Can I grow corals in this lighting?
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Definitely not. These LEDS in these hoods have a pretty low lumen count and are pretty much strictly for illumination, not plant growth. You could grow some low light freshwater plants, but that's about all.
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I have fresh water, Aquatics & Exotics down the street uses them for salt tanks, coral tanks, and fresh water. hope this helps you.
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Probably not bright enough for a reef tank. Marine land makes one that is reef bright though. If you were using it in conjunction with other lights to fill out the color spectrum and add intensity it would work. Other than that I've been pleased with mine, I did have an issue with it, but marine land had a new one to me in under a week.
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If you have a nano fish-only then this would work fine, but nowhere near enough light output for corals. (maybe some softies?) I am using one, but as a light over my sump/refugium on my saltwater tank.
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My plants have have thrived with my double bright LED. My roommate who used to have a planted tank is impress with how the plants are doing. I wouldnt know about the reef capable LED
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Yes but I would not it has blue LEDs that are for coral. I would recommend pure white in the 65,000-10,000 k range
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Some owners say it is good for LPS and soft corals. As for SPS, we may need better lighting.
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You would need a stronger lite for a tank that size of you wish to have corals . Fish only might be ok
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I am still a marine newbie but I have been successful using the light to grow a number of soft corals such as Zoanthids, pulsing Xenia, polyps etc as well as some large polyp stony corals including Porites and open brain corals. I have only just added a montipora so cannot answer about these.
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It would be ok for just fish, but if you are doing corals and inverts, you will want a reef specific lighting. If I were you, I would find a forum or group that has experience with reef tanks and ask there. As I understand it, intensity and spectrum are very important.
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No this is not the same as the Reef Capable LED light. It has "3 watt RGB LEDs that provide 460nm blue, 660nm red, and green accent lighting to make your aquatic plants thrive." In addition to the the 1 watt 6,500K LEDs. The Marine Capable has "10000K white and actinic blue one watt LED". So the Marine capable has more of a bluer tint to it, which is more ideal for corals (I think?!? I dont have a salt water tank, so dont take my word on that). But I have heard the 6500K is better for freshwater plants, so thats why I got this one. My plants seem to be doing fine.
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No, I dont remember how many. It is in my opinion not enough to grow corals. Maybe soft corals. I have green star polyps in my tank. There about 15" down into the tank and they are not thriving. I pulled them from my reef tank, just to add some color. My lights in my reef tank are 3 watt with 90 degree optic lends. They are amazing! I also found them on amazon, about 2x more than these. These light are great for a fish only with or without live rock. Love the effects, but I hardly ever use them.
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My Corals are Glowing & Growing!! I couldn't have purchased A Better Lighting System...
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Yes, but I personally wouldn't do that. LEDs are not perfected for the planted aquarium yet unless you go for the ADA aquarium company which I wouldn't do because of the price. The fluval compact fluorescent that comes with the fluval flora should be perfect. I actually did it on my spec. You need to have a timer and set it for 6 hours or less. That's it don't do eight because algea growth can start and you don't want that. You also will need to do lots of water changes.
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Medium low yes, medium high no. The Java Fern, Anubias, Java Moss should all thrive under LED lighting. If you had a bunch of Amazon Swords you'd have to use the Finnex models instead. Three out of four of their models put out a lot more light, Planted+, Ray2 and Monster Ray. It's about the same light as Finnex's outdated FugeRay line.
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Unlikely, unless you plan on keeping plants that thrive in low light. This light is primarily for fish only tanks, and you'll need two side by side to obtain sufficient light.
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Depends on tank size, mine is over a 20 gallon tall, and is successfully lighting duncans, hammer, and various favia and favites. Also look at the reef breeders nano par 38 lamps, they're not too much more $.
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Yes, one of the better options for doing so. For vegetative growth I recommend you have full spectrum or "blue" spectrum bulbs. 5400 Kelvin? That's from memory. If that's off the answers are a Google search away