The super charged version of this light: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kXmNpZWokqm_ZNo.html

Brilliant Joey, well done sir! I'm looking for a cheap way to light Lisas new Mbuna tank, this is perfect!!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

This is cheap for sure! And will show off the mbuna tank nicely.

@parthoghosh4135

5 жыл бұрын

Where legend meet legend.. follower of both of them

I have some awesome DIY projects coming out every sunday! Be sure to subscribe to not only be notified, but also support this channel! If you haven't already, pick up my DIY handbook at: thekingofdiy.com

@gonamission2748

9 жыл бұрын

Joey have you ever had a go at a UV filter? or made a DIY alternative? thats the only thing that stops my nearly 100% JOEY DIY 10x3x3 frontosa tank being perfect, the on going alge battle!

@samgreen6471

8 жыл бұрын

+The king of DIY hey love ur DIY stuff i did every thing you said but i found a way to make it brighter with out buying more LED's here what i got to but in sided of the gutter its at lowes! Reflectix 2-in x 30-ft Reflective Insulation Tapeit works just like the sliver lineing with fluorescent bulbs! in fish tank hoods! i hope this helps you and others :)

@adonewilliams9088

6 жыл бұрын

The king of DIY Dr

Thanks Joey I jumped straight on eBay and order some of these lights, at first had a problem with the control system. But I sent the seller a message about it and he personally made sure to test 1 before he sent me a new one, no questions asked! Look forward to more vids keep up the good work!!

Just ordered the book , and wanted to thank you again for the excellent job you are doing. Looking forward to more too!

Wow! That is amazingly simple! This is why I love your videos. You demystify everything so that the general hobbyist isn't overwhelmed by it all. You empower us and help us to realize, "Hey, I can do that!" Thank you sir! It seems to me that if you bought a long enough strip of lights you could weave it back and forth several times in the gutter/housing and get something bright enough to support a planted aquarium. At the very least you could build up enough illumination to take care of plants with low light requirements.

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

I think you would need an awful lot of them. I dont see the potential in them to grow plants, but it would be interesting to find out. Maybe i'll get another set and see what i can do. ;)

@Aquatasy

10 жыл бұрын

And suddenly a new project was born.

Love it! I just created this little project myself. I considered getting the reflective tape but didnt think it was worth it. I have 125 gallon tank and the led lights I purchased were more than enough to run down 70 inches twice so it is plenty bright!

Thank you for the great idea, i used a 5 meters multi colour led with remote control strip and attached it to my canopy. It gives a great lighting, you are a real inspiration. Best wishes from Syria.

This is amazing, I have just set up to new tanks and was going to spend £300 on a light for my African Cichlids. I'm not now. Just found the same product in the UK £12 for 5 meters. The King Of DIY has just saved me £288 (488 us dollars). Thank you so much.

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Watched this video last week, ordered lights off eBay & set up today . Great idea. & easy assembly!! Thanks joey!

Could I put few more strips to get strong enough to grow plants?

@cookie8260

5 жыл бұрын

Tong Naylor I recommend full spectrum lighting. Honestly, a nice set up is pretty close to the cost for this home made one.

I'd love to see a real tutorial on how to make ones that you can use for growing.

@InsertTitleHere-

3 жыл бұрын

Same

Great stuff!! For small or micro tanks you can similarly use those plastic channels used to hide electrical cables, instead of a rain gutter.

HOLY EASY DIY BATMAN!!! One of your best Joey.

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Switch your tanks over Forrest. You'll love them... save some power too. You have too many tanks not to consider saving some wattage. :)

@cichlidman09

10 жыл бұрын

***** Trust me those exact ideas are running around as I type. Question though, would It be better just to get 60leds/m vs 30 to aid in brightness?

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Cichlidman09 | Forrest's Cichlids I would technically say yes. Cost is a bit more and i do not know for sure though. I was personally on a mission to chop down power consumption. This was one thing i did. I cut my lighting by 178 watts with just this project. (Saving about $5-7 a month.) I did a few other things to further cut it down by 300 watts on this system, but that is for another video. ;) Here's my power calculator: diyfishkeepers.com/forum/index.php?pageid=energycalculator

@soumenmarik8193

6 жыл бұрын

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I did it and am super happy the colors of the fish pop like crazy. thank you

Awesome idea went ahead and created one for my 100 gallon tank spent roughly $27 Bucks (in Los Angeles)... Very easy n takes minimal time to complete! I wrapped it back and forth hard to make the LEDs turn inside the gutter to come back so you will need more Double tape to keep it adhered to the top wall. ONCE AGAIN THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO

Thank you for this! I've been looking for a cheap and easy option. :)

Extremely informative on DIY projects. Will be making my own LED lights for all my tanks. i.e. Reef and fresh setups

Great build! Simple, cheap and effective. You could also put some reflective tape inside the sides of housing to increase intensity slightly.

