How good are these lights for fresh water planted tanks?
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i had bought three in the past. Two had to be replaced after a few months of using. Hope you have better luck.
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The only thing that really made a difference in the light quality is the height of the tank. I bought this light for a 45 gallon and it looked too weak, but put it on a 30 gallon and it looks great. Very natural, not super bright. The blue/moon light however is still too dark, but I think it always looked that way to me.
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I seriously doubt it, if that's the only light the plants receive. One of these things gives enough light to make a betta tank (about 1.5 gal, and broader than it is deep) fairly bright to show off colors, but I can't see one being enough light for 15 gal of planted tank. However, I have no idea what wattage of light it's equivalent to (in order to estimate 1-2 watts per gallon); this is only my personal impression from looking at my own small setup.
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Hi Jennifer. I think 1 light should be good enough. I have a 150G 5x2x2 feet and I have 2 lights and it looks good. Make sure that you hang the light about 12" above the water level so it has good coverage and doesn't bleach the corals. I turned mines to 60% on both blue and white and some of my corals were bleaching badly. I then reduced it down to around 40% for both and the color return slowly and my frogspawn is loving it. Good luck.
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Absolutely. I have had the light on a 10 gallon with low-medium plants for a couple months now, and they are doing great. I recommend a glass lid, too, but whatever the lid, remember that the scum which accumulates on the glass/clear plastic under the light will block a significant amount of light from reaching the plants, so don't forget to clean it off every once in a while.
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I would say it would do a good job in a 45gal tall tank the light is very intense on my 29gal and i have a well planted aquarium. Medium to low level light. Plants will be sufficent probaly not a high light plant though
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I run 2 48" end to end on my 300 gallon fresh water tank---lighting is great!
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I have a 60 inch 110 gallona q and have one on mine. It gives off bright light....my tank does not have live plants... So may want to be sure this is the right light for live plants.
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I got the same tank as you and ordered these last year. They work pretty well for my heavy planted aquarium.You don't need to set it up separately. All you need to do is to clip the new light onto your original set up.
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Dena...this led light is sufficient for a ten gallon tank used for planted aquariums...so if you are using this for a 29 gallon sump then it wouldn't be bright enough for cirals or plants...However, 12 gallon refugium should be fine but I would recommend two units for ultra bright...please let me know if you have any questions
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Well its not giving us much information about spectrum but lumen level seems a bit lower then I would like, Using a fixture like this then I would stick to low to medium light level plants, if the mediums die out then you know you need to stick with low light level plants like java fern and anubias. Also depends on how deep of a tank you have. Try a few listed above, Would not buy a lot to try as they might end up dead.
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I only have one plant and one Colormax and it give me low medium light in a 20 gallon long tank. You should probably need 6500 and a third strip of your choice would not hurt. I really like what the Colormax bulb does; The colors "pop" on both plants and fish.
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It depends on what kind of saltwater aquarium you have. If you have a fish only with live rock (FOWLR) tank, then I would say yes this light would be great! If you had a reef tank with some LPS or Soft Corals I think they would do fine. I would not recommend harder to keep SPS corals under this light given the dimensions of a standard 210 gallon tank.
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I do not have live plants in my aquarium. I do have a 50 gal tank and it lights it very nicely. I love the moon light feature.
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Hi, These are very poor quality LED strip, I just bought there to replaced it. "DC 12V 5M 16.4 ft 300 LED Non Waterproof 5050 SMD Flexible LED Light Lamp Strip 60led/meter (5050, Day White)" !! These are much brighter and the color are daylight where the one you asked are too warm! Also their uniformity are much better, have 3M double sided tape so you can stick it to your tank!!!!
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Roger on the light that I got in the directions it says one light is good for 60 gallons and on the tank size that they give for each light is 36inches , so I would guess that one light is good if you are doing soft corals . I know for me this light is fantastic all of my corals are doing fine under this light they open fully and seem to like it. I'm doing 50% blue and about 30% white on a 30 gallon tank.
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It should be ok but you will need 2 of them. They don't put out a ton of light but with 2 you should be ok as they are dimmable. Or, buy just one and decide after you try it if you want another. I have an 80 gallon at work and have 3, once is only running blue and the other 2 are at 100 blue and 55 white. With a smaller tank you have to remember you have less LEDs too.