test tank for LED lighting... well sort of.

kevinO · 03-01-2004, 11:39 PM

Hello all,
I've had this up for a while but work became so busy it's just sat there for the last ten months except automatic ro/di top offs. The rock was hand made using the GARF style way back in Jan 03. cured for three months then put in the tank. So basically it's been running quietly and with not a single fish/coral/worm/etc. in it for ten months. I had a company make these LED bulbs fixtures after I had a long go at it myself. They secured it in a air tight container so I figured if anything was going to work in this enviroment these would. I'm really curious now that I have time to see what grows under these things. Since we are starting with a very clean slate . Does anyone have any recomendations? Here's a couple of pictures. (sorry about the quality. cheap little camera.)

Cheers,
Kevin

kevinO · 03-01-2004, 11:40 PM

top view of the lights

kevinO · 03-01-2004, 11:41 PM

The led's were spec'd to emit at 8000k btw

Jayhox · 03-02-2004, 01:01 AM

Do you have any pictures of the actual light units? (By the way, it is great that you are trying this!)

Doug1 · 03-02-2004, 08:10 AM

looks like they are kicking out the light

I would try some easy , forgiving stuff at first , green star polyps,zooanthids,corallimorphs(shrooms)
Hows calcium and alkilinity? Hopefully once you introduce a few corals , the rock they are on will help seed the coralline algae