sherman

Yes the latest phosban and FR uses light. But why you want to spend money on filter wool,denitrator,FR for phos and carbon and lastly a skimmer when a led algae scrubber can do all the above job?

If you follow this thread you will know how the NO3 and PO4 can be successfully using netting and light. Mega Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover - DIY You can save you investment on the Phos reactor and Denitrator. You can further save on the energy use by the light by using LED

No teaser. I am looking into another DIY to help us save on space and electrical energy in our sump area or even outside the sump in our clamp cabinet.

Beside the main tank aquarium lite are there other areas in our home where electrical bill can be save? Even in our aquarium beside our main tank lite our sump is also consuming a lot of electrical energy. Or denitrator,our phosphate reactor and our sump lite all are consuming electrical energy to help our tank reduce NO3 and PO4. Can we reduce NO3 and PO4 and light up the sump with less energy?

Your PO4 is high .It should be zero.Use product like Rowaphos or any other

For the standard version? I have finalise the LED on PCB with constant current driver yesterday. Will receive the first proto type by end of March tentatively. If the testing is ok by mid aPRIL or end April you will see this LED on PCB.

Comments From the Owner Sherman, My octopus(frogspwan) did not melt under the LED:). Instead it has shown good expansion similar to exposure to sunlight from the windows in addition to the PC lights. Definitely very promising. My chiller kick frequency has been greatly reduced too. T

The lux reading before and after the modification to LED.That is 72 watt of PLC light Left Top Rear 250 lux 460 lux Left Bottom Rear 200 lux 200 lux Left Top Front 550 lux 440 lux Left Bottom Front 320 lux 240 lux Right Top Rear 70 lux 380 lux Right Bottom Rear 30 lux 150 lux Right Top Front 30 lux 63 lux Right Bottom Front 150 lux 188 lux Red is reading using LED .

The tank light up by 4 P1 blue LED as moon light

The tank light up by LED

The LED light is install back on the JBJ 24 G nano cube this morning. Some reading was taken. Going to work now. Will post picture of the tank with LED light and reading tonite after 12am

Wow nice piece of heat sink. Where you get it?Is it new or 2nd hand?

We will installed this modified hood back to 24 G nano cube tomorrow Below is the lux reading before the modification to LED.That is 72 watt of PLC light Left Top Rear 250 lux Left Bottom Rear 200 lux Left Top Front 550 lux Left Bottom Front 320 lux Right Top Rear 70 lux Right Bottom Rear 30 lux Right Top Front 30 lux Right Bottom Front 150 lux We will take lux measurments tomorrow after installing back the hood

The room where the LED panel was tested

Another picture of the completed DIY LED panel (JBJ 24G Nano Cube)

Lite up after installation

The 22 LED panel.18 P4 for normal lighting and 4 P1 blue for nite lighting

So I see. Bro you running at 1A make sure you have very good heat dissipation or the LED life will be graetly reduce.

Light and ballast and reflector removed.

First have to remove the protective perspec that cover the light. The light set without the perspec cover

Receive the JBJ 24 G nano hood on Friday ,20/2/09 The original Light on the hood

Bro, At last see your LED fixture. But whu put so far away from the water. Try to go nearer

The first DIY JBJ 24 G nano will be out soon.Watch Out

Very sori as I do not have enough data to provide this piece of info. And I believe how many time your chiller kick in depend on all the heat generate in your tank system. Heat is generate from light,wavemaker,return pumps and other pumps that is in your tank system. Reducing heat generate from light is only reducing one of the many heat generators in your tank. It will either reduce the number of kick in by your chiller or the duration before the chiller kick in. But by how much it depend your heat generate from light dominate how many percent of your total heat generate So its very hard to give a clear definite answer on this question

Thank You Bro for your interest in this thread and you word give me encouragement to go further Thanks