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

Hey Joey, Great stuff, loving the videos keep it up! I'm reallllly hoping you can help me out with either a video on how to make a DIY led light for a planted tank or just some plain advice. Thanks!

Been waiting for this one! Great idea! Keep the videos coming!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Will do!

You are amazing, please keep making videos and I hope to learn more from you and to become like you one day !

This looks so simple and so easy to do ....... right I’m of to build a light for my new tank .... thanks Joey you are the best ♥️❤️

nice tips man, im looking foward to do this for my 55 gal tank. when i look at the led at ebay, i'm confused about the parts like "two outputs 24K IR" could you explain them?

Hey Joey, I've had these set up since march or April, they work and the ones I had actually were waterproof and smd 5050, these are the brightest ones however they had a metal strip and it was siliconed in so no water would pass through and I got these on eBay for about $12 a pair of 24" each ill post a vid this week when I clean it out thanks and keep it up....

Hey Joey this is a great DIY thanks. I have 15 tanks and most are fluorescent this will definitely help me with the light bill. I do have a question I just clicked on the link to ebay they no longer have 44IR + 2A power what would be the next best option.?

JOEY !!! I ordered the same from the same guy and when it came I tried it out and its AWESOME!!! thanks buddy...... u r the man!!!

Thks Joey for the video on LED lights . Simple and precise. Will be trying it out on my 230 gallon shortly. Appreciate . Cheers .

Nice. I wouldn't have thought of using vinyl gutters. Great idea.

I got something like that at costco a while back. Love them! I have always had such strong lights but I find these leds to be more soothing. Good move with the gutters.

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I am so DOING THIS!! Thanks Sir Joey!

Good one Jo 👍👍👍 Just like always keep Up the good work 👍 🍻 👍

This seems like a very quick and easy way to add more dynamic lighting to a tank. Even though I only have a tiny tank with a single comet goldfish, (Working on upgrading that soon) I think this has inspired me to buy or make some lighting so I can see him better. Thank you very much! Also: This has most likely already been answered, but what species are those adorable little skates you have on the lower tank? They're very interesting, but I can't really seem to find any mention of them on many aquarium websites. And is that a type of cichlid in the upper tank? I'm still very new to this hobby, so I apologize for my ignorance.

Joey what kind of light do you recommend for a planted tank? And do you have any videos about co2 tanks?

Another great vid, Joey! I'm a big fan of LED lighting, but never seen this strip stuff before, looks amazing! Has so many other potential applications...

Awesome DIY Joey!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it.

I've been waiting for this!! Thanks :)

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Your welcome.

I have the exact same LED strips thanks to you! :) what would you say is the best settings for plant growth- low light plants? As in what are the best colors and brightnesses?

Awesome! I actually just switched to LEDs like these, the only difference being that i went with a strip that was SUPERBRIGHT. Althought it doesnt have the Red greens and blue leds, they are all white, the light output is alot higher than on any of the color changing ones, and it actually has been supporting plant growth!

So if we add more of these LED strips we can then say it would be good for corals? As the brightness of the light get stronger? Thanks in advance

I am so excited to see this. I have an established 60 gallon with the old fluorescent hood lighting. I just started up a 20 gallon saltwater (thanks for that video :) for my daughters and really wanted to upgrade both tanks to led. I have been looking at the Current USA model, but just didn't want to pay that much. This will litteraly cut my cost to about an 1/8th of the cost and not to mention saving me on energy :)

Hey Joey, fan from the future here going back in time to retrieve some information. RIP Buddy thanks for many more years of awesome

@GrizzlyDave85

4 жыл бұрын

RIP? He just uploaded 6 hours ago

Hi there, love your channel, would one 24 inch strip be adequate for live plants in a 20 gallon aquarium, or do I need to double up?

i cant fin the video agan where you ordered the lights from rapid led, but i have a question if you will or can answer, when you plug these lites in i seen you did sets of the 4 colors, thats nice but lets say.. just wanted a accent liting for the tank stand room, could you.. do in the 1 string mix these, per say cool white nueteral warm blue then repeat down the line of the string and be ok? im doing my fish room now but the stand is a double stack abut 12' long and 40" wide, was thinking maybe i could run 2 strip's of this combo maybe since this is a breading and yes i have live plants as well. what you think?

Is it waterproof lights mentioned are ok for my tank if I use 3.3ft on 36gallon aquarium tank hood? my existing lights get slightly wet all time. thats why I asking is it waterproof.

