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    Posted: March 09 2013 at 5:49pm
I was thinking of putting together a LED light for my 40g breeder let me know what you guys think on what I have come up with so far will this be enough light is there better places to get LEDs I am interested in the bridgelux only place I have found them is ledgroupbuy

18 royal blue 455nm bridglux
12 natural white 4500k bridgelux
4 cool blue 470nm
4 turquoise 495nm
6 hyper violet 430 nm
4 deep red 660nm

a total of 48 leds and will be driven at 500mah or less

all of these are from LEDGroupBuy.com
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I had a 24 DIY cree led fixture with 12 RB and 12 white can't remember what ks but it was plenty of light.
Also check out aquastyleonline.com they are bridgelux.
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This is what I am putting together to light a 30g frag tank 24x24x12.
4x 5w cool white 8k
4x 5w blue 442nm
4x 3w blue 468nm
2x 3w red 660nm
1x 3w yellow 590nm
2x 3w green 520nm
4x 2.5w uv 415nm
I bassicly just copied the spectrums and number of lights from a radion pro. I am using mainly cree with a couple phillips leds. There are a bunch of "right" ways to do it. My philosophy was to run more lights than I need and have a lot of dimmable channels so I can fine tune it all and not have to run any leds at 100%.
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I love my philips luxeon LEDs from www.stevesleds.com. I have 6 white and 6 royal blues. It's a ton of light.
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Contact Bill, username sitaga about them.
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Laird Knows whats up! Bill is amazing at what he does with LED's. 
This is more than a hobby; its a lifestyle.
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We have built about 10 sets of 24 led fixtures. My son is goting to sell a few. He has been using royal blue, UV, andva mix of whites he can build you just about any you would want. Dimming drivers via pots or a controller.
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Why are you only wanting to go with Bridgelux instead of cree?
180Gal Reef with 576 Watts of LED's
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