racefan Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I went with stevesleds.com lights for my BC29. I got the plug & Play version for 2 reasons, #1) I wasn't comfortable wiring up the LED's #2) Time Savings. When you get the Plug & Play they have everything all wired up, fan mounted, & most importantly to me is they calibrate they main power supply so it's at maximum efficiency for longer LED life. One drawback is that the dimmers do not come with knobs. I got a pack of 4 @ Radio Shack for like $3.00. I REALLY like the lights. I'm getting a real nice shimmer of light on my rocks & sandbed & that's running them on low. I took the temp. of the top of my cover using my digital heat gun & it was 125 degrees with the stock lighting. I took it with the LED's & it was 81 degrees (disclaimer, they were running on low power, but I don't expect a whole lot more heat when I work my way up to more light) for another $25.00 I got their Moonlight kit. It's pretty cool, It has 16 selectable colors, 8 different intensities of light & a remote control. Next is a Vortec MP10. Now on to a bunch of pics! THE KIT AS SHIPPED ALL ASSEMBLED I USED A PIECE OF LEFT OVER FAN SHROUD (that you remove) & MOUNTED THE DIMMER'S WHERE THE STOCK LIGHT SWITCHES WERE TOP OF THE HOOD WITH DIMMER KNOBS. I PAINTED ONE BLUE & LEFT THE OTHER SILVER SO I'D KNOW WHICH IS WHICH WOO HOO THEY WORK!! TANK SHOT, LIGHTS ON LOW BLUE MOONLIGHTS RED MOONLIGHTS GREEN MOONLIGHTS MOONLIGHT REMOTE CONTROL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee77 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 how much was the whole set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 $309.98 $284.99= LED's $24.99= Moonlights. The do it yourself kit is $249.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Nice looking setup. I was considering the same one but decided i wanted more then two rows. Looks great though Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tat2d Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Looks great, I better hurry up and sell my VHO and MH with everyone buying these LEDs- To bad LEDs cant keep corals alive (whistle) rofl I'm glad you made the jump to the darker side, you will be too ( wait, you alraedy are-(laugh) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Looks great, I better hurry up and sell my VHO and MH with everyone buying these LEDs- To bad LEDs cant keep corals alive (whistle) rofl I'm glad you made the jump to the darker side, you will be too ( wait, you alraedy are-(laugh) ) It can keep corals alive but barely. And if your doing sps forget it..(whistle) Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHash-fish20 Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 We will see when I get my kessil how alive my corals are (whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Looks great, I better hurry up and sell my VHO and MH with everyone buying these LEDs- To bad LEDs cant keep corals alive (whistle) rofl I'm glad you made the jump to the darker side, you will be too ( wait, you alraedy are-(laugh) ) Your right. The moonlights however are doing a pretty good job with growth. I just have to match them to the lunar cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Your right. The moonlights however are doing a pretty good job with growth. I just have to match them to the lunar cycle I have 268 "moonlights" running on a reverse lunar cycle, I'll be adding 60 more shortly(whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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