Led hood help

[Jep21]

Hey everyone,
Im currently in the middle of a new chalice and monti tank.. Was wondering what would be best route i should take in modding my tank hood.. The new tank i am setting up is a nanocube 6g led.. Has 3 blues and 3 white leds.. I plan to add 4 or 5 more blue leds and 1 white led.. Should i just add it along to the existing leds via soldering or glueing or should i just revamp the hood and do a diy led set up.. Let me knw what u guys thnk..

Thanks


Heres how the hood looks like

 

[Nxt]

you so hood... (See what I did there?)


paging Hobbit...

 

[jayjigga]

Haha, you know I'd retro that biznitch for ya Bro.

 

[Jep21]

you so hood... (See what I did there?)


paging Hobbit...

Haha lol

 

[Jep21]

Haha, you know I'd retro that biznitch for ya Bro.

I would need in a day or two though.... Do u thnk i can just add leds on it or do u thnk its risky?

 

[Jep21]

So I was thnking of putting some solderless LEDs on top of these. Gonna go with 4 blues 1 white.. Do u guys thnk Its ok to glue it on the metal part next to the original LEDs?

 

[erok90]

Here's some I did in my nc12 on u channel.
4NW
4RB
4B

 

[Jep21]

Here's some I did in my nc12 on c-channel.
4NW
4RB
4B

Did u use the original metal thing the nano cube had the lights in or did u get a whole new heat sink?

 

[jayjigga]

Is it an actual heatsink or just metal? Solderless or not, as long as the metal can dissipate the heat, then make it so.

Sidenote: why would you make such a small tank a monti tank?? Lol...

 

[erok90]

It's u channel.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=aluminum+u-channel&tag=mh0b-20&index=industrial&hvadid=1695873291&ref=pd_sl_1it0vhseqy_e

 

[jayjigga]

Jeff, get me the dims of the space to be filled. Maybe I can rock this thing quick.

 

[Jep21]

Is it an actual heatsink or just metal? Solderless or not, as long as the metal can dissipate the heat, then make it so.

Sidenote: why would you make such a small tank a monti tank?? Lol...

Just metal I thnk., lol it's gonna be mainly chalices but gonna try out some of my monti's since they are growing nicely in my tank and want to see if a small frag would service/flourish