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    Is this LED light suitable

    Hi,

    I'm putting together a scrubber and am trying to find a suitable light.
    I found this LED flood light on ebay. Is it suitable?
    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/10watt-LED-Fl...item230af26522
    It is low K value and emits 700lm. how does this compare with flouro outputs? I'm keen to try a flood light because it is IP65 and I don't have to worry about water spraying on them if something leaks. LED's don't have to be replaced periodically as well which is a cost saving.

    My scrubber specs are 311cm2 (300 x 100mm or 12 inches x 4 inches).
    Flow rate 2500l/h (650Gallon/H)
    Flouro wattage recommended 25 - 50W. Would 2 of these flood lights be equivalent?

    cheers,
    Martin

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    Re: Is this LED light suitable

    Can't say for sure with LED's. But I'd use at least 2 of them.

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    Re: Is this LED light suitable

    I've read some other builds. It doesn't sound like they do that well.

    I think I'll go with flouros instead. I can use them to light up the scrubber and the refugium below the scrubber with the right reflectors

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    Re: Is this LED light suitable

    Does not look very good to me.
    700 lm for $38 is not a good deal.
    700 lm for 10 watts is not good efficiency.

    And pure warm white, with no reds, is probably not going to grow all that well.

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