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How about something like this to hold lights ? Simply Pet Supplies. Prevue Quad Pod 4Leg Stand White you can try some of these Hanging Kits for Aquarium Light Fixtures The Aquatic Life stand light fixture hanger will screw into your stand and its $95 The current usa hanging arm...

i posted in your other thread about a nice 120w semi 3w led set up which was $160 a person has one over his 56g tank and is very happy with the anemone tank. Another user reports that you can change out the fans and leds . The fans are simple pc fans so are much easier to replace than other...

Amazon.com: Aquarium Coral Reef Tank White Blue LED Lamb Grow Light 120W-provide light that have the same effect as natural sunlight and hence offers a very good growing habitat for green aquatic seaweeds corals fish etc: Patio, Lawn & Garden Apparently these are pretty good for the price. The...

It's about 24"x18"x18". 40ish gallons. Guy seems to really like it and it has really good spread in that tank.

which links are you talking about ? For the $250 bulb in my last post Kessil A150W Gooseneck as for the heat sinks from rapid and other diy you can just build something. Like i said there are 2 or 3 fins depending on the heat sink you buy. Use a drill and put a hole through the 2 or...

you can also get one of these , they are supposed to be really good but hard to get. I'm told they are $250-$200 New kessil A150w 15k Over new tank! - YouTube http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l638/ahsan234/DSCF1128.jpg...

I'm not a pro by any means and don't know much about halides and others. From what i read the halides get very hot and you have to cool them and sometims your water. You can go with par 38 bulbs , just make sure they don't spot light , make sure they spread out well over your tank. If your...

for a 20 gallon tank i wouldn't worry about the marine land . \ why don't u go with something like this Hight quality 60W CREE LED Aquarium Light products, buy Hight quality 60W CREE LED Aquarium Light products from alibaba.com you should just buld your own. 1 cree for every 12-15 inches...

I'd agree if your going to never upgrade your tank. The nice thing about the cree's is if you decide to go bigger /deeper you can . Otherwise they look okay to me , as long as you can dim them

How would anyone know ? led is such a new tech and the model and abilitys of the led changes with each generation or basicly yearly. Just look at the jump the XM-L are over the previous generations . The nice thing about the DIY is that you can replace your led's as needed. Just screw them...

I've been reading up on it for the last week. I think its simple Right now Cree's put out the most light per voltage. The XP-E is their oldest LED and its a 3watt nothing else on the market currently comes close to that . However Cree has put out the XM-L series which is a leap above the...

they don't have blue ones yet. I'd say 26 royal blue XP-E 8 cool white XM-L 4 netrual white XM-L Remember each set of lights requires its own dimmer power supply

Well remember the XM-Ls are only for the whites , you need the XR-Es for the RB. What size is your tank.

I dunno if he can DIY it a 80 g tank done properly needs most likely 50/54 LEDs or less 30RB at $7 each = $210 16CW at $11 = $176 8NW at $11 each = $88 heatsink $50 Dimmers/power supplys $110 Total $634 Now if he wants to save money he can use all the XP-E @ $7 each . $378 $50 $110...

OCReef 60 Watt CREE Silo High Power Aquarium LED Light Fixture These are good. However Cree has new XM-L lights that are more efficent and brighter than the XP-G and XP-E DIY yourself is def the way to go. I'd also go XM-L instead of of the XP-G or XP-E Take a look at this...