New Member and Question about FW Lighting

[burkpm]

Hello!

I am new to this forum, but a SW enthusiast for a long time and I found keeping the SW tank is getting too much for me.

I will be changing my 65 gal SW tank over to FW in the next week or so. When I set up my "new" FW tank, I want to use all live plants; just some easy starters since I never did this before.

Can I use my SW LED light for the FW plants? It is on a timer simulating the various times of the day to moonlight.

Thank you,
Patrick

 

[WiFi]

I'm willing to bet your saltwater LED light has a very cool color spectrum around 10k and an actinic blue spectrum light.

If you do plan on having a planted tank you will want to get a different light around 6500k-7500k in color range as this will be the closest to natural daylight. Depending on your plants you are going to want around 2 watts per gallon on most freshwater tanks.

I recommend swapping the light out with a DIY fixture either LED or CFL Bulbs, they will cost a fraction of what an aquarium light would cost and you can customize it to your liking.

 

[Watsonja4]

Your sw light will probably work if you switch to 6500k bulbs. If you have a adjustable led you can just change your settings. I have a Ai hydra on my sw tank and it lets me adjust each color individually.