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[repking26]

I plan on switching from CFLs to LEDs soon and was wondering has anyone tried out the "jungle dawn" LED screw in lights from Josh's Frogs and if so, did you get good plant growth? Other than 6500k and a high lumen value, what would anyone suggest for a completed kit rather than do-it yourself.

Thanks in advance
Jungle Dawn LED Vivarium Light (13 Watt Jungle-White) - LED Lighting | Josh's Frogs

[§lipperhead]

The specs of the Jungle Dawn looks good, I just don't care for the socket style of putting it into a lamp.

Id read up on pg 2 for good product suggestions..

[bobrez]

Originally Posted by repking26

I plan on switching from CFLs to LEDs soon and was wondering has anyone tried out the "jungle dawn" LED screw in lights from Josh's Frogs and if so, did you get good plant growth? Other than 6500k and a high lumen value, what would anyone suggest for a completed kit rather than do-it yourself.

Thanks in advance
Jungle Dawn LED Vivarium Light (13 Watt Jungle-White) - LED Lighting | Josh's Frogs

I have 1 of these from Josh and a few other sponsors carry them
Have used it for a month and the light output is about same as 23w cfl and
less heat Its a good bulb, color is nice, too soon to tell on growth

[repking26]

Yeah I got carried away and didn't read all the posts on page 2 haha. I really like the idea of the jungle dawn bulb but am not a fan of the screw in bulbs because I want to streamline my system. However I may order it just to support Josh's frogs because he has been helpful.

[eyeviper]

Originally Posted by §lipperhead

The specs of the Jungle Dawn looks good, I just don't care for the socket style of putting it into a lamp.

Id read up on pg 2 for good product suggestions..

This why I havent got any of those bulbs I just dont want the screw in type.

[eyeviper]

Originally Posted by Pumilo

The number of LEDs in a fixture is not the end all to end all. You need to take the wattage into consideration. The Marineland single bright LED system that you linked to uses only .6 watt LEDs while the EVO that Eyeviper linked to is using 3 watt LEDs. That means that each LED in the EVO fixture is probably as bright or brighter than 6 of the LEDs in the Marineland fixture. Keep in mind that adding more LEDs, does more to spread the light, than to get it to penetrate any deeper. A 3 watt LED will be much brighter at the bottom of the viv than 6 of the .6 watt LEDs.

This was my point with the "HA 0.6 watt!" what you said goes along with what I know from the reef side of things. With the reef lights most people for small tanks (15-30g) run anywhere from roughly 16-24 3w LED's (depends on pendent and length obviously). I think in a viv without the issue of spectrum loss with depth like in water the results will be much better and most likely for less. Im going to give the EVO 3 watts a try. They will grow plants, I dont think thats an argument but it will be intriguing to see how well the make broms color up.

[eyeviper]

Originally Posted by repking26

Yeah I got carried away and didn't read all the posts on page 2 haha. I really like the idea of the jungle dawn bulb but am not a fan of the screw in bulbs because I want to streamline my system. However I may order it just to support Josh's frogs because he has been helpful.

If you have a facebook Josh has many of his tanks posted on there. I believe many of the tanks now use those LED's you mentioned above. They seem to do awesome, His tanks look super fresh and crisp.

[KarmaPolice]

Do you happen to have a good link to a DIY LED thread that might have some good guides/recommendations on watts per LED needed for different size tanks, the different types of LED's in general and a 'dummies guide' for people like me.
I know of this thread:
A guide to vivarium lighting
But I still don't understand Lumens all too well and what is desired, maybe I'll just have to read it again.
difference between soft and warm light? is that just related to kelvin (6500k) temps?
Thanks, and look forward to hearing about 'ebay' purchases too

-Duncan

EDIT:
LED purchasing sites, good?
LED Lights, Bulbs & Accessories - SUPER BRIGHT LEDS?
LED Strip Lighting - LED Lightbar - LED Strip Lights?
Guide good?
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[repking26]

I am in the same boat as you Karma.

[repking26]

Not sure if this helps any but I found this link in another members post, can't remember what the members handle was, but maybe this will help.

http://www.vinnymarini.com/pictures/...%20Oveview.pdf