HOW TO: DIY NANO aquarium HIGH power LED light | TonyTanks

After trying out all types of lighting, I finally decided to try out the growing popularity of LEDs. Thought they were really expensive so I never really looked into it, to my amaze they were really cheap and I was able to complete this lamp with less than 40$. The main problem with LEDs is that they heat up ALOT, but by using a simple L-shaped aluminium profile, some thermal paste and a 4$ computer fan, this problem ceased to exist. LED drivers are extremely useful as LEDs require constant current rather than constant voltage. The LED driver was, by far, the most expensive piece in the whole set-up, rounding up to about 15$. You can make a DIY LED driver with a voltage regulator and a resistance but it will never be as good and I decided to avoid the problem. I decided to use the color sequence, shown in the video, to distribute the three colors of light as best as possible throughout the aquarium. Blue light will help to grow plants tall and strong while red light will help to grow them small and dense. This aquarium has some light demanding carpeting plants so I went with the max amount of light I could use in this small 10gal NANO aquarium. I know the watts per gallon rule isn't really good for measuring LED light in an aquarium, but in such a small tank I decided to go with it. I applied a 1.5-2 watts of LED light per gallon rule, which sums up to 15-20 watts for a 10gal. This lighting system has 7 3w LEDs (21w). In Lumen terms: Each White LED is about 220 lm, each Blue LED is about 24 lm, each Red LED is about 67 lm. This sums up about 995 lm. The light turned out to work perfectly, plants start pearling almost immediately after I turn it on, the fan keeps the heat sink (aluminum profile) at a really cool level and it makes no sound at all. The shrimp in the tank haven't been affected by the light change and the plants look better each day.

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After trying out all types of lighting, I finally decided to try out the growing popularity of LEDs. Thought they were really expensive so I never really looked into it, to my amaze they were really cheap and I was able to complete this lamp with less than 40$. The main problem with LEDs is that they heat up ALOT, but by using a simple L-shaped aluminium profile, some thermal paste and a 4$ computer fan, this problem ceased to exist. LED drivers are extremely useful as LEDs require constant current rather than constant voltage. The LED driver was, by far, the most expensive piece in the whole set-up, rounding up to about 15$. You can make a DIY LED driver with a voltage regulator and a resistance but it will never be as good and I decided to avoid the problem. I decided to use the color sequence, shown in the video, to distribute the three colors of light as best as possible throughout the aquarium. Blue light will help to grow plants tall and strong while red light will help to grow them small and dense. This aquarium has some light demanding carpeting plants so I went with the max amount of light I could use in this small 10gal NANO aquarium. I know the watts per gallon rule isn't really good for measuring LED light in an aquarium, but in such a small tank I decided to go with it. I applied a 1.5-2 watts of LED light per gallon rule, which sums up to 15-20 watts for a 10gal. This lighting system has 7 3w LEDs (21w). In Lumen terms: Each White LED is about 220 lm, each Blue LED is about 24 lm, each Red LED is about 67 lm. This sums up about 995 lm. The light turned out to work perfectly, plants start pearling almost immediately after I turn it on, the fan keeps the heat sink (aluminum profile) at a really cool level and it makes no sound at all. The shrimp in the tank haven't been affected by the light change and the plants look better each day.

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Mamnun Murshed Anam
Mamnun Murshed Anam - 7 years ago
Do you put the paste on both sides of the LED??????
Stephen Law
Stephen Law - 7 years ago
Can I ask would this set up and colour orientation work to boost the colour in the fish also?
kerim demir
kerim demir - 7 years ago
led driverin yanına adaptör gerekiyor ledleri çalıştırmak için
Burcu eryılmaz
Burcu eryılmaz - 7 years ago
Süper ötesi
Harish Rajamani
Harish Rajamani - 7 years ago
hi i have 5w uv led n i need 12 of this leds in series and the each led consume 3.4-3.8 v wit 1400ma can u suggest any driver setup as im using resistor but it get hot wit 12v power supply
dennis aguirre
dennis aguirre - 7 years ago
Hi I have a 20 gal saltwater tank. Say, if want to diy a lighting system how many leds am I going to need? Can I use the same led driver you used in the video? Thanks!
Jefferson Bautista
Jefferson Bautista - 7 years ago
will water evaporation short the leds?
Patrick Wright
Patrick Wright - 7 years ago
That is a constant current driver correct? Does it hook straight into the LEDs with no resistors etc.? This would be way different with constant voltage power supply i assume. But is a constant current led light as simple hooking the leds straight to the power supply? If so, that is awesome.
Fabian Lopez
Fabian Lopez - 7 years ago
Te funcionó correctamente en el acuario? crecieron las plantas como esperabas?

