3 w led biocube question

[spit.fire]

I've got some leftover LEDs from a fixture I'm building and I was just wondering if 6 3w LEDs would be sufficient to light a 29g biocube

I plan on keeping softies and some lps

If not would 6 3w and 6 1w LEDs be sufficient

Going with 50/50 blue and 10000k

[mseepman]

I would say that for softies and easy LPS you would probably be okay with both sets of LED's. Might have some disco though.

[spit.fire]

Easy lps is boring.... Ill just buy another 20 bulbs haha

What would be the ideal amount of 3w LEDs and ratio?

ATM I'm running a 144w fixture on the tank and IMO its overkill for what I'm keeping

The plan is to retrofit the canopy with LEDs because I don't like the open top

[d-bo]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

Easy lps is boring.... Ill just buy another 20 bulbs haha

What would be the ideal amount of 3w LEDs and ratio?

ATM I'm running a 144w fixture on the tank and IMO its overkill for what I'm keeping

The plan is to retrofit the canopy with LEDs because I don't like the open top

I'm running 24x 3w over my bc14...supports lps and sps.
11x RB
11x 10k
2x actinic violet

[claymax]

26 leds

4 cool white
4 neitral white
16 royal blue
2 blue
all crees

running them on a 28 nanocube at about 60% still bleaching sps a bit.

[Chief Hill]

I'm running 24 on mine.
6 wouldn't cut it for sufficient lighting.