How To Make Shrimp Tank Lights
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After 1 month of use, totally convinced. Now i'm running 6 of these ;) Thanks mark!
Ive been meaning to buy more of them :)
After a year How is your growth rate and color doing?
I really love your moss growing in your tanks. On the ropes, on the balls, on the walls. Beautiful
Welp this video was meant for Sunday ops :D Edit I was wrong to say you dont get earth wires in Norway ,you do just not on low powered appliances that I would use in an aquarium .
Marks Shrimp Tanks Hehe happens to the best of us😅
i did like these leds in particular send a link? please or what where they called ? In US the 3 wires are Ground (aka earth) hot & neutral .
Nice DIY ! I might pick up a few of those lights . I need some night time light in the greenhouse
Mark, thanks for your vids. I have been watching your videos and now my Cherry shrimp are doing great and breeding. I have a 40 gallon breeder and seeing baby shrimp is really got me excited. Keep up the great vids and I always look forward to more of them. Because of your vids I have them breeding. Thank you! 👍👍
Richard I am glad I ccould be of some help thank you for watching my friend :)
I have to admit that when you said, "You're already on the tripod, but you're gonna be even more on the tripod," I clinched up a little. Never been so scared in all my life.
I remember buying a MH light of 9000K..and it was beautiful lke 20 years ago. For $100 per bulb and a year. Now,I need to save my pesos...
Very Kool, I've been looking for an alternative to 4' shop light. great tutorial.
Norway do exactly as sweden use grund. That connector doesn't use grund but you shuld use a ground in a fishroom with all that water!
yeah I dont do it this way anymore see one of my more recent videos 👍
Nice those look great with the shimmer! Poor shrimp running around with sunglasses though😜lol
hahahaha they are not that bright :D
Thanks for the idea!
Welcome my friend .
So these lights are good for growing aquarium plants ? Thanks mark
yeah for sure, they lasted for over two years on this tank.
5000k from B&Q be ok?
I wouldnt because the light will look orange to your eyes, best with something over 6000k
its white light mate, not orange but i am waiting to see how it goes.
i am about to upload a wee video of my set. will post a link if your interested
thanks for reply, btw where in scotland are you?
"In norway we don't use ground" WTF?!
As always nice video Mark! Thumb up!
lol not entirely correct ,we dont use ground in alot of appliances ,nothing in my room aquarium related does.
Bigger things like fridges,freezers Irons ect do :D
I was at the supermarket today and I saw those (or similar), 1000 lumen 6500k each the tiny ones, i took a pic and decided to ask ppl if they ever used something like that for planted tanks, I come home and see this video XD
3 reflectors into one conector? And Theres no fire from It? ALL blues into the 1st BLUE conector and all browns into 1st Brown connector ? Which connector is that and what are the specs?
there was no fire 👍
Hi Mark. The wire connectors you are using are called "fire starters". You should solder the wires together and then use some heat-shrink tube. Much safer. :)
I have used those type of connectors for 20 odd years and never has a single problem,if they were a fire hazard like you say they wouldnt be sold.
Also the t8 lights I have have a similar connection and they were bought like that.
by the way I do use a solder iron and I do have shrink tube ,if it was just the one light going to a power cable I would do it your way :)
They are on the way out of production in consumer products. But its not to say ur way of doing is wrong. Its just not the safest way of doing it, they are just used mostly for testing things now. When you see them in fixtures, there are always some form of brace on the wire, that removes the stress from the connector, so it dosent pop out over time. Just what i know from the buisness of working with electric, and the rules of getting a new product approved for IP something. :)
And i do like ur channel, so i would like to see it continue. ;)
Are these still in service on the tanks? Thanks for sharing!
I have about 4 left from all the ones I bought years back :)
uhm correct me if I am very wrong here and have a messed up eyesight, but is that a shrimp tank in your water boiler/heater that you have modified in ithere??? or is it just a poster?
Its just a ADA poster but my boiler is very modified ,I have solor panels and underfloor heating ect all running from it :)
nice poster :) would have been fun it was actually modded to fit a tank and sustain it thought :D
What about the average large Aquarium Mark? The 55- 500 gallons? What LED does grow plants and makes the fish look good? LED floodlights and 6000K sounds like my old daylight florescent shop lights. What I want? LED's that can power down 24" of water,grow plants and have sort of a grow lux color..make Neons pop for example. I love plants,have been in horticulture and what grows them isn't what always looks good. Plus,Im looking for like $30 or so for a LED that can do that..two or three of them in my case. Maybe 30 watts each or maybe 50?
What do you say my man?
I think these lights were just 20 watts and they were good on this size of tank 220 liters I am notsure what that is in gallons, 30 watt might be better for what you need though.