10. comment for HOW TO: DIY NANO aquarium HIGH power LED light | TonyTanks

KenTGravity
KenTGravity - 7 years ago
Horror background music
Yuvraj Chourasiya
Yuvraj Chourasiya - 7 years ago
brother i use 10 light and 1 12 volte adopter only 7 use to light
Yuvraj Chourasiya
Yuvraj Chourasiya - 7 years ago
why my red colur light is not working plz tell me bro i use 12 volte adopter
mrugendra khot
mrugendra khot - 7 years ago
what driver u are using I have made the exact setup all 7 leds in series.
any link for driver ??
Vivek Giri
Vivek Giri - 7 years ago
Is it important to use fan
Newspaperman57
Newspaperman57 - 7 years ago
If it needs to be on for more than 2-3 minutes pr 15 minutes a fan or a smaller amount of LEDs would be neccesary
Carlos Borrero
Carlos Borrero - 7 years ago
EN MI PAIS ESOS TRANSFORMADORES PARA LEDS NO SE CONSIGUEN, HABRA ALGUNA MANERA DE USAR FUENTES DE PODER PARA COMPUTADORAS?, GRACIAS DESDE VENEZUELA...
Arcuri Sano
Arcuri Sano - 7 years ago
On WoodPrix you can find excellent plans for woodworking.
LEDBuilder dot org
LEDBuilder dot org - 7 years ago
Building LED fixtures is fun. :D
pik nik
pik nik - 8 years ago
good video. waht is this soil
Ben Bachrach
Ben Bachrach - 7 years ago
Nice video
Halvor Andreas Nilssen
Halvor Andreas Nilssen - 8 years ago
ohhh. It hurts my willy, how you solder, man. But it worked, thats the most importaint. Nice video.

20. comment for HOW TO: DIY NANO aquarium HIGH power LED light | TonyTanks

robertjos
robertjos - 8 years ago
No offense Tony but shouldn't you make a video on how to do the electric/wiring of the setup, and more detail so someone can replicate it? Thanks
ss ss
ss ss - 7 years ago
It's not that hard. Just wire the LEDs in series, plus to negative, plus to negative etc etc then plus and negative in the driver correctly, add a switch, a plug and it's done.
Russell Padilla
Russell Padilla - 8 years ago
rrthjkkkv
Fabrice Dekeyser
Fabrice Dekeyser - 8 years ago
Amazing
kamas rich
kamas rich - 8 years ago
why we have to put that composition of colour light?.. is that will works to making plant peraling?, what if we put another colour?
Russell Padilla
Russell Padilla - 8 years ago
kamas rich
Danielle Mendoza
Danielle Mendoza - 8 years ago
i just want to ask if how many led of 3watts do i have to use if may tank is 15gallons and im also planning to carpet a DHG..thank u i hope you will reply because im really confused reading forums that tacklesabout leds and t5ho because many hobbyist are into t5 and not led because most ofthem say that led cannot grow plants..thank u
Sido King
Sido King - 7 years ago
Danielle Mendoza it's very simple to calculate how much light u require for your planted tank.. calculate the water in litres and check the output of light in lumens... 40< lumens per litre is bright light good for carpet plants
febriant febri
febriant febri - 8 years ago
guys im newbie into it, im planing to make 20 LED hpl 3watt, with different colours
question is

1) aslong the led watt and the volt are the same, is it fine?

