lighting

[techjoe]

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?

[olliesshop]

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 !!! 

[GVsailor]

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. 

[Sean]

marineland makes really nice leds. The store i work at uses marineland hidden led and they look GREAT!

[jcunningham0295]

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.

[techjoe]

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.

[Steve]

How do they do on deeper (say 30" deep) tanks?

[GVsailor]

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. 

[techjoe]

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

[four_by_ken]

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.