Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: techjoe on June 06, 2013, 11:50:23 PM
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I am working on setting up a 150gallon and i need lights. I am thinking about some marineland single bright LED's. Has anyone used them or have suggestions?
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In my limited experience, I've found high output Fluorescent lights to work the best for daytime lighting, especially since you can tune the light spectrum to the needs of your tank and/or plants. Plus, I think the LEDs are a lot more expensive still, in terms of output/dollar. I do use LEDs, though, for my blue night lights for the tank and they work great.
Just my 2 cents ...
All the best !!! :D
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I have used the double brights from marineland and I absolutely love them. The shimmer they add to the water beats a typical fixture in my opinion.
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marineland makes really nice leds. The store i work at uses marineland hidden led and they look GREAT!
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On a tank like that you can't go wrong with Marineland LED's. I would get the double brights. I am switching some of my tanks over to LED myself.
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I just bought one 36" LED because that was all they had in stock today and i am testing it out on my 55 and so far I am loving it. I think I may use these on all my tanks. I hope they last a long time.
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How do they do on deeper (say 30" deep) tanks?
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I used the smallest size double bright ( made for a 10- 15 gallon) on a 29 tall I had and the light projected very nice. I was able to grow quite a few plants in it with no problem.
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Right now I have one 36" single bright on my 150 and it lights the hole tank fairly well but I am going to get a second anyway
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Driving me nuts... I forgot the brand. I have a five foot led on my 140 and I really like it.
Thinking of getting the same on my 150 gallon.