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Hello All! I've been out of the hobby for 2+ years now after a tank meltdown and a move, but I'm ready to get things going again. I was running a BioCube 29 with the CF hood, an overflow to a 10 gallon sump where I had a Coralife 65 Skimmer running. My heater went bizerk and ruined my tank, fish, coral and most coralline algae didn’t make it. I kept the LR in the water and the pumps circulating but the CF ballasts went and there hasn’t been any light on the tank for over a year, however I have some spots of coralline algae showing signs to life somehow. I decided its time that I want to get back into the game and I want to start by rebuilding the hood with LEDs & new fans, eventually expanding by adding a Storm controller or a Bluefish Controller. I'm still well in the planning phase here and all suggestions are welcome and encouraged! Despite reading what feels like countless forum pages on LEDs, I feel like am am still particularly cloudy in that area. Here we go! Fan rebuild: 2x - Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-60 60mm Fan - Newegg.com $8.5ea http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835352003 1x - AC / DC Adapter Charger Cord 12V 0.5A (500mA) to power the fans $7 - Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3M31914515 My plan is to run them at full speed but I am considering adding in a speed control module. LED Build: 1x- Lumia 5.2 Puck LED - http://www.ledgroupbuy.com/cree-lumia-5-2-70w-full-spectrum-5-channel-cree-led/$99 1x- Meanwell power supply SE-350-48 http://www.rapidled.com/mean-well-se-350-48/$50 1x- 6up LDD Board - http://coralux.net/?wpsc-product=ldd-6-driver-board$14 3x- LDD-700H http://coralux.net/?wpsc-product=meanwell-ldd-h-driver$7ea 3x- LDD-1000H http://coralux.net/?wpsc-product=meanwell-ldd-h-driver$7ea 4x- Cree Hyper Violet 430nm to use as moonlights http://www.ledgroupbuy.com/exotic-hyper-violet-led-430nm/$5ea 1x Heat sink http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-Heatsink-Cooling-for-8-x-3W-20-x-1W-LED-Light-/221487393871?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item3391ad6c4f$19 I need the LED gurus to guide me here. Eventually when I add a controller, I'd like to use the puck during the day and the possibly UV turned down as moonlights. Is this possible? I've seen people suggest using UV as moonlights but I haven’t seen a whole lot of feedback. Also will the power supply listed adequately power the LEDs listed above? Again, I am early in the planning and research phases and I need to research a much more about LED, but getting excited to get back into aquarium keeping! Thanks in advance for the guidance. -Devin
