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Hi all,
So my Marineland Double Bright LED fixture (36in) is seeming to reach the end of its life span. I've had it for about 4 years or so over a 24in high 45gal but it has become significantly dimmer on one one side and it flickers for around 30 minutes when the appliance timer fist kicks it on in the morning.
I'm a recent college graduate so I don't have the money to drop $200 on a replacement just yet. I was hoping to do a simple light fixture with these LEDs. By wrapping them around PVC pipes contained in a section of housing gutter lined with reflective tape or aluminum foil, kind of like a hood with long florescent tubes. I heard these would be better and more light than 5050 LEDs and I'm hoping to continue to grow low to medium-low light plants like my anubias and java ferns, as well as some water wisteria, swords (which seemed to survive under the current fixture), and some dwarf sag.
Let me know what you guys think, this is my first foray into DIY lighting and I'm not a lighting buff to begin with.. :help:
So my Marineland Double Bright LED fixture (36in) is seeming to reach the end of its life span. I've had it for about 4 years or so over a 24in high 45gal but it has become significantly dimmer on one one side and it flickers for around 30 minutes when the appliance timer fist kicks it on in the morning.
I'm a recent college graduate so I don't have the money to drop $200 on a replacement just yet. I was hoping to do a simple light fixture with these LEDs. By wrapping them around PVC pipes contained in a section of housing gutter lined with reflective tape or aluminum foil, kind of like a hood with long florescent tubes. I heard these would be better and more light than 5050 LEDs and I'm hoping to continue to grow low to medium-low light plants like my anubias and java ferns, as well as some water wisteria, swords (which seemed to survive under the current fixture), and some dwarf sag.
Let me know what you guys think, this is my first foray into DIY lighting and I'm not a lighting buff to begin with.. :help: