LED Lighting

[Hawkster]

DO you think this might replace the need for Halide lighting in the near future? I have issues wiht heat and electric bills and these sound like the answer but having a hard time figuring out if they will indeed be able to replace halides on large tanks

 

[jbishop]

No. LEDs need to come a long way.

 

[eric-c]

They do have high power LEDs that will work great for tanks. At this time they cost about a grand. Like jbishop said the technology is still too new. It took about 10 years before compact fluorescents were cost effective. I wouldn't be surprise if it take LED technology at least 6 or 7 years before the price is reasonable enough.

 

[molsen187]

+1 to what everyone else said. the tanks that i have seen with led lights are usually on the smaller size. there a thread over on RS that is all about one of the members who built a led hood for another members 10g i think.it is definitely a good read.