New Lights!!
So my order finally came in from RapidLED and I am a little upset with my color choice but very happy with their products so far.
I got 6 LEDs with individual heatsinks, 80 degree lenses, and a dimmable driver.
I had to throw in a shirt as well.
Testing out the LEDs
I put two 60mm fans with fan guards in the canopy.
I also just went ahead and put the driver and potentiometer on the top of the canopy and I moved my picotope pc light over my little HOB fuge with Chaeto in it.
Before I added the lenses I was losing light all over the place but the colors blended together much better.
I went ahead and added the lenses with 80 degree optics.
I'm unhappy with how much green the green light puts into the tank so I just ordered another blue to replace it. I thought I was going to get away with one just to add a little more diversity to the spectrum but it didn't really work out. So I will have 2 Royal Blue, 2 Blue, and 2 Cool White when I'm done. My only complaint is that it almost looks like I have 6 spot lights instead of 1 light on the tank. I think it's because the canopy is pretty short and the lights are prettly close to the tank. I hope my corals will respond though becauase I added some red mushrooms, green zoos, green star polyps and an orange ricordia. Hopefully they'll open up for some pictures today.