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Dragon
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Hi hope someone can help me find LED strips.
I have been to SLS but I cannot seem to find Reef Coral LED Strip 445 nm BLUE Actinic Light for my marine tank. Also is there much of a diff between 440 nm, 450 nm and 453 nm ? The closest I can find is in US ebay.... |
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If I order a 16ft or 5m reel (445nm 250 lumens per LED), would anyone like to share ? I would only need 4ft.
But you would need to go Sim Lim Tower or other places to get the LED strip wired up (wire + 12V adapter). The price is USD10 per feet (excl transport, shd be only ard USD 25). It would be around USD 100 + USD 10 for 10ft (5m less 4ft). |
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Arofanatic
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Bro, you can try buying T8 LED tubes (replacements for Fluorescent tube lights) , they cost only 30 dls and they come in various kelving temperature colour ( from warm light 2500k), white light (6000 k) and ultra white (7500 k).
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Bro...thanks but care to read carefully please :
1. "flexible" LED strips, to stick on shelf or base of aquarium cover 2. 453nm or near, in this case 445nm "actinic" blue stunners I am trying to make a LED lamp based on the 1st pic u shown, if based on 2 strips for 2ft (inside is encased with SMD LEDs). But SG does not have 453nm or 445nm SMD LEDs on sale. Your pic might be a 4ft with 2 warm white + 1 bright white as seen on reflection on water. Used for freshwater tank. |
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This tubes already have a nice anodized Aluminum support that assists the LEDs to cool down. With this solution I propose, you do not need to use a 12V DC power supply. I used combination of temperature colors only to test how fish look under different wavelengths of light. |
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Arofanatic
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I see what you mean, you probably would need to find something on color temperature higher than 10000 Kelvin
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I was using LED stripe lighting and finally decided to replace it
1) the intensity was not strong even though I got the stronger among the stripe, 2) in order to create the intensity I have to loop a few rounds 3) with the increased loop, the heat increases and water became warm. 4) have to add on other colours like white to create a balance of light spectrum. 5) whole costs for a 2ft tank lighting cost more than $120 (exclude shipping fees and got it at super discounted rate. $80 for 5 blue and 50 for 5 white with water resist tube (did it before LED prices drop) Just bought a marine LED light and very satisfied with the outcome. Just sharing from my humble experience. |
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