dreamin_reefer October 6, 2014 Share October 6, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S October 6, 2014 Share October 6, 2014 Have you looked at RapidLED retrofit kits? http://www.rapidled.com/biocube-29/ About the same price, maybe cheaper, ready to install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaReefer March 16, 2015 Share March 16, 2015 Has anyone here done the RapidLed retrofit kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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