New LED setup China leds

so i made this from things laying around the house and some cheap 1 amp leds from china and 5 dollar drivers nothing fancy just a 10g

and a picture of my only coral under lights


so what u think

 

looks great! i hope you dont mind but how much did all that cost combined? im interested in maybe putting one together

 

china leds x 2 16 bucks
china led non dimmable drivers x 2 8 bucks
my happiness with them priceless

but if i was gonna do a bigger tank i would just do the 3w cree leds since they are only 3w and 1.5 amps where as these are 10w and 1 amp the cree leds a better by far less power consumption and more light

only reason i with these is because i dont need much spread so i only needed 2 wish i had a par meter

 

Very nice, looks great, have you tried the local reef clubs to see if they have a PAR meter?

 

Nice set up, I like the 1watt leds for small tanks I have a guy on ebay who will give a discount on 1 watt leds and drivers if you buy them together and he probably has any color and temp you want. I know he has 6500k and 14000k white leds I am setting up a 5.5 with leds I got from him and it is going to be a sexy shrimp tank with zoas =]

 

yeah i can see somebody using 1 watt leds if they needed more spread just because u would need more leds but the wattage doesnt really matter its the amperage

 

i wish i could find a lrc but im kinda away from the big city just a tad
ill have to ask matt or sum other bay area reefer

 

i'm in the bay area! try an LFS but i don't know if they will have one!green marine coral(if you help him clean his tanks you free coral!),albany aquarium,neptunes aquatics,and all about fish are all good!;D

 

the watts are related to the amps like the 1 watts are up to .35 amps and the 3 wats are good up to 1 amp so the higher the watts the higher the amps everything works on this principle.