Hello, kIng of Diy (or anyone else watching these videos) i just wanna say i love your clips and tutorials, they are full of great ideas and they are never alienating for anyone who doesn't know much about the hobby. But anyway here's my question; Due to various circumstances i ended up mounting a small aquarium (around 20 liters or 5.3 gallos i think), and i already have an aquarium lamp, but since it was given to me it really doesn't fit well because it is bigger, now my question is, do you think that if i use lets say, regular led lighbulbs but with the right amount of lumens and the right temperature, i could just use a regular deks lamp to light it? I say this because i can see a lot of great designs and a lot of ways of utilize em´. Anyway thank you very much.

Nice Joey!Your tanks look sweet!

hey joey thanks for the video I'm really getting in to African cichlid and I have them in a 125 gal tank, but has the reh t8 bulbs and I priced some leds to fit it and wow.sure you know they were not cheap.anyway your way sounds much better. so thanks. will post some pics when I get it up. love the help you give all of us just getting in this hobby,and man I love it. thanks again.

Can you tell me where I can purchase the light kit with the remote please connectors and all

@kronicstudios7599

6 жыл бұрын

ebay water proof led strip

Hi Joey love your channel. I might point out the RGB leds have composite white, which are not the right spectrum. I ordered a strip that specifically are 6500 k. My strip was 5m, which would allow for 4 strips across the top. I also got a strip of RGB to use for moon lighting. Now to come up with idea/build something that can house 6 -8 strips (each set can make 4 strips). I like the gutter idea but it won't work for that many on my 75gal. I guess 2 gutters would do the white only. Maybe I'll do that for now.

HI great video. I have a 55g african cichlid tank with some clown loaches. at the moment I'm using a very low powered led loght which lights up half the tank at an okay brightness but I want a brighter solution so I can see my fish colour better. I have a 2 light bulb aquarium light which is super bright and it's the old fashion bulb light not led. so do you think that's too bright for my fish or is that OK to use or should I invest in a big led loght?

K.I.S.S. is the key! Thanks for your advice!

Great informational video. Do you think this strip could be put on a lid that has no lighting? Or would it get too hot? I appreciate your feedback.

Would this be a good fixture for a planted aquarium?

Hi.. thank u for the tutorial.. can we have plants in our aquarium with this lightning? We have 50 gallon tank three feet long.

Nice one. Ill be looking into this one.

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Do it! Cheap enough to "test"

Hi Joey, I keep fancy goldfish, and I would like to know whether or not you think Fluorescent light would be better than LED lighting or it doesn't make a difference?

i too would like to know of connecting more strips or whatever to be able to grow plants in a an aquarium

Just used this, thanks a lot dude, the guttering was a stroke of genius.

Knocked it out of the park with this one Joey! Nice job!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it!

@wadeweaver979

10 жыл бұрын

***** Boom! just bought two sets! Time to get my LED on. Long live the King haha.

Thanks i appreciate ur response. Keep up the good work!

Love both your LED plans, been browsing rapid led for the system you built was it individual parts or a kit? Don't know whether to splash the cash or go for this budget method, do you get a larger heat build up with this system only being made from guttering?

Absolutely awesome project Joey, thanks

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the tip. I just ordered some of these to test myself. Will be using on some tanks, but I actually want to try them out in the kids room at church. What a great and inexpensive way to add some fun lights for them. As always... appreciate your videos!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

My kids LOVED playing with them. They both want a set in their rooms around the ceiling perimeter! (night lights!)

I know this is a old thread but do the leds turn on & off with a timer or do I have to manually turn them on thanks and keep up the work been following you for some time now

I got a new project now! Perfect for my needs with the low power and brightness settings! Thanks!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

They will make a difference in power savings for sure!

@torresluis7163

10 жыл бұрын

I don't use my lights very often because I have axolotls and high lights hurt the eyes but these will make them pop when I need to show them off!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Torres Luis You can dim them as well to best suit what you need and your pets enjoy the most.

Great tutorial. How does it for on top of the tank though?

The KING strikes again

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

;)

Do you think using a lot of then with specific colors will help to keep corals alive?

So what cheap homemade LED types i need for plant grow?

@Ethan-ll7of

8 жыл бұрын

Lol you growing marijuana

@klm20079

8 жыл бұрын

Why use it for weed? When nature gives free sun for me!

@Ethan-ll7of

8 жыл бұрын

***** Big brother is with you

@kentbesin2630

6 жыл бұрын

5050 led or 5630 led with 6000k up kelvin and you are good to go.

