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Old 09-06-2012, 10:31 PM
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Sweet Jesus! You need to fire that bad boy up soon. I am dying to see what it looks like.
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Old 09-06-2012, 10:35 PM
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I just need to add 2 more heatsinks and a bat symbol in front.
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I just need to add 2 more heatsinks and a bat symbol in front.
bahahahahah! DONE!


or we can put a M symbol in front, it will be a call sign for anyone in need of Modular LED! lol
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Old 09-07-2012, 12:26 AM
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And here I thought I had a lot of LED's on my tank. What's the total count on boards Martin?
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Old 09-07-2012, 12:39 AM
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50x Cool White
64x Royal Blue
64x Blue
24x Neutral White
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Old 09-07-2012, 12:59 AM
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50x Cool White
64x Royal Blue
64x Blue
24x Neutral White
isnt one of the selling points of LED that it saves you money on your electricity bill????
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Old 09-07-2012, 01:31 AM
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You'll probably be able to see through the floor with that many LEDs. Looks awesome.
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Old 09-07-2012, 06:25 PM
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Awesome progress! Can't wait to see the finished result!
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Old 09-07-2012, 06:33 PM
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50x Cool White
64x Royal Blue
64x Blue
24x Neutral White
Wow! At full-power that would be

150w + 192w + 192w + 48w = 582 watts total power

On almost the same size tank, I'm only using (10w emitters):
6x 445 nm blues
6x 455 nm blues
4x 20000k whites
4x 6500k whites
8x 10000k whites

At full power, mine is at 280 watts, but I'm only running the blues at full and the whites at under 40% - I prefer the bluer look (14000k-20000k).

With that many emitters, you must only be planning to have them on at 30% or so I'm guessing.
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Old 12-29-2012, 08:05 AM
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So unfortunately I've realized that between running Modular LED and a full time job I basically have zero time for anything haha. My DIY LED project has been on hold (oh the irony) for a little while and I have all these boxes of AI Vegas sitting around ugh... too tempting.

Well some of my corals are not looking to happy lately and I have been keeping them going with several LED quick fixes with a Sol, some Ecoxotic Panorama Pros and my old DIY fixtures.

Cue Vegaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

I modified some AI Sol rails (4 foot) adding the pocket door kit wheels


Next the Vega array.


Put them on the tank:




And wa-la 1 hour later I finally have a decent LED system. I can't believe how bright it is, (4 might be overkill).

Will take some pics tomorrow of the tank. Its growing in nicely.
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