LED Pendent for biocube 14

[dhaquaman]

hello i recently built a LED pendent for my biocube 14 and thought i would share some pictures with all of you

I ordered all the parts off the internet:
6 x CREE XRE-RB on Star
6 x CREE XRE-WG-Q5 on Star
12 x CUSTOM BERQUIST THERMAL PADS FOR XRE STAR
12 x CREE XRE LENS - 80 DEGREE OPTIC
1 X 24V, 6.5A POTRANS POWER SUPPLY
2 x 1000mA Constant Current Output, External Dimming w/ pot.
1 x 7.280 by 7 inch heat sink from heatsinkusa
2 x aluminum pot. knobs
The lights are off right now so i will post some FTS pictures tomorrow but here are some picture of the pendent itself

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0956-1.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0973-1.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0972-1.jpg

[dhaquaman]

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0958_face0.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0976.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0977.jpg


http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0959-1.jpg

[dhaquaman]

This is a picture of the buck pucks wired in a parallel onto the DC coaxial jacks

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0961-1.jpg

sorry for bad pictures, this is one of the Coaxial jacks wired with the wires that go to the leds, the other looks exactly the same

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0962-1.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0963-1.jpg

connecting wires, 18 guage

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0969-1.jpg

[dhaquaman]

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0968-1.jpg


another connecting wire along with fan cable that plugs into the wall

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0974-1.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/IMG_0975.jpg

[dhaquaman]

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/b05540f1.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/892efd02.jpg

The fan has blue lights on it so it makes a blue look
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/8bc71ffe.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/ee700cc7.jpg

[dhaquaman]

This is a picture of the light on
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/efa16cb3.jpg
they are extremely bright i keep them at about 50 %

I just turned the lights on for a second so my corals are ****ed at me haha

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/b368484a.jpg

I love the ability to be able to dial the lights into any color i want , i can change from 10k, 12k, 14k, 15k, and to 20k i love it
I had a great time building it and it was extremely easy took me about 5 hours to complete
If i could do this anyone could, im only 15 and it was easy for me
thanks everyone for looking

[Ghetto Reefer]

looking good man. they look even better in person. great job

[Narazbad]

How much did the build run?

[dhaquaman]

thank you very much, just figured i might as well post it so others could get some ideas

Narazbad, It cost me roughly 260 with everything said and done, this is a very reasonable price because the LEDs last 10 years

[Troylee]

that is great man!!!! gotta love the diy. i will be ordering some this week for my frag tank expereiment...;)

[tomgl]

Nice work. Please keep us up to date on coral growth and tank conditions with the LEDs.

[Narazbad]

I'm very surprised at the low cost, especially with the price of cree's being so high, I thought.

The build looks great, let us know how it works! I'm very seriously contemplating going LED on my next tank and I will be studying them closely over the next several months.

[dhaquaman]

thanks everyone, i got bored one day and saw that alot of people with nano tanks were going LED and thought i might as well join them :)

Narazbad, the cree's only cost 6.29 each and i only used 12 with 80 degree optics at 1.19 each
not to advertise another reef forum or anything but i did all my research on nano-reef.com, they have alot of indepth info on these LEDs

[fishman]

sweet look great

[dhaquaman]

thanks :)

[spslover]

Thats so cool, I wish I could do that with mine but I am trying to sell my whole setup atm.

[dhaquaman]

What size tank do you have?

[spslover]

my biocube is a 14 gallon only had it for a month.

[Troylee]

if anyone wants a setup like this check out www.reefledlights.com
the best prices hands down and best customer service....bills a friend of mine...;)

[dhaquaman]

they have some good prices on LEDs on that site :)
spslover, you should make a LED light if you end up not selling your setup

[spslover]

95 bucks! i just may keep it and order it now!

[dhaquaman]

go for it you wont be disappointed

[dhaquaman]

Updated pictures of tank and coral:

FTS:
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/e17e68d9.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/d4408588.jpg

Zoanthids
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/9c564b0e.jpg

Plate coral:
http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/e0921828.jpg

[dhaquaman]

Zoanthids

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/daeab41c.jpg

Green Acan

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/3adcab36.jpg

Red Acan

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/3aa986b5.jpg

SPS

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/4d951222.jpg

[dhaquaman]

SPS

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/91ddedd2.jpg

Rainbow Zoanthids

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/84a30415.jpg

http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu348/dthblackjack/4df3104b.jpg

[Luke]

if anyone wants a setup like this check out www.reefledlights.com
the best prices hands down and best customer service....bills a friend of mine...;)

so whats the coupon code to get 50% off? :)

more serious question... if i bought this + the 35-700 driver:

https://www.reefledlights.com/products-page/premimum-xr-e-q5-led-kits/12-cree-xr-e-q5-led-kit/

-would i be able to mount that into the hood of my biocube 14?
-what else would i need to buy to get it working?

[dhaquaman]

im not 100% sure cuase i used buck pucks but it looks small enough too where i think you would be able to

[Luke]

that kit is a LOT cheaper than anything else ive seen... is there anything missing from it?

[bonkers213]

yeah led lights are cool only thing i advise from my experience is research on leds because you dont understand how bright they are you can bleach your corals if you dont aclimidate them correctly best way to do it get a dimmable driver.

[dhaquaman]

like bonkers said i think you miss the ability to dim the colors the way you want it, i think you can only dim all 12 at the same time while i can dim the blue and whites seperatly

[Aflac]

ive started to switch my 240 over to LED's.....i really love what those XR-E RBs do to the corals....especially at night when i only have those on.....

[dhaquaman]

yea the royal blues make the corals glow :D

[TheGreatAukSociety]

Neato, Now we need to get a Par meter under that and see what it's putting out.

[dhaquaman]

yea i definitely need to do that some time, does any one in the club have one?

[Troylee]

vegas kid does but he hasnt been around.... i need to borrow it again myself...

[dhaquaman]

oh okay, well if you ever get your hands on it let me know :)

[fishman]

i got jasons par meter let me see if I can lend it out on his behalf

[dhaquaman]

oh thanks let me know

[vegaskid]

No problem, just treat it well and post your results for us :)

[Aflac]

i should be getting my next 48 led's in the mail in the next day or two....im going with XP-Gs and royal blue XR-Es....time to start replacing those metal halides.

[dhaquaman]

sounds good LEDs are the way to go