@crazywinner123

5 жыл бұрын

homie tryna start an operation

I did something like this about four months ago. I have a Marineland LED light fixture that has a switch that changes it from to the white light to blue for night time. There was no way to have it switch automatically. So I hooked the Marineland fixture onto a digital timer so that during the day it turns on the white light. Then I attached the LED strip lights to the Maineland fixure (set to blue light)and connected the strip ligts to a second digital timer and set the lights to come on as the Marineland fixture turns off at night. So now I have a fully automated day and night light systems. Thanks for all the tips and videos you put out.

Perfect timing man!! I just scored a new 55 gallon tank and first thing I wanted to do was get rid of the cheap stock lid/lighting unit. I'll use the LEDs in a canopy instead.

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

Great video like always. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍👍

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Will do, and thanks!

hey Joe I bought the strip light for my tank but my question is how do I put the light in white?? when I push the white button with the W on it, it turns into different colors. I'll appreciate it if you can help me. Thank you.

I have a 50g tank with 2 fluorescent light fixtures 36" with 25" bulbs. I don't like that the light does not reach to the ends of tank! Can I make changes to the fixtures to accommodate 36" bulbs?

have you done diy mounting arm for led light like kessil a360we led light?

This will be my next project thanks joey

I just bought some led for my south america tank. It's going to be awesome! Thanks for the DIY

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Hi Joey. Is there a waterproof LED, like this, that can be used for plant growth within an aquarium? I need some better light and would rather not replace the hood.

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@M1KeYMAC

8 жыл бұрын

+routt ookc boots and pants and boots and pants and boots and pants

@el3g3le

7 жыл бұрын

esp @ 3:18

Thank you so much, this video is so useful! Currently in our saltwater tank we have a ceiling light fixture because it's so old that we couldn't find any other type of light to attach to it. Additionally, I'm too young to have a job and have to focus on school work so I can never quite save up enough money for a $200 light fixture.

Very nice Joey. This won't quite work on my project as anything more than an accent light because I want to have the option of planting but this is definitely a cheap and easy option. Well done.

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The fish in the intro were experiencing a rave lol

Would these still be better than a standard t5 fixture on a 10 gallon for a planted tank? Technically I could wrap the 16 foot strip 9 times, surely that's bright enough for a planted tank?

@randomdude1191

8 жыл бұрын

+randomdude1191 Well, I can confirm, definitely not bright enough for a planted tank. Was a fun build though, going to leave it on the tank as accessory lightning.

@thekingofdiy

8 жыл бұрын

+randomdude1191 Yup. Said that in the video.

@williambrass689

7 жыл бұрын

1

This is something I have wanted to do for a long time!

Cheap and easy led lights. Great job bro!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks J

Where do you know exactly where to cut not still turn on the led light? just any where with the 3 gold bar right?

Ordering mine now for my 55gal that I'm converting to an Mbuna tank. This should work perfect! Awesome idea!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

have fun!

Easy project..thnx joey!!

Awesome bro, this I can actually do

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Do it rick! Just as an accent light on one of your planted tanks? Think: moon lights!

I have done the same but using some regular tube bulbs. I noticed that applying some tin foil on the inside allows the light to reflect even better since theres is no radiation loss. Nice DIY like always

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

thanks

And this is why I'm subed to you, you always help us save money and you give us a idea to either make it like your or go balls out on it haha good stuff Joey

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

Exactly! A lot of the projects i build are pretty common, but i know a lot of you have never seen them, or just want to see me do it/explain it.

"NO MORE THAN 25$" "I GOT EVERYTHING I NEED FOR 37$"

@InsertTitleHere-

3 жыл бұрын

exactly smh.. and it's not that great for plants either

@breezybrown2870

3 жыл бұрын

If you didnt realise he did two tanks with that $37...

@molisha6397

3 жыл бұрын

Smfh 🤦🏽‍♂️😑

@arthurheine5631

3 жыл бұрын

At that point isn't it better to just buy the aquarium light? 25$ is enough to buy a decent one here

Genius. I got a hand-me-down nano aquarium, but wanted to use your simple sponge filter build (to maybe later modify the setup for an small scale aquaponics). I tried to make it work with the existing lid, which needless to say doesn't work. I've been wanting to buy strip LEDs but didn't know what project to use them on. Now I do! Thanks for the vid!

what the best color to use and how long do you keep them on I have seen red green blue and white

Can we have a discussion over this aquarium top lightning......

Can this setup be used for low tech aquatic plants? Or is it just for the purpose lighting? Thanks in advance...

This would work great for light under my stand. Takes up no room and I'd have control of different light colors to add an "awe" factor. Thanks for the video Joey!

@thekingofdiy

10 жыл бұрын

No problem!

Will you please tell me what is the housing used for placing led strip

What are you using as a lid to seperate the light from the tank?