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those are some strong leds

great video. sweet test. obvious improvement in “pop” when using the LED supplement.

even adds the halide shimmer

yeah, the shimmer gets a bit intense when the LEDs are turned all the way up. My plan is to try 3 royal blue LEDS and 1 cool white to balance it out. I think 4 LEDs will be really bright. It may take some time to get the fish acclimated. They were freaking out!

Do you mind giving info of how to wired them up? I.E. what size transformer, and also did you use any reflectors or anything?

I have them wired in series. I’m using an old laptop power supply (32v, 2.4A). The driver is a 3023 BuckPuck 700mA w/ potentiometer. The driver provides a constant current to the LEDs. The XR-E leds can handle up to 1000mA, but I decided to run them a little less than the maximum. No reflector or optics. The 2 LEDs (mounted on star boards) are just mounted to a CPU heatsink. I’m going to switch out all my lights for LEDs in the near future. I’m just waiting on parts.

Do these LED lights actually help with like photosynthetic corals? or do they just make it look cooler?

They help, and look cooler. LEDs put out more PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) than PC bulbs. They also use less power, transfer less heat to the tank, and have a lifetime of 50,000 hrs! Unfortunately, the royal blue LEDs only come in 450nm. Corals are most responsive to 420nm. Still, not bad. I just installed a LED-only lighting system (6 royal blue, 5 cool white) in the BC-14. I’m currently testing how the corals will respond.

Cool. Looks like you added more corals. What exactly do you have?