Grizz's DIY Heat sink & LED build / showing all colors

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Grizz, the built is amazing. looking forward to see it on the tank. That's gonna be a lot of light for the 165, what kind of corals are you planning to keep?

It will be a lot of light for the 165 gal so that means I must get my arse in gear & get the 300 gal built.

Originally Posted by no_bs

Very nice indeed. Patiently waiting for the test drive.

Just waiting for 1 driver for the 2nd set of XPG's, should be here by Friday I hope.

[waynemah]

I think your going to very pleased, everything that I didn't like about my build you have resolved. Looking forward to see this thing in action!

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by waynemah

I think your going to very pleased, everything that I didn't like about my build you have resolved

What did you not like about your build Wayne?

[waynemah]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

What did you not like about your build Wayne?

LED layout -- When the light hits the water just right you can see lines of white and blue on the sand bed The shimmer is over powering.

Color Spektrum -- I dont think I have the right spektrum or my rock is too bright, only time will tell. Right now everything seems washed. I've added Zeovit, but I dont think its the corals.

JBJ connectors vs Plug and play -- It's way cleaner to go with the modular led setup. I picked up a used kit for my nano, it's a VERY slick product.

[The Grizz]

I just went by the seat of my pant as to layout of the boards but kind of sorta went with what I thought would work good. Hope the shimmer is not going to be crazy & I think with my controller I should be able to hit 10k - 20k & everything in between with some fine tuning.

I really liked how easy it is to work with Modular LED product & Martin himself. I will deffinately be building units for some of my smaller tanks as well down the road.

[Nano]

Cant wait to see them over your tank Greg!

[The Grizz]

Should be on for sure when your in the hood

[rzadun]

I have been following this thread for some time. I would like to come out and see it. Been thinking about switching to Led myself.

[The Grizz]

Hope to have it on the tank this week end, if you want to stop by and have a look Rzadun shoot me a pm and I will send you directions. The weekend would work the best for me.