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LED upgrade or this?

HarryRobinson

HarryRobinson

Harry
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Ok guys, so i am currently in two minds on the lighting for my tank. If you have read my journal recently you will see that the led lights i have used have no way near enough power for what i want. So i am wondering whether to upgrade my 3w led bulbs (there are 2 on my setup) to two 9w bulbs of the same type OR get this luminaire (36cm t5x3) : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-T5-T8-Aqu ... 955wt_1163

Any other suggestions or ideas will be appreciated :)
 
That eBay light will be t5 normal output. Look at an allpondsolutions t5 as its high out put. Or use 4 9w bulbs. Make sure they have 3x3w LEDs in them. There is a light for around £6 on eBay that is easy to wire a plug to and takes 2x gu10 bulbs. Get two and use them? Or use tmc tiles?
 
wazuck said:
That eBay light will be t5 normal output. Look at an allpondsolutions t5 as its high out put. Or use 4 9w bulbs. Make sure they have 3x3w LEDs in them. There is a light for around £6 on eBay that is easy to wire a plug to and takes 2x gu10 bulbs. Get two and use them? Or use tmc tiles?
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Hey Waz, do you have a link to the ones you mean and the light too ? Cheers.
 
Sorry I didn't realise you already had leds on your setup. I would say go for two 9w. It would have more power than the boyu unit. Don't get me wrong it's a nice light but not Better than 2x9w LEDs IMO. I'm running a 6w led over a 20l and it's amazing compared to the 9w pl bulb. This setup also comes in at less than the boyu if you shop around for the bulbs. Plus they would out last the t5s.
 
I've only seen that you are trying to grow some mosses that usually do well even with room's ambient light. You don't really need gazillions watts, usually for your tank's size 1x 11w/13w Clip on PL Nano Light like this one: http://www.dennerle.eu/global/index.php ... 78&lang=en would suffice for mosses ferns and easy to medium plants or 2 units for carpeting plants and the high light demanding ones.
 
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this is my 6w led bulb over a 20l. I need to raise it to get better coverage but is brighter than my 9w pl. I've use it to see what it was light on my tank with the boyu and I created a spotlight in the tank so that tells me it's brighter than the boyu. Also the shimmer makes it more worth it if your into that sort of thing.
 
hi guys, i would definitely need the two clip on pl lamps clonitza seeming as i will be having hc and styro but im on a budget of around 20 pounds for the new light :/

I do like shimmer waz however id rather have good light than the shimmer effect.

Those leds look pretty good, make sure you post here to tell us what they're like ;)

Just for the record, here's my plants list:

Microsorium Minor
pogostemon Erectus
Styrogene repens
HC
Cryptocoryne wendtii green
Marsilea Crenata
 
I wont have a problem with beams because you can see the height of the leds above the tank to get the spread right :)
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IMG_0180 by Harry.R, on Flickr
(**bear in mind this photo was taken a long time ago**)

i think i may go with the 9w led's. Maybe even 12w ones like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Led-Gu10-12w- ... 839wt_1396 , they have a good lumen value too, what do you think?
 
Yeah go as high as you can. I'm also going to raise my light but I do kind of like the beams. These cheap light setups work so well. Cheaper to run that tubes aswell
 
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