Andy265
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Hi All
I am in the process of modifying as i go along a Red sea max 250 marine tank that i got cheap, it is fully planted, dosing easy carbo, and currently has x4 21w T5 tubes and x2 T5 blue tubes, the hood itself houses fans that suck air in over the tubes and blows it out and incorporates a built in timer that switches off the main lights and turns on the moon blue leds, i have already modified the poor blue moon leds, but would like to replace the T5 tubes with LED and possibly remove the fans from the hood.
I made an attempt to replace with LED strip but it was way to dark to reach the bottom of the tank, I want to keep the hood so any fitting or mod would need to be done in the current lighting aperture, the hood wiring is quite involved and has x3 ballasts and switching relays so has a 12 vdc control voltage and 240 ac supplies that can be used for wiring in any other fitting.
Have been toying with either getting a couple of cheap 30w flood lights or getting the COB chips with built in drivers,
Am after any advice or ideas really, have attached a couple of photos of when i had the hood apart to give some idea of what i have to play with.
I am in the process of modifying as i go along a Red sea max 250 marine tank that i got cheap, it is fully planted, dosing easy carbo, and currently has x4 21w T5 tubes and x2 T5 blue tubes, the hood itself houses fans that suck air in over the tubes and blows it out and incorporates a built in timer that switches off the main lights and turns on the moon blue leds, i have already modified the poor blue moon leds, but would like to replace the T5 tubes with LED and possibly remove the fans from the hood.
I made an attempt to replace with LED strip but it was way to dark to reach the bottom of the tank, I want to keep the hood so any fitting or mod would need to be done in the current lighting aperture, the hood wiring is quite involved and has x3 ballasts and switching relays so has a 12 vdc control voltage and 240 ac supplies that can be used for wiring in any other fitting.
Have been toying with either getting a couple of cheap 30w flood lights or getting the COB chips with built in drivers,
Am after any advice or ideas really, have attached a couple of photos of when i had the hood apart to give some idea of what i have to play with.
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