112 Gallon Aquarium

andrewjardin

andrewjardin

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wow, plasma lights seem really good!? 1 Bulb is equal to 400W of metal halide!? Im just going to guess that its really expensive though! lol
When you have LED's doing a DIY is much cheaper right? Can anyone link me to a thread that explains how to do this, or explain it to me as im confused by the concept. Do you just buy LED's at a general hardware store or do you need special aquarium LED's?
 
2quills

2quills

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There's lots of good led builds out there just do a search for diy reef lights. Also check out rapidled and reefledlights websites. They sell kits with the stuff you need.
Plasma is coming along in it's technology but still in it's infancy. It's also still very expensive. I think leds will be around for a long time to come and still the way to go for alot of people. For those who need to light a huge area then plasma will probably be the future instead of running several hundred leds. Plasma still puts off alot of heat and to my knowledge you cant get different color temps. The light is so intense that it would dround out any suppliment lighting.
 
gemmy

gemmy

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Originally Posted by 2Quills http:///forum/thread/385427/112-gallon-aquarium/20#post_3380945
There's lots of good led builds out there just do a search for diy reef lights. Also check out rapidled and reefledlights websites. They sell kits with the stuff you need.
Plasma is coming along in it's technology but still in it's infancy. It's also still very expensive. I think leds will be around for a long time to come and still the way to go for alot of people. For those who need to light a huge area then plasma will probably be the future instead of running several hundred leds. Plasma still puts off alot of heat and to my knowledge you cant get different color temps. The light is so intense that it would dround out any suppliment lighting.
I could not agree more.
If you decide to go the DIY route with LED's, then post a thread in the lighting section and I am positive some knowledgeable, helpful people will come along and give some advice.
 
2quills

2quills

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Originally Posted by Gemmy http:///forum/thread/385427/112-gallon-aquarium/20#post_3380992
I could not agree more.
If you decide to go the DIY route with LED's, then post a thread in the lighting section and I am positive some knowledgeable, helpful people will come along and give some advice.
For sure. When I get home later I'll try and dig up some links for you to some good threads.
Gemmy...interesting thing on the plasma...I've seen some of the spectral graphs for the wavelengths that the plasma puts out and it's pretty impressive. It blows every other lighting away in terms of replicating actual sunlight. It will be interesting to see where it takes us in the future. I have to imagine that growth rates with these lights under the right conditions could be pretty amazing. Deffinately something worth keeping an eye on for those on the aquacultural side of things who are looking to grow alot of corals quickly.
 
jerth6932

jerth6932

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Originally Posted by andrewjardin http:///forum/thread/385427/112-gallon-aquarium/20#post_3380940
wow, plasma lights seem really good!? 1 Bulb is equal to 400W of metal halide!? Im just going to guess that its really expensive though! lol
When you have LED's doing a DIY is much cheaper right? Can anyone link me to a thread that explains how to do this, or explain it to me as im confused by the concept. Do you just buy LED's at a general hardware store or do you need special aquarium LED's?
http://glassbox-design.com/2009/eco-friendly-plasma-lighting-technology-reaches-aquariums/
Watch the video on this site..... Geez that's an intense.... LITTLE ..... light!
 
1guydude

1guydude

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Wow that's really kool.....make me think wat the future will be for my lil bro. Lucky lil sob.....till that day when I'm 40+ and everything though LED will have to suffice.
btw I'm getting a led bulb combo unit thingy this week and i actually like my 4 bulb combo t5 lighting!
 
andrewjardin

andrewjardin

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Cool vidoe on the plasma light! Does anybody know how much approximatley it is for a bulb with a fixture? I most probably will do a DIY LED build this summer hopefully! It will be really cool :) Does anyone here have pictures of their DIY LED builds that they could post?
 
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