Mark,if you painted a few of the LED's with thinned out red and blue paint..would that give a more natural color? Better for show tanks.
Can we get a link to where you bought the lights?
they are on the pinned first comment
How are these lights holding up? Are they still going strong? Thanks!
They are great ,in all the time Ive had them only one light has failed ..I have 8 of them across the room now.
Marks Shrimp Tanks That's awesome to hear! I just ordered 4 of them yesterday. Take care, man!
Awesome !!
Is this use for planted tank?
-60cm tank with 2*20W
Yes it can be used on a planted tank .
40w for a 60cm tank, that gonna be so much, i think. electrical bill will raise up :D :D
I bought a pair of these lights
Both died after a 4-5 month on a timer that runs 8 hours a day . I figure maybe the LED chip was burnt or something. So I took it apart to see what's inside. Turns out it no simple task to replace the bulb chip. So.... Not so good experience with my light lol
While it was working, it's a great light!
Someone else was saying something similar in the other comments ,their LEDs were starting to go after a year and like you they managed to get parts .
Can you tell me what they are called so I can look them up here in Canada!
These are outside security lights 6500k :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you from Ontario Canada a true fan.
@@MarksShrimpTanks cheapest here for 30w $23.85 each
What is that little glass tube thing on the bottom of your tank next to the leaf and in front of the subwassertang? I've seen them in not only yours, but other people's videos as well, and I can't figure out what they are.
its a oxydator ,it produces pure oxygen through a chemical reaction ..the fuel is hydrogen peroxide ,the waste is pure water and oxygen .
+slipper409 Blocked for being a troll and wasting my time ...go back to being a pretend electrician in Canada where the standards must be hell of a low.
Hi Mark,
Your lights look great I think I'll have a go myself (plagiarism is the greatest compliment lol)
I'm thinking of trying a 12v cheap solar setup using cheap 4x4 work lights...
Cheers,
Dave from Downunder ☺👍👍
I want to try something like this in the future, my wife has indicated that she might like to get solar for the entire house so that might be a thing for us in a few years.
We call Earth Ground in the States.
can you hook us up with a like to find these lights for that price?
Sorry I was updating all of my descriptions across the whole of youtube and it removed somethings, the links are in the description now .
ok thanks pal
If all else fails I use parts from my Lear Jet. It's a daily struggle getting through life. Good vid though, cheers.
oh i am sorry it was for x2 it's really cheep, thanks again bro!!
That is cool! I'm getting shrimp soon!
Thanks for the video, it was a great watch. But tbh, I feel it's not very smart of you to be proud of how a certain country does stuff, just because not long ago it was but a colony and was ruled by your own country. Specially knowing about the Britain's record as an authoritarian and imperialistic monarchy. It's no wonder why everyone wanted to become independent and become free of your rule.
I am Scottish mate I will be voting for Scottish independence when it comes, sorry if I came across as something else in this video.
@@MarksShrimpTanks Oh well, my bad. I also didn't meant to be rude, but that sounded very bad, hahaha!
Whare are you from? Do younhave a Home Bargins store? They sell same for £5
I live in Norway , I have found a cheap light for here but it still cost about $30 but its still cheaper than what I would buy from a proper aquarium place.
Hey could you email me mark on simple shrimp set up or add me on fb........ would you be kind enough to help me out thanks good lights too
Im im middle making my own aswell i was gonna use these but found the led 5m strips with remote instead iv hot glued them for bit of water splash just incase bit havent seen anyone ise these on here yet and dont know why as have all them colour settings
Hm.. After watching this .....The king of DIY has a similar video lol. Is that where your idea came from?
th-cam.com/video/YctSb4Cxq1k/w-d-xo.html this video is 2 weeks before Joeys video and look I am using a LED light ..who copied who ?
By the way I am not claiming this as my idea ether,a guy called Shrimp and Snails has these in his video over a year ago .
Mark, I have searched Ebay and the cheapest LED 20 watt I could find is about $8 Where did you find one for less than $5?
You know everytime I do a mass update on my descriptions it deletes the links ,I will get them for you.
Just remember to look at the required voltages
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B016ZY1AIK/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2TB5441ZHC9GC&coliid=I2EKQI2556T14Q&psc=1
www.ebay.com/itm/351889573503?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Thanks Mark.
Very welcome Bruce :)
They are made to British standards.. (cuts off the part that makes it meet the British standard) lol
eh I live in Norway where we use 2 pronged plugs for low voltages that dont require an earth 👍
Hi bro I have 90 cm length X 45 width X 60 cm height planted tank how much watts. Should I use
Just depends on the type of lights my friend, in this video I think they were 20w x 3
For 24" tanks, which will be effectively 20" as I'm gonna use matten filters, would one of these be enough?
