lmao you guys are funny. nice calculations MarkO
Freedom75 snap pics if you build that under-tank sump. One thing is for sure, it would be nice to have the separate areas for adding chems (Ca etc)
Just thinking of something I forsee as a future thread subject. Fish/pico discussions always draws the flame from fish keepers!
The smallest reef I have that I would consider housing a fish is the reefbowl (1 gallon and even that is risky) these cube and betta hex picos are CO (coral only).
Heres another older pic of the cube reef under the first micro lighting system I put together, first time pics here. thought they were lost...
This was an array of LED lights form radioshack installed in a mini project box. It looks like a miniature halide canopy, and over a pico reef its rather bright. this model isnt bright enough though, so its been relegated to the drawer. this cost 50 dollars total to build with 4 leds per color group, but I will need to have at least 16 white and 16 blue led's to light a cube reef properly.
pros and cons of using LEDS to power nano reef setups:
1. low-no heat. no fans necessary even over a large array.
2. long life without spectral shift.
3. the blue ones will cause corals to flouresce, they are indeed little actinics.
4. I dont know if the white ones have any decent PAR but they seemed to.
cons:
very expensive. radioslack charges 3 dollars per led for the larger, brighter ones. remember we needed about 32 to do it right.
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