kirk
Member
Hi all, i am looking into the led lighting and making up my own lighting asembly. currently i am running a twin 8w t5 unit with a ebay clip on 96 led strip. i was up until last week running 4 8w t5 and plants looked almost at a standstill. so the plans are to use 2 x10 w 20000k cool white led chips with 1x10w blue. 3x heat sink 2 x computer fans. i do not want to suspend lighting as i like the tank coverd not to loose leaping fish or shrimp.so will make a hood from stainless. Am i going down the wrong route chasing kelvins/light temperature. ? i have had some good growth since putting the led strip back on and viewing light is better. oh and the chips/driver are all ebay items. any comments experences welcomed and thanks in advance.