LED marmalade

karazy · #1 11-13-2008, 02:22 AM

ok, so i'm going to go with these
lights for my 5.5gallon im secretly working on

, and im not sure if i should get 1 or 2 of these fixtures.
Oh, and the tank wont be SPS or anything, just some zoos,rics,softies, and maybe a bit of lps.

Trigger Man · #2 11-13-2008, 02:29 AM

I checked out the link and it looks like a good concept, keep us informed on how it turns out

karazy · #3 11-13-2008, 02:41 AM

no problem. maybe i'll post some teaser pics if i can just figure out how to turn my projects into pictures on sketchup

midgetwaiter · #4 11-13-2008, 06:29 AM

Those won't work for you, they're good for much but moonlights.

karazy · #5 11-13-2008, 10:52 PM

do you have any experience with them?

midgetwaiter · #6 11-13-2008, 11:19 PM

The store I work at sells them and I took one out of the box and messed with it for a bit. They have a super narrow beam so on something like a 5g they are going to put down 4 shafts of light rather than lighting up an area. I suppose you could try putting a bunch of the modules on the tank raised up a bit but you'd need 10 of the things to light it up decently.

karazy · #7 11-14-2008, 01:11 AM

well that's a bit discouraging. maybe I'll try some DIY LED's. vive marmalade

karazy · #8 11-14-2008, 02:06 AM

ok, after looking at some threads about DIY LED..i don't think its a job for a 13 year old to be doing

this isn't looking too promising, but i'll keep looking. please tell me if you see something that would work

karazy · #9 11-23-2008, 03:27 AM

i think i have found the marmalade!

its a fixture that would give 50 lumens per gallon (is that any good?)

oh yeah, heres the fixture

http://www.nanocustoms.com/product_i...products_id=28

karazy · #10 11-24-2008, 03:51 AM

I HAVE FOUND THE MARMALADE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

check em out. i think i will get four (2 blue, 2 white)

http://cgi.ebay.com/WHITE-12V-24-LED...3A1|240%3A1318