL? They've added some new "Tweaks" for LED in the latest version. I've not really dug into it yet but it sounds like it could be fun!!

"YA BABY" :lol: it is a little trippy with just reds / greens but without them colors are a little dull IMO.

I'm running firmware 5.10 and PLC V5113, I think that's the latest versions. I tried playing around with some of the other illumination features but can't seem to get any of them to work like the cloud cover feature, that is one I would like to see with my build.

Not worried about that as I have acrylic covers just like the one I put on yours & my drivers are on the outside of the canopy.

:hat: Ya me-an, that is one gnarly lava-lamp fursure:mrgreen:

And I actually have 4, that's right 4 SPS frags that are doing very well :biggrin: