LED strip lights has anyone got them?

[aquaplod]

Hi I have a 4ft tank I am setting up and have put very shallow hood on top, see pic

measurements of tank are L1220 x D370mm x H490mm

It will house africans, initially Brichardi and Julis and eventually Demasoni and anything else that is too small to stay with my Fronts as they grow bigger.

I am looking at getting the flexible LED strip lighting and attaching it under the hood. They are 60 LEDs per metre and I was going to get 1 metre of blue and 2 x 1 metre of white from here:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 180487.htm

Has anybody tried these on their tanks? and if so are they a good enough light for African tanks? no plants except for a bit of java fern on driftwood.

I would appreciate any feedback before I go and buy the lights. thanks all

[phoenix44]

Hi!

Those lights run on 12V DC so you'll need a transformer / adapter for the lights too.

But a couple of people on here use LEDs on an african tank. Results seem positive from what I have read.

Have a search for "Firenzenz" and LED in the search bar. I think that might bring up something.

[aquaplod]

Hi thanks phoenix, I did see his post but he has the real expensive ones I think. The guy on trademe gave me a price of $135 for the 3 strips inc transformer. Not sure whether to take the risk or not. The tanks is quite bright tho so may be fine.

[diver21]

have a look around for the transformers, im sure that you can get them alot cheeper. look into laptop chargers and the like.

this is unsealed and would need to be in a box but could be used if you know what your doing http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-ph ... 566164.htm

depending on how geeky you are you could buy

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-ph ... 227972.htm

and have some individual blue ones mounted on a sheet of perspex or vera board