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Old 12-24-2010, 01:10 AM
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I have been planning on making a bunch of 3W blue LED spotlights to highlight some of my super glowy colonies at night. I'm going to join Milad's next LED group buy and pick up some of those RB Crees and make some nice housings. I'm planning on making them mount on the edge of the tank with a small lamp. Maybe talk to Grizz; I know he's a welder but he might be able to machine some nice housings for the LEDs and optics?
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Old 12-24-2010, 01:24 AM
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I have a couple of set of DIY moon light that I have been thinking of selling. They are brand new, never used. If interested I will dig them out and send you a pic of them and explain how to install in to your fixture.
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Old 12-24-2010, 02:50 AM
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you dont need 3 watt crees for moonlights-led wheat bulbs will do with a 4 watt transformer run in a series-you want it dim-not bright-you have to simulate night time.i picked up a diy kit off ebay for $10-includes everything for 12 bulbs.but now i have the vertex they are just sitting in a drawer-maybe for my breeding tanks
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Old 12-24-2010, 03:19 AM
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This is what I use for my moonlights.

They are an ok price, but cheap make. They don't last, not all of them anyways.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/42-24-LED-Waterpr...item2c59a0c789

I just let them rest in the holes of the eggcrate i have covering the top of my tank.

Here is my tank with them on.
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Old 12-24-2010, 04:18 AM
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These are the ones I have,

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Moonlight-Aquariu...QQcmdZViewItem

I think I have a set of 4, 6, 8 & 10. There is no light streak and the blue hue is completely even.
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Old 12-24-2010, 04:57 AM
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Grizz.. If you get a neptune you can get the Lunar Simulator!! thats my plan soon here!
http://www.neptunesys.com/index.php?...d=24&Itemid=40

Its sweet, because you can fade them out after all your other lights have turned offf!
i would have them fade out over 3 hours, and make my own night's lol
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Old 12-24-2010, 05:43 AM
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Grizz.. If you get a neptune you can get the Lunar Simulator!! thats my plan soon here!
http://www.neptunesys.com/index.php?...d=24&Itemid=40

Its sweet, because you can fade them out after all your other lights have turned offf!
i would have them fade out over 3 hours, and make my own night's lol
I am getting a sweet deal on a GHL Proflux 2ex plus I am not using these LED's anymore because the fixture's I have and the new one's I am looking at have them built in. But if I can do this with the Proflux and the built in LED's that would be sweet.
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These are the ones I have,

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Moonlight-Aquariu...QQcmdZViewItem

I think I have a set of 4, 6, 8 & 10. There is no light streak and the blue hue is completely even.
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patrick gimme a call on my cell or facebook me, and we can go over a few affordable options..... we have a few..... might not be ebay prices but very reasonable, you know the reliability of ebay stuff....just sayin....

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