Diy Planted Tank Light

39w x 8 tubes 312watts.

Diy planted tank light.

Diy light hood when i bought my 55 gallon tank it came with two seperate hoods that each could only hold a 15 watt bulb. If you want to keep live plants you ll want to read our planted aquarium led lighting guide calculator. Here we will show you how to make your own led aquarium lights for your aquarium. Thread thread starter.

The tank at the top of the page uses a 75 watt led light on a 65 gallon tank 1 2 watts gallon despite being mounted 16 inches from the tank s rim it still produces enough light to grow colored plants well because of the efficiency and lens of the leds use. Low end models will come with just an on off switch. Search this forum. The planted tank forum specific aspects of a planted tank diy post new thread.

How to build a planted aquarium led light the cheap and easy way. Diy led lighting assistance needed multi page thread 1 2 3. Some of the higher end models have a 24 hour daytime nighttime cycles. Now if you read the lighting section you will know that this is not enough.

A tall tank requires a very strong light to illuminate the bottom of the tank where the plants are growing whereas a short tank does not. A finnex stingray led light would be considered low light on an aquarium that s 21 inches tall but that same light on a 12 inch tall tank could easily grow medium light plants. 10 01 2020 04 16 am by. Finally the led aquarium light is installed on top of the aquarium.

A last check of the leds. The farm tank below uses t5 tubes. Https goo gl fvsh6y join my team. There are plenty of led lights out there designed for planted tanks and plenty that aren t but can be used if diy is your thing see below.

I ran into a problem with the red leds but this was fixed at a later date. And it only uses a little over 30 watts of electricity. Ultimately building an led aquarium light doesn t have to be an expensive venture so long as you adopt a good diy mindset about it.