Yeah one would be enough ,The one big problem I see with Matten filters is the cannot be removed for cleaning which to me is a problem ,if you watch one of my older videos th-cam.com/video/aaVnBKybXqA/w-d-xo.html you will just how much dirt can come out of a sponge filter .
Awesome video! Might have a go at making these lights. Do you know if Amano shrimp and crystal shrimp can go together? Will the Amanos eat the shrimplets? Thanks for uploading regularly Mark.
Yes they are safe ,I think Amano are harmless to other Shrimp.
are these the same lights king of diy used in a recent video?
Same type as in LED security light yes:)
Super little lights aye Mark :) I have now de-set my tank, for now, hopefully in time i'll have a "few" shrimp tanks, I did have 20w similar lights over my 2 footer before de-set. Shrimps are coming though definitely :)
All looking good Mark :)
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I win
Hi Mark, I was wondering how the lights held up? Any feedback or recommendations?
These were great and they lasted for over two years, unfortunately for them I found a better light locally that you can buy in europe that you will see in a video soon ..I also have had a nice gift of lights from Aquael so they will be on a video soon too :)
would one 20 watt be enough for plant growth i already got 10 of these around my house for light at night for security reasons
Yes 20 watts is enough, you want to look for a thing called Kelvin rating on them ,for us the daylight ones around 6500k are the best.
uhg. All I have to start with is T bulbs. I am not looking down on them I am just concerned with power consumption. I think lights will be my first upgrade in the future.
The T8s i had over the tank were 72 watts now the LEDS are 60 watts if thats what you are talking about ?
No I mean t-8's and T-5's is all I have to start. They are not ideal. So I will have to upgrade them asap.
Awesome. Good feedback on the lights. I've looked into this option with several lights and they seem hit and miss.
They are still going strong :)
I thought you said you'd leave links to purchase these led lights I dont see them in the description
My bad Mike ,when I do bulk changing over a hundred plus videos sometime I forget about individual links.
if you are in the US the link is in the AMAZON part of my description ..if you are in Europe you can use this link www.ebay.com/itm/351889573503?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Mark, just a question, how you know the watts per liter of the aquarium? Like the idea to have that lights
On mine its about 60 watts per 200 Liters,on a dark substrate you might need a little more .
awesome work bro!! thank you...
Thank you ,to date only one of the lights has broken and thats about 14-15 months since I first started to use them.
thats good i orderd 2 today must try them thanks again bro!!
Norway? LOL. This whole time I thought I was listening to a Scot.
+я Hajji 분쇄하는 Bárbara oh I am Scottish. I live in Norway
This was extremely helpful since I just bought some of these and had no idea how to use them!
Glad it was of some use to you :)
Very very good, everything I needed to know to set up a led lamp, congratulations and thank you.
Very Welcome Alex .
Hi Mark. Do you have a part number so we can find them. Great videos. Thanks
In the description my friend ,just be sure to know which voltage will work in your country .
excellent video
Please keep us updated on how your plants do with the lights Mark. As always, thanks for sharing. :)
Thank you jlathem
Great vid thanks but Where is the link to purchase the lights?
Pinned in the first comment :)
Gg
Nice video!. Im now subscribed.
Thank you Sir Yos
In Canada we call the third wire the ground!as seen in comments so you know all us Canadians are not trolls and we have high standards.
I know that my friend, In Norway appliances that are double insulted do not require a groundwire, me saying Canadians must have lower standards was me questioning the guys knowlege because he said he was a master electrician. He also said the little plastic connectors I used were a fire hazard ...I can take a picture of at least 20 of them that I know about that are used in this houses lighting.
@@MarksShrimpTanks oh I agree just wanted you to know not all us canadians are bad lol
it's okay for the shrimp if the tank pitch black at night ?
Yup sure is ,I have my lights on 12hrs a day .
would 1 20w work for a 25 gal cube? 20"x20"x20" or 50cms
Yes I think so, I have tried a lot of lights over the years and these are still my favorites.
nice cheap way for lights! but one concern is the energy consumption, would it be costly to have 60watt (20 each)?
60 watts over that size of tank is good ,the two t8 that came out were 72 watts in total .
Marks Shrimp Tanks yea that's actually really good, esp for the light output - thinking of putting one on each of my 35ltr tanks, I have 3 in a row. thanks :)
They will work great for that :)
Even though you think you bought from Hong Kong, chances are that it still came from China as many Chinese companies register their company also in Hong Kong.
I have flood lights above my tank too and they do pretty fine now for almost a year.
Thats just stating the obvious my friend, although anything coming from hongkong has to be made to a certain standard. My lights are still going great :)
yep...anything from Hong Kong is probably better build. I live 5 minutes away from HK, so anything that really needs to be good, I buy there, but my floodlights I still bought here in China as they were dirt cheap (2 euro per 30W light, can't beat that) ... :))
Martin Welters can private persons send packages to the world really cheap? like i get free shipping on eBay but can normal people that live there send just as cheap?
