So I am looking to turn my fuge into a frag grow out area. The system is 220g total volume. I have a 20g fuge lit with a Kessil H380 and Chaeto in it. I am thinking of picking up a 6x18 Geo Reactor and wrapping leds around the inside of a 8" pvc and slipping the PVC over the reactor. I will add a small fan at the bottom for air cooling. What are a good set of LEDs? It looks like Accel Aquatics were the go to LEDs for this but they are no longer available.
Another DIY Chaeto Reactor - What LED Strips to Use? ... Need Help
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I purchased 3 different led strips off Amazon. From what I can tell smd5050 are the better LEDs.
Heres what I have coming:
Option 1
These seems to be the most promising but also the most expensive. They are sealed in silicone and Ul listed. The do require you to purchase a power supply and solder it to the strip. It comes in 3000k
Option2
This strip is not water resistant and it is the smaller LEDs so i will most likely not use this one but it was cheap, came in 6500k and comes with everything.
Option 3
Last but not least, I picked up this one. This one is a complete set, nothing else to purchase. It uses SMD 5050 leds and has the red blue spectrum.
I think a mix of the top one and the red blue may be the best option. I am going to make up a couple sets and get power consumption and Par data for each individually and then a mix of 1 and 3. I think 2 is ruled out but I will still test it.
I will compare the numbers to the Kessil H380 that I have in my fuge now. The big thing is what spectrum light is correct? Obviously the Kessil has the spectrum nailed down so the par is mostly useful light and the LED strips may not be exactly the right spectrum.
Heres what I have coming:
Option 1
These seems to be the most promising but also the most expensive. They are sealed in silicone and Ul listed. The do require you to purchase a power supply and solder it to the strip. It comes in 3000k
Option2
This strip is not water resistant and it is the smaller LEDs so i will most likely not use this one but it was cheap, came in 6500k and comes with everything.
Option 3
Last but not least, I picked up this one. This one is a complete set, nothing else to purchase. It uses SMD 5050 leds and has the red blue spectrum.
I think a mix of the top one and the red blue may be the best option. I am going to make up a couple sets and get power consumption and Par data for each individually and then a mix of 1 and 3. I think 2 is ruled out but I will still test it.
I will compare the numbers to the Kessil H380 that I have in my fuge now. The big thing is what spectrum light is correct? Obviously the Kessil has the spectrum nailed down so the par is mostly useful light and the LED strips may not be exactly the right spectrum.
