How Many Watts Of LED's Do I Need?

Discussion in 'LED Aquarium Lighting' started by tacashion, Feb 10, 2012.

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  1. tacashion

    tacashion Plankton

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  2. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    If they're Cree's ya prob want 36 per fixture! Bridgelux, at least 48 per!
     
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  3. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    I must be missing something.....

    What size tank, what type of corals are you wanting to keep?
     
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  4. SwimsWithFish

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    I was wondering the same,
     
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  6. chelseagrin

    chelseagrin Fire Goby

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    it depends on the led's

    you could have 10 watts of led's but if each individual led isnt even a 1 watt the fixture is useless, 1-3 watt led's will grow you coral though.
     
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  7. cpc12

    cpc12 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Gotta love the OPs initial question.... Real descriptive.
     
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