Diy Planted Tank Light

How to build a planted aquarium led light the cheap and easy way.

Diy planted tank light.

Some of the higher end models have a 24 hour daytime nighttime cycles. Here we will show you how to make your own led aquarium lights for your aquarium. 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. 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.

Last post reverse sort. The planted tank forum specific aspects of a planted tank diy post new thread. 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.

39w x 8 tubes 312watts. I really like the powerful light it puts out. Finally the led aquarium light is installed on top of the aquarium. Page 1 of 354.

Thread thread starter. Search this forum. A last check of the leds. 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.

If you want to keep live plants you ll want to read our planted aquarium led lighting guide calculator. 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. The farm tank below uses t5 tubes. And it only uses a little over 30 watts of electricity.

Now if you read the lighting section you will know that this is not enough. Low end models will come with just an on off switch. 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.