UAS lighting suppliers - Australia

[Slarti]

For anyone in Australia, where is the best place (if any) where I can buy lights for my scrubber in Australia...or is ebay my only friend? Only a small tank/small scrubber so I will be looking at the minimum requirements. Been searching the net but either I don't know what I am looking for or not available here.

PS Have not build it yet but thought I will source the parts so long...

[SantaMonica]

Welcome from AUS.

Here are some good ones:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/302080341166

[Slarti]

Excellent SM, I will give them a go...and not costing me an arm and a leg either!

[Slarti]

SantaMonica, I ordered the lights you suggested and waited patiently. Week after latest delivery date I did eventually inquired about it and literally within minutes they just refunded my money with a note to please not give them negative feedback!! Cheesed off to say the least...

Anyway, seems I can now get it in Australia but a quick question as it appears the ones I am looking at are slightly different. The one I can get here says:

10W
Led chips: 3 series 3 parallel
Leds: 6 pieces red chip：620--660nm + 3 pieces blue chip：450--470nm;

The original one ordered had also 9 but it was listed as 8 red and 1 blue.

Question is the 6/3 good enough or should I shop around for 8/1?

[metrontech]

I am using these exact lights. I don't however have the lights super close to the scrubber.

My nitrates stay high and my scrubber gathers a darker algae on it...

Any tips?

[SantaMonica]

More important that how much red+blue, is the wattage and distance. So try the 6+3

I growth is dark, then it needs more wattage, and/or a closer distance.

[metrontech]

They are the 30W version of the LED flood light (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/302080341166)

I think they are too far away then...

My issue is mounting them, thanks for the feed back

[SantaMonica]

If you can't move them closer, then do more hours.

[metrontech]

Already doing that

I'm see about getting them closer

Thanks

[Slarti]

Thank SantaMonica, will give them a go, seems they more readily available now so will try the 10w and see how it goes.

[metrontech]

I would suggest the 30W min so that it penetrates to the root and you get better growth...that is what I was told anyway

[Slarti]

Thanks for the tip, just checked and of course the 30W is sold out, may try the 20W then and see how I go.