L.E.D. bulb for normal light fixture, anyone know anything good?

[new2saltyfish]

I'm looking for an L.E.D. bulb that i can put in a house hold fixture that would be good for growing some corals. Looking to grow zoo's and maybe a few mushrooms. It's only a 1.75 gallon bowl so i shouldn't need too much wattage. Came across this searching (need something angled like this because the fixture is a desk top lamp so the bulb goes in side ways). Anyone have any suggestions?

http://www.tmart.com/E27-3.5W-185-2...aign=product&gclid=CNmIvqHpibgCFdKe4AodKgUAKQ

 

[frank180reef]

good to see u back

 

[new2saltyfish]

kinda...i'll never do a tank like i did before, i wasted so much money haha

 

[P-Nut]

PAR 38 from OC REEF.

Check those out.

 

[new2saltyfish]

PAR 38 from OC REEF.

Check those out.

will do, thanks pal.

 

[new2saltyfish]

Thinking of going the par 38 route ( bought a screw in 50 50 cf bulb for now but just until i figure things out). Are the par 38s on ebay a bad idea? Still have 60 degree reflection. Also, some have red bulbs... Better or worse then just blue and white? Noticed the one from OC reef is 90 degree reflection...but a par 38 from marineland is 60 degrees...what's better?

 

[Jarob]

Buy a used par30/38 from someone on any of the reef sites! I just picked a boostLED one up for $50. Mine is the par30, which I like a lot more because it has A LOT smaller footprint.

 

[new2saltyfish]

Anyone have any experience with these and ricordia?!? I've heard leds can make ricordia lose their color.

 

[Jarob]

I have ric's under mine and they look great to me! Had them in my last setup under par38's as well for well over a year and looked fantastic

 

[Privateer]

Just FYI, there is someone selling a Par 38 in the Equipment for sale section.

 

[higorc]

I have had one of these for 8+ months now-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200923593505&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123


I have been growing everything u can imagine under it with no issues what so ever. I will be picking up another one pretty soon for better coverage on my fuge/frag tank...

Higor

 

[new2saltyfish]

I have had one of these for 8+ months now-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200923593505&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123


I have been growing everything u can imagine under it with no issues what so ever. I will be picking up another one pretty soon for better coverage on my fuge/frag tank...

Higor

Ricordia and everything?!? Will look in the for sale section as well, thanks privateer

 

[higorc]

Ricordia and everything?!? Will look in the for sale section as well, thanks privateer

Everything... I have Softies- Rics, mushrooms, SPS- Acros, Caps, SunSet Montis, LPS- War Coral, Brain, Bubble coral, Zoas, etc... It's a "Full Spectrum" LED bulb, so none of the corals under it lost or changed any of it's colors... To be honest, some of the corals under this LED bulb have better coloration than under my AI Sol LEDs.

Higor

 

[new2saltyfish]

Awesome. Just realized that has UV led's as well. I may give that one a try, don't think many of the main stream ones have UV leds

 

[frank180reef]

I have a lot of crazy rics under the "cheapo" LEDs the colors look great