Lighting a 7.5 gal cube

ShesEasy · 04/27/2015, 12:20 AM

Looking for suggestions on a good light for growing zoas and maybe an LPS in a 1x1x1, 7.5gal cube

Fairly cheap

Not concerned of what type of lighting

ShesEasy · 04/28/2015, 11:42 AM

Bump

Webmanny · 04/28/2015, 12:26 PM

I would add one of these DIY kits. They are easy to build, cheap and should be sufficient for the type of corals you want to keep in your tank.

This is a 14 LED kit for around $70 and it includes the heatsink

This one has 20 LEDs, but is not dimmable, I think.

Good luck.

ajespo85 · 04/28/2015, 12:34 PM

I used the cheap (cheaper) reefbreaders value light when I had my 7.5 set up. I upgraded to a 20 long, kept the light. it hung over a bit, but I hung the light from the ceiling and it wasn't noticeable. I had great growth, I had zoas, xenia, octospawn, ricordia, and a bit of gsp. Everything grew nicely.

Icefire · 04/28/2015, 02:33 PM

There are some PAR38 lights on ebay from 20 to 54 watts..

ShesEasy · 04/28/2015, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Webmanny

I would add one of these DIY kits. They are easy to build, cheap and should be sufficient for the type of corals you want to keep in your tank.

This is a 14 LED kit for around $70 and it includes the heatsink

This one has 20 LEDs, but is not dimmable, I think.

Good luck.

wow thank you sir, this is right up my alley to as i love to biuld things, i never realized kits existed like this, i always though peoople just made up there own

thanks

Reefkid88 · 04/28/2015, 08:10 PM

A Coral Compulsion Par38 would work,a NanoBox Tide of build your own would all do just fine !!

04/27/2015, 12:20 AM	#1
ShesEasy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Canada Posts: 378	Lighting a 7.5 gal cube Looking for suggestions on a good light for growing zoas and maybe an LPS in a 1x1x1, 7.5gal cube Fairly cheap Not concerned of what type of lighting

04/28/2015, 12:26 PM	#3
Webmanny Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: 33612 Posts: 2,461	I would add one of these DIY kits. They are easy to build, cheap and should be sufficient for the type of corals you want to keep in your tank. This is a 14 LED kit for around $70 and it includes the heatsink This one has 20 LEDs, but is not dimmable, I think. Good luck. __________________ 32 gallon Biocube, DIY LEDs and Triton Method. My N=1 study of me, validated by me, and supported by completely anecdotal evidence, states that my advice is 100% correct, most of the time.

04/28/2015, 02:33 PM	#5
Icefire Seasoned reefer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In Quebec, Canada Posts: 3,653	There are some PAR38 lights on ebay from 20 to 54 watts.. __________________ Temp 80F, PH 8.5-8.0, Alk 6.8-7.2, Ca 430, Mg 1700, NO3 0-0.25, PO4 0.04, 34.4 PPT Lights @ 100% all others, 35% White Current Tank Info: 60g Cube, 120lbs live rocks, Hydra52 2x120W, 2 MP40+ 1 MP10 @ 70%, Phosban 550 GFO+Carbon, 200W Heater, SWC Skimmer, Kalk ATO, 150 gpd RODI

04/28/2015, 11:42 AM	#2
ShesEasy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Canada Posts: 378	Bump

04/28/2015, 12:34 PM	#4
ajespo85 Espo Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Akron, ohio Posts: 447	I used the cheap (cheaper) reefbreaders value light when I had my 7.5 set up. I upgraded to a 20 long, kept the light. it hung over a bit, but I hung the light from the ceiling and it wasn't noticeable. I had great growth, I had zoas, xenia, octospawn, ricordia, and a bit of gsp. Everything grew nicely.

04/28/2015, 08:10 PM	#7
Reefkid88 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 11	A Coral Compulsion Par38 would work,a NanoBox Tide of build your own would all do just fine !!