LED Lights

[harryggumb]

I'm looking for some good LED lights and was hoping that the fish community could help me out and recommend some good models. What you like or dislike about them. All input is good input

 

[Sniperhank]

That depends, what are you looking to do?

 

[harryggumb]

Just looking to do some soft corals and anemones

 

[bribo12]

Well anemones need a lot of light while softies can deal with varying intensities of lighting.

What would you be willing to spend on lighting?


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[harryggumb]

Around 2-5 hundred ideally

 

[harryggumb]

Opted with LEDs from Current

 

[cgthebeast]

Chinese black boxes, 80$ a pop roughly and can support anything. There the bomb

 

[Jasonrusso]

I have a Marineland with a dual built in timer. It works great.

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[melosu58]

3pcs 165W LED Aquarium Light for SPS LPS Coral Reef Full Spectrum Dimmable | eBay


I don't know what size tank you have. You might not need three. You need one for every two feet. I have a 6 ft tank so I had to get three. You can get them individually.

 

[harryggumb]

3pcs 165W LED Aquarium Light for SPS LPS Coral Reef Full Spectrum Dimmable | eBay


I don't know what size tank you have. You might not need three. You need one for every two feet. I have a 6 ft tank so I had to get three. You can get them individually.

I have a 75g. Go Buckeyes

 

[cgthebeast]

I have a 75g. Go Buckeyes

That's them, I use two of my 75 with no issues

 

[melosu58]

That is a four ft tank I think right? You`ll need two of them. Two for 92 0r 93 dollars each is a pretty good deal. I can vouch for their performance. The only thing is only start at about 50% and then go up as you need. They will burn your corals up at full strength.

 

[harryggumb]

Yea 4ft and wow okay noted. Guessing they are very strong

 

[nwsharksfan]

The Chinese LEDs have been serving me well. Got them for $75 each and they provide more than enough light. Co. that shipped them sent me a followup e-mail to see how I liked them, which was nice - but it was in the most broken English I've ever seen in writing. I bought a Marineland LED strip for my freshwater tank that cost twice as much and basically sucks ... but it's not the reef Marineland light so not trying to discourage you from that choice.