LED refuge lighting ???

Rensmif · 03/31/2013, 05:02 PM

Have a screw in type FLO bulb over my refuge now, want to go with an LED light.

Anybody have expierience with the PAR 38 screw in type LED bulbs, or am I better suited to get an LED strip light. AS I stated it is strictly for the refuge for cheato growth.

nynick · 03/31/2013, 06:19 PM

As long as you stay away from anything that is for a reef you should be fine. You want red/pink/yellow/daylight type lights. I use a power saver 35w daylight bulb and it grows algae like a pro. There are cheap pink led setups too especially made for refugiums.

asid61 · 03/31/2013, 06:41 PM

How big is this fuge? Just use 660nm red and royal blue led lights, with more red.
For such a small water volume, a compact fluorescent light bulb is not that much worse than leds.

Brando457 · 03/31/2013, 06:41 PM

Fathomled makes a cool par20 bulb with red led I use on my fuge and it works well.

Rensmif · 03/31/2013, 07:12 PM

Thanks for the responses guys, my refuge/sump is a 40 breeder partioned off with rubble rock on one end, chaeto in the middle, followed by the skimmer and return pump at the end.

Brando - i checked out Fathomled, had not heard of them but I may try the one they have.

asid61 · 03/31/2013, 09:52 PM

A 40 breeder!? I'm used to small fuges.
fathom led is good.
Any cheap "grow bulb" par38 with red and blue will do the trick. 3 or 4 will be good.

FathomLED · 03/31/2013, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brando457

Fathomled makes a cool par20 bulb with red led I use on my fuge and it works well.

Par 30 not par 20

03/31/2013, 05:02 PM	#1
Rensmif Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 140	LED refuge lighting ??? Have a screw in type FLO bulb over my refuge now, want to go with an LED light. Anybody have expierience with the PAR 38 screw in type LED bulbs, or am I better suited to get an LED strip light. AS I stated it is strictly for the refuge for cheato growth.

03/31/2013, 06:19 PM	#2
nynick Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,029	As long as you stay away from anything that is for a reef you should be fine. You want red/pink/yellow/daylight type lights. I use a power saver 35w daylight bulb and it grows algae like a pro. There are cheap pink led setups too especially made for refugiums.

03/31/2013, 06:41 PM	#3
asid61 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cupertino, CA Posts: 1,111	How big is this fuge? Just use 660nm red and royal blue led lights, with more red. For such a small water volume, a compact fluorescent light bulb is not that much worse than leds.

03/31/2013, 06:41 PM	#4
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	Fathomled makes a cool par20 bulb with red led I use on my fuge and it works well.

03/31/2013, 07:12 PM	#5
Rensmif Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 140	Thanks for the responses guys, my refuge/sump is a 40 breeder partioned off with rubble rock on one end, chaeto in the middle, followed by the skimmer and return pump at the end. Brando - i checked out Fathomled, had not heard of them but I may try the one they have.

03/31/2013, 09:52 PM	#6
asid61 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cupertino, CA Posts: 1,111	A 40 breeder!? I'm used to small fuges. fathom led is good. Any cheap "grow bulb" par38 with red and blue will do the trick. 3 or 4 will be good.