2)kelvin ,luminoux and mA(miliampere) all are different? does it matter?

thank you in advance
Arif Hazwan Hashim
Arif Hazwan Hashim - 8 years ago
Good read --> http://lynk.my/ovJJ
Himura Kenshin
Himura Kenshin - 8 years ago
Hi, can you please tell us where do you bought the LEDs? Thanks ;)
febriant febri
febriant febri - 8 years ago
jwardana
jwardana - 8 years ago
hi, thanks for sharing. I have questions: I dont understand why these lamps were connected in series? what is the voltage of the lamps and the driver? can you just connect the same configuration for (lets say) 7 to 10 lamps? thanks
KYfishguy
KYfishguy - 8 years ago
Nice video. Im about to do the same(in a way) waiting on my 100 leds from china. I would have mounted the fan blowing up though. Having it blowing at the water will cause added evaporation. Like the other poster said that falls in the water don't try and grab it. Not exactly electrically sound but neither are my gu10 setups. :)
Da Dude
Da Dude - 8 years ago
Does anyone know the manufacturer of the LEDs? Thanks!

30. comment for HOW TO: DIY NANO aquarium HIGH power LED light | TonyTanks

David Soetjipto
David Soetjipto - 8 years ago
thanks a lot for the tutorial ^^
REEF DOCG
REEF DOCG - 8 years ago
very nice!
DJ THREE DEAFS ROBOT
DJ THREE DEAFS ROBOT - 8 years ago
wow soo very bright
王明亮
王明亮 - 8 years ago
i want know the tools you use to connect the leds
bisiklet tamiri
bisiklet tamiri - 8 years ago
helal olsun
Nick Groen
Nick Groen - 8 years ago
Serious?! That is a really dangerous ac connection!!
Nick Groen
Nick Groen - 8 years ago
Look in the video @ 3:45. The lid is shown with a AC adapter on top. A few seconds further in the video the underside of the lid is shown. If I see it correctly the AC input is on the right, from there there are wires going to the AC adapter on the left. Those wires are directly connected to the contacts of the ac adapter with some electrical tape around it. I my opinion this is playing with your life! Think about it when the lid drops in the water by accident and someone try's to catch it by reflex. Instant electrocution.

Again. those leds are fully safe with their low DC voltage. Just keep the 220v or 120v AC (depends where you life) to 12v DC conversion far away from water.
Name
Name - 8 years ago
Could you explain why? I am keen on a similar rig....
John Prado
John Prado - 8 years ago
You should have used a stainless steel heatsink (Finned) then run a stream of water over the heatsink. With the Led's underneath and possibly water resistant. Allowing for direct water cooling (no fan). And a cool water fall. lol
Andrew Block
Andrew Block - 8 years ago
hi I have a 29 gallon planted tank. I bought 20 3w cree white LED how many pc do I need for 29 gallon?
james jamie
james jamie - 8 years ago
Great. I have tried this before I could watch this video. but I did not use the aluminium and the fan so it heatsupomy LED's are dimming after 4weeks(6-8hours/day) is that because of the heat?
good goat
good goat - 8 years ago
+james jamie   If the LEDs are seeing more current than what they were designed for the life will be shortened. They get dimmer over time and higher current levels shorten the life and accelerate the dimming.
Desert Shrimp Depot
Desert Shrimp Depot - 8 years ago
So basically if I use 10 10w LED matrix bulbs I just need to run them in series with a 100w Driver -- and of course use burly heat sink. Or -- would I run them in Parallel with the 100@ driver? I'm a bit confused.
Ziabis Oh
Ziabis Oh - 8 years ago
I am a complete Electrical newbie. At 2:30 you said to solder a piece of wire. What kind of wire. Also I presume it also must be some type of insulated wire?
What would be your ultimate recommendation for growing aquarium plants emersed (out of water)?
Björn Persson
Björn Persson - 8 years ago
@TonyTVTanks
Great build, do you have any later pics of the tank, after letting it go for a while? Is it still running?
Only potential flaw i can see is the relatively large fan, as it will increase evaporation a lot, and also be quite noisy.
Was that a random pick or did you measure running temperatures and this was the smallest one to keep the LEDs cool enough?
Also, is that 220v/110v going into the hood? if so, why not keep the power wart outside and avoid the risk of having live current so close to water?
Captain Van
Captain Van - 9 years ago
Inspired... ^_^
Deepak Srinivas
Deepak Srinivas - 9 years ago
mine is a 7 gal tank.18l, 9w, 12h tank.can I use the same leds for it or else I have a 14 watt 1450lm led bulb can I use it.thanks for ur suggestion.
Alex montes Jr
Alex montes Jr - 9 years ago
OISTE DONDE PUEDO CONSEGUI LOS LED Y SERA QUE ME PUEDES ENSENAR HACE UNO PARA UN TANQUE DE 90 GALLONS. GRACIAS PARCERO
joserP2009
joserP2009 - 9 years ago
Colombia!
Redrum 762
Redrum 762 - 9 years ago
Very cool !! I wish I knew electrical engineering or any electrical work but I can't because I'm color blind. So I can literally do anything when it comes to construction build a house from the ground up but I can't run wires because of the color coordinations. But fun to watch.
PowerfulLeviB
PowerfulLeviB - 8 years ago
+Osumo Ben Lodan I am also colorblind, and i get asked that all the time.


