anyone on here tried DIY leds for planted tanks ?

[tinman]

as the title says anyone on here tried doing a diy led setup for a planted tank ?

 

[Herbie]

http://coralcompulsion.com/led/led-21w-REF-GRO

Tin, this one is doubling my chaeto about every 10 days. The color is really nice and my mangroves are growing better under it than any of the other lights I am experimentting with. I think it would work well fro a planted tank as well.

 

[tkh]

There are led grow-lights that ate designed for terrestial plants. Typically this means a much heavier red, green, and yellow hue to the lighting to better meet the needs of these plants. I would imagine looking up a quality grow light led and mimicking its specs would work out well, and I am certain there is plenty of research into ideal wavelengths. If you do want to research it, look into hydroponic setups, indoor growing, and so on (and no, its not just for growing weed, iindoor homegardening is becoming more popular for whatever reason). There's a lot out there on all of that, and it should translate well for planted setups.

 

[tinman]

http://coralcompulsion.com/led/led-21w-REF-GRO

Tin, this one is doubling my chaeto about every 10 days. The color is really nice and my mangroves are growing better under it than any of the other lights I am experimentting with. I think it would work well fro a planted tank as well.

okie that bulb has 2 4500k Warm White

1 6500k Neutral White and a red soo ... Diy with that same type of leds might work .. Hmmmmm

 

[DD]

Tin, check out Hoppies thread on theplantedtank. He's an led genius and his thread might give you some ideas. There's a link to his thread on ledgroupbuy.com under the how to section.

 

[tkh]

I would say it should.. Or you can go crazy about it, look up the types of chlorophyll that exist in the plants you are cultivating, find leds that have matching peak wavelengths, and build it up that way!