Anyone DIY LEDs in their Biocube?
I'm interested to see if anybody DIY'd an LED setup in their Biocubes. Also would like to hear opinions on LEDs in that tank
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www.nanocustoms.com sells a kit with everything you need to put LEDs in your BC29. from all the reviews i have read everybody who has done it loves it
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Did it with mine! Love it!
Just bought a BC 14 that a member did a DIY led mod in too. Here's my 29 with 29 Cree xr-e royal blues running @ 45% and 10 Cree xp-g cool whites running @ 50% ~Frank |
I've found some kits from I think it was rapidLED that were cheaper than nanotuners and seem to be the same quality. How many LEDs is enough for a BC14?
Fstar, you did the mod yourself? Where'd you buy supplies and was it overally complicated? That looks great, do you have pics of hood in the BC14 you just bought? |
The Nano Tuners heat sinks are by far superior, they're custom milled and have the holes necessary to mount into the hood alreadly drilled 90% of the way through.
Far nicer though, if you do a bit of custom work with their heatsink but use a 12 LED array and use buckpucks for dimming. |
Oh yeah that's true, I didn't take into account the mounting. rapidLED's stuffs not as good?
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Here'e the FS thread for the 14 I just bought
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1871505 and here is the build thread for my 29G http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1840046 |
I have a 12 led diy on my 12 gallon nano cube and my sps has great growth and color the led's have been on the tank since may
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at the least id go with the heatsink from nanotuners if for no other reason than how easily it will go into the hood of you biocube http://www.nanotuners.com/product_in...roducts_id=632 |
That's a good point, I just wish it wasn't twice as much haha
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yea the price is a little high but there was tons of time in designing it so it would work perfectly in the biocube hood. it also comes predrilled(each hole is about 90% drilled which makes it a ton easier) so you will just have to drill the last 10% out in order to get the mounting holes done and the holes for the stars in too.
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I did mine also and it turned out great. Here is the build thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1708453
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