OMG!!! THE LED's!! wowwwwwwwwwwwww

[ChouDawg]

where'd you find the 5w?

[clira13]

where'd you find the 5w?

Plasma LED. http://www.plasmaled.com/household_led_light_bulb.htm
Awesome lights

[clira13]

woo hoo! i had no doubt the 5w would be badass! next time im available is this tomorrow from 7-9 after work. lmk. thanks Carlos!



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Ill contact you later. I have a big concrete pour today, I may be physically and mentally beat down.

Carlos

[jaysonsd]

When ur feeling more up to it, any chance you or Tom could snap some photos? I'm right on the edge of buying a blue 5watter as a single source for shimmer.

[clira13]

When ur feeling more up to it, any chance you or Tom could snap some photos? I'm right on the edge of buying a blue 5watter as a single source for shimmer.

Im cool with that. Tom, hows your Saturday looking?

[tom619]

Im cool with that. Tom, hows your Saturday looking?

i'm good on Saturday, Carlos. 6-9pm is best
lmk thanks
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[clira13]

i'm good on Saturday, Carlos. 6-9pm is best
lmk thanks
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Ill give you a call about that time.

[ChouDawg]

Cant wait to see some pics

[diegoluv]

Tom brought a 3 watt led over to my house tonight and you wouldnt believe how mice these look on my 100 gallon. The moonlight shimmers and makes the coral pop like crazy. I wasn't too excited to see them until we turned them on my tank and BAM! I am sold...

[ChouDawg]

Ah no pics? did he bring the plasma LEDs? Hows dispersion

[diegoluv]

yeah he brought both the "plasma" and the 14 LED one I think. The 14 was cool and subtle but the plasma one is unbelievable. I am so glad I didnt buy the strip lights after I saw this. It is only 15 bucks for the LED too and then 1 dollar each for extension cord and receptacle at Walmart. I only need two on my 5 foot tank and thats WAY MORE THEN ENOUGH.

[ChouDawg]

Wow only two over your 150g? The beam pattern must be pretty damn good then? Got me sold, I'm definitely ordering one next week. Can't wait for some pix

[diegoluv]

It's not that the pattern is wide, it's actually pretty concentrated. The trick is to set it up the LED to shine from the top corner of the tank to the opposite bottom corner of the tank. That way the light casts a subtle yet defining moonlight shimmer across the tank. You have to see it to believe it. It is truly the most remarkable lighting effect I have ever seen on a tank.

[sevlar]

Do you think 2 of the 5 watters would be bright enough for actinic supplementation on a 34 g tank? The other lighting would be 4 x 24w t5. I'd worry that the blue would get washed out if you're only using it as moonlights.

[diegoluv]

Well Tom uses one of them on his 30 gallon with a 175 watt metal HQI and you can tell a BIG difference when he turns off the LED. And that's only the 3 watter. I think you should have no problem. The biggest effect you will get though I think is the actual shimmer effect you don't get from T-5's or PC's. That alone is worth the investment IMO.