Lighting question

[Philly33]

What is the reef capable LED compared to? It has 46 1w LEDs 10,000k. Would this be low, med or high?

 

[fort384]

What size tank? What kind of LEDs?

 

[Philly33]

90gal, marineland reef capable 1w 10,000 k (46)

 

[fort384]

Need more info on the LEDs. How many Lumens do they produce? my initial thought is it is not powerful enough to grow plants in a 90 gal tank.

 

[Philly33]

75 lumens/watt 10,000k white, 130 peak par@12", 64@24".

 

[fort384]

Ok, they are more powerful than I thought. A lot of the off the shelf LEDs aren't nearly as powerful. I would call it medium light.

 

[BigJim]

I'll second the medium rating. The Marineland LEDs aren't bad, but they're not the greatest. Two reef LED fixtures would put you in the high-light range.

 

[Philly33]

Thank you. I'm trying to stay simple and pristine with low to moderate plants. Just waiting to get jungle val to complete my background then I'll post a pic. My bioload is low so I'm lightly dosing ferts and excel. So far so good.