Power LED shield

Awesome! Thanks Mike!

You'll have about 75W of LED load, plus inefficiency of the drivers and whatever the Arduino uses (from the 5V reg on the shield). I'd suggest a 24V 6.5A supply so you have some overhead available for the Arduino and some fans to keep the LEDs cool. This MeanWell 150W unit is what a lot of the reef keepers use:

That controller project you saw is a SparkFun.com proto-shield with a ChronoDot from macetech.com, plus a DS18B20 OneWire temperature sensor and fan controller I built for a customer. It works with the Power LED Shield for scheduling and thermal management of the LEDs. This: http://www.chestersgarage.com/store/arduino-shields/fan-temp-rtc-proto-shield/ You talk to the ChronoDot within your sketch to get the date and time. It also has the 1-second square wave pin assigned to pin 2 so you can get an interrupt every second. It's not really specific to reef tanks, and I'm going to make it into a another shield/kit as a nice addition to the Power LED Shield for any project. But I'd be glad to build the proto-shield for you if you're interested.

Mark