LED lighting

[Dragas]

I got to thinking today ... hmmm...wonder if LED lighting would work in a tank ?

High Power LED Grow Lights from Sunshine Systems : The GrowSpot LED Grow Light

Seems it would be great for the plants, doesn't generate the heat that some bulbs would, but that can be had by a submersible heater.


Just gathering some ideas for my build, thought I would share.

[Green Ghost]

I'm sure LED lighting will become the lighting staple in the future. It doesn't consume a lot of power and doesn't need to produce heat to produce light. I think right now though, the technology is still in it's infancy as far as the LED "bulbs" themselves are concerned. My take is they need to be much brighter to compete with fluorescent lighting. At 100$ a pop that's not cheap either..... Thanks for sharing though, I thought it was interesting.

[globalevan]

Sorry to revive a dead thread, I just started browsing these forums.
the spots are $100 a pop, but the glowpanels are $55 and $140. I know in the reef community there are a few people growing coral under LED lighting that would normally require metal halide bulbs with T5 supplements.
These are the first affordable LED panels I've seen, and I think it's worth a shot. I think I might actually give it a try.

[Chopstick]

I was thinking the same But using small LED lights (blue ones made for car interior lighting) wired up to a Solar panel to make a moon light look inside of my firebellied toads terrarium.

Bombina Oriental Fire Bellied Toad

[Gold3nku5h]

I was thinking about buying a string of the white LED's of chistmas lights, because this is the first year they are being mass produced i think, or at least that i've seen. Chopstick, i was thinking the same thing, and was wondering how many i would need. I have a 36 long tank, and was thinking about 1 or 2 every foot. How much have you researched on these, or this method? Share anything if you know, im about to start researching.

[foxfish@hotmail.co.uk]

I guess things are different in America because where I live LED is a very common & available light source.
At one end of the scale Christmas LED string lights are quite often used as a moon light effect to the other extreme of ultra bright systems lighting up reef tanks.
I love the effect of LED & use them a lot however the really bright systems are expensive ( although dropping in price every month) so I stick to the replacement 12 volt bulbs GU10 LED - Various & LED — (UK) Light bulbs, halogen lamps, spot lights and tubes by mail order in the UK. I dont know about American house hold lighting but there must be an equivalent replacement bulb?
Anyhow I use them as a cool low running cost light source to wake the tank up with clean sunrise lighting & shut the tank down with cool blue moon light.
Fox.

[Chopstick]

Originally Posted by Gold3nku5h

Chopstick, i was thinking the same thing, and was wondering how many i would need.

I'm using 2 with, one at each end of a 20" long tank. I'm happy with the light output I get. But with a 36" long tank maybe go with 3 LED's

I'v seen the (LED fish tank moon light) Thay seam OK, But I like my LED's running off a solar panel from an outdoor lighting kit, The kit turns the light on and off so i do not have too remember. I'm not using the 3-lights the package come with it wood put out to much ligth for night time. But I'm thinking next to run super bright LED's for daytime light use.

http://iidesign.info/FireBellied/moonl-01.jpg
http://iidesign.info/FireBellied/moonl-02.jpg
http://iidesign.info/FireBellied/moonl-03.jpg
http://iidesign.info/FireBellied/moonl-04.jpg

I'll Post more about this Set-UP later

[Chopstick]

WOW I just Google LED Fish tank light And this come up.

Solaris Galileo LED aquarium reef light, lighting for aquarium, fish tank, for sale

Thay are bright LED's at $700 ~ $2800 US . for that price I'l be using CFL or tube fluorescent light the tank came with, IT will be a long time before this LED Bar lights will pay for them self !

[Gold3nku5h]

Cool, yeah, what i saw was a little replacement set of like 5 LED's for a christmas set. I was thinking to just buy an empty circuit board and wire it myself, if i can do that, and i can take my lighting system apart and just wire in 3 or 4 around the lights already, so i wont have to mess with any extra wiring, besides pluging those in, but theres an extra plug in my lighting so it wont have to go far, but im interested to see how your moonlighting thing goes. Plus does it run opposite of how it collects sunlight, turning the lights on when it gets dark outside, and comming on in reverse?

[Chopstick]

Originally Posted by Gold3nku5h

does it run opposite of how it collects sunlight, turning the lights on when it gets dark outside, and comming on in reverse?

Yep Sun gos down, Lights come one,