We see colors just like you, but we cant tell the difference between them. Its more like color stupid, than color blind.


Side by side of two different colors looks different, but show us the same colors one at a time, and we think its the same color as before.


Weird I know, but it does suck not being able to be an electrician, or become a pilot, or a designer.
Osumo Ben Lodan
Osumo Ben Lodan - 9 years ago
Hmm, thats shitty... AC would work for you, DC not :p How do you see the world? Black / White?
Nigel Baker
Nigel Baker - 9 years ago
Nice job but would be better off using a thermal adhesive rather than thermal paste and epoxy, would be much neater.
TX Aquatics
TX Aquatics - 9 years ago
Hello everyone. After researching and watching this diy video it worked for me. I did customize my led light fixture to the needs of my tank and my preference. I will be posting a video of the final product, (sorry it will not be a tutorial like this one, Tony TV Tanks did a great job alread) Thanks, mil Gracias!!
Kiss King
Kiss King - 9 years ago
does anyone know the song or artist?
Kiss King
Kiss King - 8 years ago
+Rural Cromagnon thank you!
Rural Cromagnon
Rural Cromagnon - 8 years ago
+Kiss King Grass, Puddle of Infinity
Kiss King
Kiss King - 9 years ago
+Cantatos Thanks for the info, the search begins.

50. comment for HOW TO: DIY NANO aquarium HIGH power LED light | TonyTanks

marty germishuys
marty germishuys - 9 years ago
Where did you get you led lights?
ej belarmino
ej belarmino - 9 years ago
what size led driver did you use for this? I want to build one like this for my tanks but on a larger scale so how would i know what led driver to use?
Malcolm Stevens
Malcolm Stevens - 9 years ago
Concept is good but your execution is not very neat.
Congnghe Anninh
Congnghe Anninh - 9 years ago
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Ternak Tani & Hobi
Ternak Tani & Hobi - 9 years ago
thanks bro !
Roby Mathew
Roby Mathew - 9 years ago
i tried this and it worked.. but i only have one small problem or rather it is a big one.. the aluminium heat sink is carrying the same volt of current and i am not able to figure our where this is coming from. I dont see any Positive wire touching the heatsink. Is it because i need to give another Earthing wire attached to the heat sink? Will it solve the problem...
TX Aquatics
TX Aquatics - 9 years ago
+Roby Mathew Check your wiring LED to LED, a bare wire must be touching the heatsink. I checked the voltage on my heatsink when lights are on and it is zero. Also maybe your thermal paste did not insulate enough.....
Komodo2555
Komodo2555 - 9 years ago
+Roby Mathew maybe your thermal paste is conductive and the back od your led is leading voltage...
ThatShitCrayZ
ThatShitCrayZ - 9 years ago
Or you can just buy a strip of LEDs and not need to put a big ugly box with a fan in it on top of your aquarium. This might be a fun DIY project but it's shitty.
ss ss
ss ss - 9 years ago
Nice build, I'm looking for something similar myself but I'm hapless with electronics.

