Need idea on 6ft Planted Tank LED Lighting

Geniouscrow · 05-15-2013, 11:29 AM

Hi,
This is my first post in plantedtank.net . I am from Bangladesh. Planning to set a 6ft x 2ft x 2ft planted tank. as substrate i want to use minarelized substrate and pressurized CO2 system. But I am confused with the Lighting. At first I am think for MH but that is produce too much heat as well as intake a huge electricity. So i think about LED lighting. But in my country still LED light hood for planted aquarium not available. So I have to go for DIY hood. So please suggest me a guide line for making a DIY LED lighting system for my Tank.

dzega · 05-15-2013, 11:39 AM

buy bunch of "plant growth blue" and "plant growth red" leds, buy driver/s and build chasis out of aluminium pipes. at least thats what im doing for trying out diy led effect on planth growth

dzega · 05-15-2013, 11:41 AM

also you probably will need green or warm white leds for pleasant plant color to your eye.

Geniouscrow · 05-16-2013, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dzega

buy bunch of "plant growth blue" and "plant growth red" leds, buy driver/s and build chasis out of aluminium pipes. at least thats what im doing for trying out diy led effect on planth growth

thanks for the info. but how many LED light I have to use? and which brand will be best?

Fishmommy · 05-16-2013, 05:53 AM

On my 6ft tank I have a wooden canopy. Inside that I mounted 6 AH Supply 26 w LED bulbs and it looks awesome. My plants love it

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**thelub** · 05-16-2013, 06:52 AM

Welcome to the forum! Lots of great info around here.

http://www.buildmyled.com/ is a good place to start

Gilly · 05-16-2013, 10:03 AM

I second that. I use buildmyled.com and really like them. Contact Nick there.. He will get you squared away

Gm

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Mark Allred · 05-17-2013, 03:17 AM

Check these out. I read you should upgrade to the Meanwell drivers.
http://www.aquastyleonline.com/

majorwoo · 05-17-2013, 08:50 PM

Nothing against LED (as I've not done them) but I've had great success with DIY CFL - worth checking out.

05-15-2013, 11:29 AM	#1
Geniouscrow Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bangladesh Posts: 2	Need idea on 6ft Planted Tank LED Lighting Hi, This is my first post in plantedtank.net . I am from Bangladesh. Planning to set a 6ft x 2ft x 2ft planted tank. as substrate i want to use minarelized substrate and pressurized CO2 system. But I am confused with the Lighting. At first I am think for MH but that is produce too much heat as well as intake a huge electricity. So i think about LED lighting. But in my country still LED light hood for planted aquarium not available. So I have to go for DIY hood. So please suggest me a guide line for making a DIY LED lighting system for my Tank. __________________ Geniouscrow - simply love aquarium

05-16-2013, 05:53 AM	#5
Fishmommy Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NH USA Posts: 112	Need idea on 6ft Planted Tank LED Lighting On my 6ft tank I have a wooden canopy. Inside that I mounted 6 AH Supply 26 w LED bulbs and it looks awesome. My plants love it Sent from my gadget using Trippytalk HD

05-16-2013, 06:52 AM	#6
thelub Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: SE Washington Posts: 800	Welcome to the forum! Lots of great info around here. http://www.buildmyled.com/ is a good place to start __________________ My 45g low tech jungle My 1g nano planted shrimparium Don't buy styrofoam for your DIY background

05-16-2013, 10:03 AM	#7
Gilly Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 32	Re: Need idea on 6ft Planted Tank LED Lighting I second that. I use buildmyled.com and really like them. Contact Nick there.. He will get you squared away Gm Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

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05-15-2013, 11:39 AM	#2
dzega Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Latvia, EU Posts: 65	buy bunch of "plant growth blue" and "plant growth red" leds, buy driver/s and build chasis out of aluminium pipes. at least thats what im doing for trying out diy led effect on planth growth

05-15-2013, 11:41 AM	#3
dzega Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Latvia, EU Posts: 65	also you probably will need green or warm white leds for pleasant plant color to your eye.

05-17-2013, 03:17 AM	#8
Mark Allred Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2013 Location: Spring Creek, Nevada Posts: 15	Check these out. I read you should upgrade to the Meanwell drivers. http://www.aquastyleonline.com/

05-17-2013, 08:50 PM	#9
majorwoo Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 122	Nothing against LED (as I've not done them) but I've had great success with DIY CFL - worth checking out.