hi, trying to decide buying this one versus the marineland double LED. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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I found this to be a fine product. However, it only comes with one "bulb" which is great for my 65 gallon aquariums (36" long fixture). However, for my 37 gallon aquarium, 20" fixture, one bulb was not enough. I needed to order and install a second bulb (easily done, by the way), to give adequate light for that set up.
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I would def say the Aqueon. The ability to add light strips, plus the option to go with white or their 'color enhancing' gives more flexibility. I have 1 white and 2 color and it makes a huge difference om my tank. I have all (nearly 50 now) schooling tropicals of varying color and they really pop with the enhancing bulbs.
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I had them both but once I upgraded to 180 gallon the marineland wasn't enough. I like that the aqueon could use 3 bulb and it makes it a little brighter than the marineland.
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The 3AAA eLED® Vizion™ Headlamp from Underwater Kinetics works awesome...no pivot point to wear out and break, had mine for 4 years now...still going strong. The led light module is even removable...to use like a camping light.
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I tried a small GloFish light on my tank in an attempt to go cheaper. It was at Wallys for $16. I can honestly say it was much brighter and almost hurt my eyes and it was just a 4 inch stick. So, if you are looking for a GloFish experience, you should probably go with the GloFish light bars, imo. This light is a much more subtle blue. I think it would bring out the colors but not enhance them as much.
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Yes to both....but I want you to know that after 2 brinkmanns, I got tired of short battery life, expensive bulbs and problems with the chargers. I bought a Coleman 4351-700. About $81, sent Prime, and incredible, long lasting between charges, rugged, and an amazing beam. LED by the way. Just my 2cents.
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The more blue the better. Makes everything look better with salt water. You will have plenty of white with one compact flourecent the other CP should be blue(actinic) and the LED's blue
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If you have coral that glows under the LED then I would recommend going with no whites and all blues. I had 1 white and 4 blues and wasn't happy with the color pop from my acan and blasto.
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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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Dual Orbit Marine Pro http://current-usa.com/aquarium-led-lights/orbit-marine-fixtures/orbit-marine-pro/
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The results with the 450W LED are very close to the results with the 1000 W HPS. The LED runs much cooler also. And no ballast is needed for it. Also electric costs are about $30 a month less. For me, it's a no brainer, unless you need the extra heat from the HPS.
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Someone else already answered the corals part. As for watts, from Marineland's site, the 21" model has 72 white and 16 blue leds, both types are 0.06w each. That gives us: 4.32w of white leds + 0.96w of blue leds = 5.28w total Note this is power consumption, and the light output isn't directly comparable to fluorescent tube watts. LEDs are a bit more efficient and produce more light per watt than most fluorescent tubes do. (and not all tubes are comparable either.. T8's have lower lumen/watt ratings than T5 lamps do) That said 5w of LEDs is not going to be bright when compared with a dual-tube 24" fluorescent fixture (34w total). They're much brighter per watt, but not 7 times brighter...
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I'm running it in a 90g saltwater fish only. light output is fantastic. But I don't know about grow capability. My local store is selling this for $350.
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Hey Michael, I was able to use the 160w razor for my 4' tank but you should really use 2 120w or the new longer version that recently came out. The light comes with a controller which and real easy to use. I love the light and was able to grow lots of different corals from sps to lps. The 16k has a lot of purple so if you don't like that color you might want to go for a 10k.
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http://www.marineland.com/Products/aquarium-lighting/LED-Aquarium-Lighting.aspx, found this info on there website. I assume you can buy another from there.
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I bought a set of 2. At first I didn't notice, but after about a week or two at night after I installed them, I noticed that the two light have vey different beam spot sizes, or flood patterns...or whatever you want to call the illumination pattern. I measured them, and one is close to 8 degrees, and the other is close to 30 degrees. The 8 does look like a spot type. With some small amount of outside the spot light beam. The 30 is more or les a flood type light. No real focused beam. Still seems to look as bright when doing the stare test, or the 'dark garage wall test. I'm trying to contact the vendor and ask them. FYI - *** When I've looked at other sellers of LED moto lights web sites, the majority of them do mention that they sell a spot version, and a flood version.( for the same lamp type) And if you don't specify exactly what two you want in your order, they sys they will ship you one of each. That may what happened to me.
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Depends on what you want to do with it. Works well in small enclosed areas like my service van. I have 2, one for each side. I can move both of them to 1 side if desired for additional lighting when needed or somewhere outside my van. I would advise getting the one with more led's (not 24) even tho it does cost more. They work well for my purposes.
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im using the EconoLed 5M Non-Waterproof 5050 SMD 300 LED Strip Light instead of the one that comes with it. Its much brighter and has more LEDs on it than the default strip.
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I went to the Coast website and contacted them by E-mail. They had me send them the light (battery holder failed) and within a week sent me a brand new one (battery holder) with the light post paid. Light works like new again. As you are aware coast has a life time warranty against DEFECTS but not abuse. I did have proof of purchase which I'm sure helped. Great customer support.