Could you detail what driver that is (output/wattage/amps) and do those LEDs need any kind of resistors in general or when mixing colors or does the driver take care of that?

Thanks in advance.
Random Videos
Random Videos - 9 years ago
Nice work, i like it :)
Andrew Walker
Andrew Walker - 9 years ago
Nice idea but you had some green bits in video so missed a bit.
Dennis Younger
Dennis Younger - 9 years ago
all that work when you can just buy one.  prices have come down dude.
mangisda
mangisda - 9 years ago
There is something about sped-up video and soothing music that makes me tense and tired.
Servo
Servo - 9 years ago
great video, many thanks. so inspiring
Emmanuel Cortes
Emmanuel Cortes - 9 years ago
Excellent video, but, can you post a link or something with the electric diagram please. Would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Mr scales924
Mr scales924 - 9 years ago
Can ti grow coral
praful Vanker
praful Vanker - 9 years ago
music is superb what is name? i wanna download
Akos Fehervari
Akos Fehervari - 9 years ago
Thanks for the great video. Loved the outro with the splashing effect.
storem1000
storem1000 - 9 years ago
for a DIY project I think you did a great job thank you for the info / and taking the time to post.  
ejunky66
ejunky66 - 9 years ago
how to build your own flexible LED DISPLAY Curtain XXL by LED Strips realtime Video Transmission check the awesome full step by step DIY  enjoy ...
Jedidiah Delhotal
Jedidiah Delhotal - 9 years ago
Great vid thanks
10110majestic
10110majestic - 9 years ago
Dont expect them to kill bacteria or virus's wrong wavelength (100-265nm)
Frank Earl
Frank Earl - 9 years ago
It would be "easier" if you used Artic Alumina adhesive for the mounting (thermal compound and adhesive in one...) and pre-soldered your LEDs (The heat-sink's making it waaaay harder to get a clean good solder join...) but nicely done all the same.
rid13181
rid13181 - 9 years ago
it's maybe better to put the fan on the left or right side
N HatGuy
N HatGuy - 9 years ago
I wonder, would it be better to use 10000k white led instead of this 3 colour combination? 
Frank Earl
Frank Earl - 9 years ago
It would be if you'd use the 10k white along with a couple of blues.  The red's not usable much and most commercial LED setups don't bring in any red spectrum unless you're talking a lizard light or a grow bulb.
  The 10k white by itself will work for many things, but not a reef tank.  Too much white, even then.
David Schnurr
David Schnurr - 10 years ago
You can buy a Led strip light on  ebay for $10.00.  It can be submerged or put on top of a glass canopy...
Sergej Obrazumov
Sergej Obrazumov - 10 years ago
great music
IceTurf
IceTurf - 10 years ago
That heat sink is very... Lacking. 
Ahmad Assidqi
Ahmad Assidqi - 10 years ago
i think it better if you put the red emiter between blue emitter... so it will create good spectrum for the plant.... CMIIW
Gold63Beast
Gold63Beast - 10 years ago
How many watts is the driver rated for? I'm planning on doing the same setup and am wondering if I should match the led watts with the driver watts such as 4 x 5w LEDs and matching it with a 20w driver. Thanks for the very informative video.
Michael Budisch
Michael Budisch - 9 years ago
i would choose a driver with some extra resources. it will give you more room to play and the led´s are still just drawing what they need in watts.
Nanoquarium
Nanoquarium - 10 years ago
Thank you for this nice tutorial. We've also made a DIY tutorial on our channel for building a nice LED lamp for the aquarium, but the text is in german.
Ken C
Ken C - 10 years ago
Where did you buy that LED driver from?
MalawisLilleKanal
MalawisLilleKanal - 10 years ago
Have you done anything to counter condensation at night? How has it held up to the humid environment?
RTEG Online
RTEG Online - 10 years ago
Nice work... would have helped out a lot more if you explained the wiring a little bit and maybe answered some of our questions after you posted this.
Gonzalo Fernandez
