I got a 155 gallon bow front and I am stuck on what lights I would need/ want. I definitely want to get leds and plan to grow coral. The cover for my tank is sectioned off in 3 22" sections. Should I get 3 smaller units to cover each section, out should I get a 4 foot unit? I have been looking...

Hi I currently am running a 36" nova extreme t5 fixture that has two lights which gives off 39 watts each or 78 together. Ive kept soft corals and mushrooms under this fixture since I bought it with no issues but im considering getting into other types of corals that require stronger lighting...

I recently read how awesome these lights are and was skeptical to purchase them. I am so glad I did. My tank looks completely different and I only installed 2 bulbs of the 6. AMAZING!!! Never using zoo med or whatever other brand I was using. Worth the money.

I've been following a lot of build threads recently, and I can't seem to figure out why more people aren't using Par38 LEDs to light their tanks. Ebay seems to be filled with high-quality LEDs (Bridgelux or Cree) in a Par38 factor, at ridiculous prices. Am I wrong in thinking you can just slap...

Merry Christmas TRT Folks! (or other midwinter holiday of your choosing) Hope you all had a good morning, and smells of various Christmas foods are wafting around you. My dad has a professional guy take care of the reef tank in his place of work. My dad asked this guy what he should get my...

Ok, so i recently bought a bunch of LED's from RapidLED, my problem is that the color LED's keep burning out on me. Here's the set up: 7x XM-L Cool Whites on a Mean Well LPC-60-1750 constant current driver another 7 XM-L cool whites on a Mean Well LPC-60-1750 constant current driver 14x XT-E...

I'm planning on making my own LED fixture pretty soon and I was just wondering, do you guys think this will be enough for a 90 gallon tank that's 22 inches deep (didn't include the sand). I plan on mounting this around 6 inches off of the tank. I want it to be able to support a mixed reef tank...

Looking to sell my 72" Current Metal halide fixture. It has 3 x 150 watt halides and 4 x 96 watt power compacts and 8 white moonlights. One power compact does not work, may be the ballast, and the fans are getting a little loud. I do have the hanging kit for it and two extra matal halide bulbs...

I have purchased a metal halide fixture with bulb.used one. But the metal halide bulb has nothing written on it. How do I figure out what watt should I purchase as replacement bulb. Its a double ended metal halide with two 65W PC on both side.

I am building a 125 gallon reef tank that is 6' long, 22" high. I'm likely going to build my own LED fixtures from rapidLED but I'm wondering, is there a common rule regarding the length of the fixture vs the length of the tank? Should my fixture go end wall to end wall or should/can there be a...

Hello, I have a 28 gallon bow front aquarium with live rock, sand substrate, pulsing Xenia coral, orange mushroom coral and some other coral which I really do not know the name of...could be some sort of polyps and a sponge. I am using a BH100 protein skimmer and a Hydor power head. I recently...

Build thread for my DIY fixture from Rapid led. Should be arriving in a few days, stay tuned! :beer: Update: 1/2/2016 ***All updates regarding my DIY fixture will be made in this post so check back frequently*** ***If you need help regarding DIY led fixtures check out post #6 or pm me***...

Was wondering what led light fixture is best for my 10 gallon. What do you think about this? 6 - Solderless CREE XP-G Cool White LED 3 - Solderless CREE XT-E Royal Blue LED 2 - Solderless UV LED 3 - Solderless CREE XP-E Blue LED 1 - Mean Well LPC-60-1050 constant current driver 1 -...

It has the 2 lunar LEDs, 48". I just put in a different battery backup so am going to program the fixture. For ease of use, the timer is pre-programmed with START and END times. one 1 WHITE START 9:00 - END 17:00 one 2 BLUE START 8:00 - END 20:00 one 3 NIGHT START 20:00- END 6:00 Does...

I have a 24" odyssea light fixture i want to sell. It has 4x24watt t5 actinic bulbs and a 250 metal halide bulb. It has a built in fan. The metal halide sometimes takes a very long time to come on. It may need to be re wired. It will come with 2 250 watt odyssea ballasts. The reason I have 2 is...

So i had one of my aquamedic silver 250 w dual ballast burn out the other day. So i went and ordered 2 galaxy ballasts. well the plug in from the fixture to the ballast is different. I have an aqua medic 4x250w plus 4 39w t5 fixture. i believe its older. anything i can do? or do they make...

Been researching for a while and after reading many threads on led's, I am still not sure which LED fixture to get for a reef tank. Please let me know what you suggest and no I don't want to pay $1000. I saw many DIY LED Fixtures but not going that route. Thanks for your inputs.

I am about the upgrade my existing t5ho lighting to the Ai sol blues. i have read about the the new "vega" fixture coming out and the new power puck offering full spectrum. I wanted to know if you can upgrade the ai sol with the new power pucks. Did anyone hear about this?

I just purchased this light off ebay. It should be in either tomorrow or Saturday. I'm putting it on my 20G tall reef tank. I am also buying a Phoenix 14K bulb to replace the one that comes with it as I have heard those bulbs are shyt. Let me know what you all think. And I will be sure to put a...