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Old 01-16-2013, 01:27 AM
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Thanks alot. Let me know what he says.

The tank is only 24x12. So do you think it would work if I made it like a strip light? I could go 12" long and an inch or two wide. If that would work I could probably fit it in the old freshwater light.

I was thinking that I needed to make the heat sink only a little bit smaller than the tank to get proper coverage.
So after talking with Martin today there is really no way of calculating the intensity ( par ) before you build only after its together & running, then you can check it with a par meter.

Well if your 24" x 12" I would go with a 12" x 4" heatsink, use rapids reccomendations but order a few more just in case you want to add a few. I would suggest 8 whites, 6 blue & 6 royal blue for starters.
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