The cost of sending anything depends on weight and size of the parcel, but anyone can send packages.
do u know what is the temperature color ( k) and the total lumen for each one ? I can read on EBay 6000-6500 k ( what is perfect for plants ) but no information about lumen.
I am not sure what the lumen was, it was rated at 20 watts and 6500 Kelvin :)
thank you my friend
You are welcome :)
They are selling that here for about 3 us $
ah very good,its great that lights are not so expensive anymore.
The ones you have on your amazon list are different.
They have a big grey box in the back (probably a transfromer?).
Did you remove that or were they without it?
Good video. Gave me some ideas. :-)
My bad my friend ,every single time I bulk update the descriptions on my videos it deletes the ebay link ,let me get it for you www.ebay.com/itm/351889573503?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
by the way the ones on ebay are for Europe .
Thanks for the info and the link.
I'm looking for some good lights for my 60l shrimp tank. Maybe those are the ones.
@@MarksShrimpTanks This link is for the 100W. I believe the other available lights are 30W
I'm interested in how you make your filters. Do you have a video of it?
Some of them are me just testing stuff ,I will have a video on a very easy to make filter soon though .
Thanks! I'm excited about it
I've used these lights for so long
Yeah they are great ,I havnt needed to replace any of them ..I actually bought more of them the other day .
homerun again Mark :)!!!!
cheers Dwain .
This is great! Thanks for the tutorial, I think I will be able to put one together now! :)
excellent,just dont blow yourself up :)
LOL I'll do my best not to ;)
Great tutorial .Thanks Mark!
You are very welcome Bilal :)
Whats would you recommended for a 20 long? 4x 10w?
what is a 20 long ?
Is that 20 gallons?
Just now I have 2 lights over my 190 liter tank which is 50 Gallons and the light is enough :)
Marks Shrimp Tanks About 30"x12x12" or roughly 80cm x 30cm x 30cm.
Oh yeah then two of these lights are enough ..remember and get the one that are for your country because the voltages are different in each country :)
hi mark. can you show and describe your filters?
I show and describe my filters every month my friend :D
Marks Shrimp Tanks ok thanks. sorry, i'm following you from yesterday
Its ok , thank you for subscribing :)
Hej Mark!
Are the lamps dimmable?
I dont know actually sorry :(
np
What are the glass cylinders adjacent to the feeding dishes on the bottom of the tank?
Planaria trap?
Its A SOCHING OXYDATOR it uses hydrogen peroxide to chemically clean the water ,the only waste from it is pure oxygen and water :)
3:49 in the construction industry we refer to that as "eyeballing it". LOL
On small fast projects like this its alLyou need :D
Oh yeah,more than sufficient.
I eyeball shit that I should be making exacting measurements on,all the time. LOL only on my personal projecst,though.
Funny story Eddie years ago I worked in the building industry and I was putting in joistsfor a floor ,the guy I was working with asked me to hold a peice of wood against the wall while he leveled it and put massive bolts throughit ..at the end he said WTF you didnt hold it all the way to the end and I said YOU DIDNT ASK ME TO LOL
HAHAHAHAHA I worked in tile and stone. Private company. The various job sites were always
full of funny antics like that. I miss that but I dont miss being
beat every day. Hence,the shrimpys. XD
hello bro i locked it up but the cost is 12 dollars now on the link
Hey Mark. You have inspired me to make my own shrimp tank. I am keeping crystal reds and I started with 17 shrimp yesterday. I have two 30W led flood lights on my shrimp tank. I am going transform my other 2 tanks into shrimp tanks
Fantastic thats what I like to hear Eden :)
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do you know how to lower gh and kh? I haven't tested the water for gh and kh but I have had hard white stuff show up on my heater and filter
Yes yo can do it with RO or distilled water ,but its best if you do this to have a TDS meter .
if you cant get a TDS meter dont bother trying to lower it because you wont know the values.
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Will it work with Demineralized water?
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I'm going to buy one. can I have a link to one on ebay?
Hi, what type of plant is on 13:58?
this plant is called subwassertang :)
@@MarksShrimpTanks thank you 😉
You are very welcome steve187 :)
4k
I just noticed :D
These lights are very close to the ones I use for all my tanks, after a year I had a few of mine who died, but I found a Uk-China ebay site that sold the leds for a few cents each, and they are very easy to replace. Thanks for sharing, and your tanks looks amazing with the new lights :)
Yeah they look much better ,I love the shimmer you get with LEDs ,thanks for watching my friend :)
Dendrochirus zebra very same issue I had, but the light in video has the chip solider into the frame, made it very difficult to replace