New 20 gallon setup

[bribo12]

In my case I run it 65%W, 55%B, and my SPS are colorfull. So maybe 40W leds is perfect for SPS.

40 watts of 0.06 watt leds is much different than 40 watts of 3 watt leds. I forget but how much were you looking into spending on lighting?

 

[Macscale]

Oh ok. The eBay generic brand says its 120 watts and has 3w LEDS. L

 

[mrvincent]

Oh ok. The eBay generic brand says its 120 watts and has 3w LEDS. L

120w is too much for 20 gallons !!! I know numbers of diodes/watt will impact PAR, but 120w is really too much !! I can't run my 60w on MAX.

 

[Macscale]

It is Dimmable though.

 

[mrvincent]

Then you'll run it less than 50% for sure... But if it's cheap, you can do it

 

[Macscale]

I can't find any 40 watts :/

 

[Macscale]

Yeah the 40 watts are hard to find :/. I'm thinking ill set timers to do a day night pattern.
Do you think these would work?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dsuny-PROGR...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item20d67c43a2

 

[mrvincent]

Item is restricted in my country...

 

[Macscale]

Hmm. That's strange. Let me find another one

 

[Macscale]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DsunY-PROGR...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item19e53f3a10

 

[mrvincent]

This light look like cool. Order one that fit your tank for the size of the light... I mean, don't buy something bigger than your tank

 

[Macscale]

Yeah I know. The thing is they have the Nano that's for 16.8g and then another model for 38g so they are weird increments. Not sure if I need the nano or the other one.

 

[mrvincent]

That's a total of 33 watts, for 11 diodes of 3 watts each. I would go for the nano one, You'll be able to exploit it at 100%.

Price look really nice for me, I think you'll be happy with this. In my case can't run over 40W on my 20g... 33W is perfect for you. You should be able to grow SPS with that !!

 

[Macscale]

Ok thanks! I think I'll get that one. It's a great price and it looks pretty great.

 

[mrvincent]

Yeah, that's 100$ under your planning I think

 

[Macscale]

Yeah it is

 

[Mr. FishMan]

Hey Macscale, have you checked out Aquatraders as suggested by Bribo earlier in this thread? There are some quality fixtures for pretty nice prices.

I'm not sure what your tank measures, but check out this 15" clip on fixture. It utilizes twenty, 3W LEDs for a total of 60W. If im not mistaken, you could even house LPS corals. The only downside is that it is not dimmable.

http://www.aquatraders.com/LED-Aquarium-Lighting-EVO-Quad-Clip-Timer-p/56571.htm

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[Macscale]

I have looked at them, but never found one at a price like that! Guess I'm back to square one.

 

[Mr. FishMan]

I had originally planned on ordering a fixture like this for myself, but it is not big enough for my new setup. It should be perfect for a 20H though.

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[Macscale]

Do you think it's better then the other I one that has a controller?