65g rapid led build

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  1. rossco838

    rossco838 Astrea Snail

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    hey guys well i have ordered a 36 dimmable led kit from rapid. 18 royal blues 12 cool white and 6 neutral white. It will be going over my 65 g which is also is being built from ground up. i also order (2) 5.886x11" heat sinks from heat sink usa they will be joined together using some 1.5x1.5.1/4 aluminum angle. now here is my question i love the look of the pink from the 420nm i was going to order 12 420nm from ledgroupbuy im just wondering will 48 leds be over kill for my 65? my plans were to run them on a meanwell constant current 700ma driver. oh and my girlfriend is getting me a reef angel controller for christmas as well so i can have sunrise sunset effect
     
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  2. coylee_17

    coylee_17 Fire Goby

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    I've got 48 led's over my 65 and love them!
     
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  3. rossco838

    rossco838 Astrea Snail

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    Any 420nm in your set up?

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    coylee_17 Fire Goby

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    I just went with a combo of rb, cw and nw from rapidLED
     
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    insanespain Ocellaris Clown

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    I did the exact same build for my 65g with 18rb, 12cw, 6nw. Lol and I'm also considering adding some pink and uv. I don't think you will have too much light. I'm thinkin about adding 6 or 8 pinks and 6 uv leds on another driver.

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    I've been thinking about doing something like this as well, just trying to keep myself from doing it til after the new year lol. Gotta pay for my wedding first.
     
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    Led>wedding :)
     
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    Fiancee not killing me>LEDS lol ;)
     
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  9. rossco838

    rossco838 Astrea Snail

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    Ok ordered 12 of the 420 nm..these say 700ma max. the driver I was looking at puts out 700ma constant current. Will I have any problem with running these leds at full power? Mind you I will likely only run them 6 hours out of the day. Also just received my leds for my ats I ordered 8 osram 660 nm and 2 royal blues. The ats is going to be the only filtration built right into my sump.

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  10. exactlyobp

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    Congrats on the purchase.
    I guess 420nm UV is getting more and more attention! The true benefit of the 420 is SPS growth tho, just so you know :)

    Anyways, I dont think 700mA drive would damage the LEDs. Make sure they dont run too hot. Keep them lower than 150F.
     
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