Gonzalo Fernandez - 10 years ago
colombiaaaaaa
MB 33
MB 33 - 10 years ago
Well done on the video
Sahadi420
Sahadi420 - 10 years ago
what's the song???.........very soothing.
HeySlowPokes
HeySlowPokes - 10 years ago
Be sure that the light assembly thing, can't fall in the fish tank.
If it does fall in, lets hope it is a Friday, so the fish can be had for dinner.
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o0o
dimitris dam
dimitris dam - 10 years ago
WHY ARE YOU PUT A FAN???
hung pham
hung pham - 10 years ago
EQ.
Kỳ sân ne
François Bellavance
François Bellavance - 10 years ago
After all this time, do you have over heating problems ? Do the plants do well ? I'm planning to use your method x 4 for my 45 gallons aquarium but with a better aeration and heatsink. And red light helps growing in height and blue light helps for "bushy" growth. Do you notice it ?
josef williams
josef williams - 10 years ago
+François Bellavance
 if the flashing from the frequency is concerning you just add a capacitor to hold the voltage constant........wahlah!
François Bellavance
François Bellavance - 10 years ago
Well... My actual fish are healthy and I'm using LEDS. They are selling tons of LEDS light fixtures everywhere and the technology used is no more different from this one too.
HeySlowPokes
HeySlowPokes - 10 years ago
Any proof for your claims?
Any documents at all?
A degree, even?
François Bellavance
François Bellavance - 10 years ago
+HeySlowPokes What are you talking about ? Placing LEDS over fish do not arm them more than placing an habitual neon. The light runs at 60Hz like the neon so our eyes do not see it flash while in fact the lights flashes. Fish do not see this also and for the fish, you could have no light at all and that would have been fine too, just house lights. We are using this type of lights for low power consumption and performance on aquarium plants for the overall beauty of the tank.
HeySlowPokes
HeySlowPokes - 10 years ago
+François Bellavance
Dear F.,
I thought fish only liked special uv modified type light.
Are you sure that fish like LED lights, they are very different from regular domestic incandescent lamps?
Maybe fish in developing countries don't have a choice.
François Bellavance
François Bellavance - 10 years ago
Oh and also, what type of white did you took ? Cold or warm white ?
Yofatboy123
Yofatboy123 - 10 years ago
I think you should turn the fan around the other way, so it's not blowing on the water.
Yofatboy124
Yofatboy124 - 10 years ago
What kind of blue leds are you using? what nm are they?
Yofatboy124
Yofatboy124 - 10 years ago
You can get cheap thermal paste off ebay, really cheap and works good.  
yangtse55
yangtse55 - 10 years ago
Did they melt through having such an inadequate heat sink ?
Or are you under-driving them ?
Pleco's & Cichlids
Pleco's & Cichlids - 10 years ago
Any update on how the LEDs are working now ?
theModernFishkeeper
theModernFishkeeper - 10 years ago
Make more videos, please!
mrperfect616jr
mrperfect616jr - 10 years ago
I very rarely post comments on videos however, this one was absolutely amazing! very informative and song fit extremely well. i will subscribe.keep up the great work
HeySlowPokes
HeySlowPokes - 10 years ago
Dear Mr.Perfect,
How nice to hear from you, to have you write on a video comment space.
.
I like perfectionists, if you wish, stop by my house for afternoon tea.
.
Cheers.
from,
del-boy.
Bob Verwey
Bob Verwey - 10 years ago
Agreed !!
Sven C
Sven C - 10 years ago
name of the song?
Michael Vu
Michael Vu - 10 years ago
Where you get that led driver?? Please answer
Dang Galih
Dang Galih - 10 years ago
ebay :))
Charlie Rutledge
Charlie Rutledge - 10 years ago
Any updates on the shrimp? I am thinking of getting some. I have a 80ltr tank. Thumbs up and sub'f.

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Yamil Bendek
Yamil Bendek - 10 years ago
Cuantos lumens alcanzas con esa distribucion de leds?

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