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01/02/2015, 12:12 PM
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Diy led
So I found a place in Ny that sells LED Strips. they have regular and a HO version of the LEDs.
The HO version is 18$/foot. They said they are a 5,000K LED light. They also have Blue LED, i asked if they were royal Blue 453nM equivalent, and they weren't sure. I was thinking of buying 2 lengths of 3 feet of the 5k White and 1 length of 3 feet lof the blue and attach to my canopy top with the blue in the middle and white in back and front.. Is 5k a good kelvin for corals? and if it isnt "royal blue" will it still be considered actinic blue? Suggestions?
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01/02/2015, 12:15 PM
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ooops wrong forum section
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01/02/2015, 05:56 PM
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you'd be better off getting Chinese leds off ebay designed for reef tanks.
The ratio is closer to 2/1.... blues / whites |
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01/02/2015, 07:08 PM
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Amazon has some great LED deals too. I just got a pretty sweet 300W "full spectrum" for $170. I couldn't build it that cheap. It needs wider optics but I have a bunch that I can swap in no problem.
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01/13/2015, 03:14 PM
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