Finished DIY LED build for a 90g

[Stusdesktop]

Well I finally got the LED fixture finished and hung this morning, nothing like a deadline to get things finally moving. These are going over a 90g that will be going on the stand tomorrow afternoon.

The LED's are currently 62 inches from the floor with the option to raise/lower them with the chain length. There is a single power cord off the back of the fixture which allows all of the wiring to be unplugged and the fixture moved easily. Six drivers running on 4 separate plugs will allow for staggered lighting schedules with each plug running a certain color mix.

#1 Royal Blue
#2 White Mix
#3 True Violet/Pink
#4 Blue/Turquoise

Changing out different LED's is just a matter of un-soldering the stars and adding in whatever color seems to be needed. Right now I think I may need to pull a couple of pinks in exchange for reds and possibly a couple of blues for greens. That's down the road once the tank has been running for a while though, at least 10 weeks as I have major surgery coming up and will be limited to a 5 lb lifting limit for a couple of months.

Onto the pictures:

Hung Fixture

DIY LED 002 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

Top of fixture showing fans (Minor screw up here, I was hoping to have the fans inside the fixture but the amount of wiring inside made that impossible).

DIY LED 004 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

One half of the LED's from under the fixture, mirrored over the other half of the tank.

DIY LED 005 by Em & Stu, on Flickr


Royal Blue String (Min power)

DIY LED 008 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

Royal Blue String (Min Power @ 62 inches)

DIY LED 019 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

White String (Min power)

DIY LED 011 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

White String (Min power @62 inches)

DIY LED 022 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

Violet/Pink string (Min power)

DIY LED 010 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

Violet/Pink string (Min power @ 62 inches)

DIY LED 017 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

Blue/Turquoise string (Min power)

DIY LED 014 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

Blue/Turquoise string (Min power @ 62 inches)

DIY LED 016 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

All strings approx 35%.

tank led 001 by Em & Stu, on Flickr

Got excited and tossed the sump on the table to get an idea of what the coverage is. Hopefully tomorrow the stand and tank will be under the lights.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

The lights look good! Good luck with your upcoming surgery.

 

[drxdragon]

wow nice build..good luck with your surgery

 

[Stusdesktop]

Thanks both

 

[andip3]

Looks really good, I definitely noticed a difference when we added red LEDs to ours. good luck with your surgery

 

[Stusdesktop]

Stand came indoors today, need to finish the door trim and get those hung. Tank is now sitting on the stand and we got the universal rocks background cut to fit. Was hoping to form the background around the overflow but it's not going to happen. The texture of the background doesn't allow smooth curves to form, unfortunate but I'm seriously impressed with the quality and texture nonetheless.

Pictures or it never happened of course, white LED's were turned up high to show the backgrounds texture.

[/URL] Tank 009 by Em & Stu, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/URL] Tank 006 by Em & Stu, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/URL] Tank 004 by Em & Stu, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/URL] Tank 003 by Em & Stu, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[revsgirl]

Great job!!

 

[jeremyblu]

realy nice job bet its gonna pop the colors on corals

 

[drxdragon]

wow ... very impressive ... thanks for your help too btw. im gonna definetly follow your progress. love the work

 

[justgotwet]

Looks like a great start!

 

[Telefonica007]

that back wall panel is sharp. lights are nice also. i finished my build few months ago but just did white and blue. yours will be super nice. good luck

 

[andr3w]

Your tank looks like its off to a good start. Cant wait to see more.