New plant light

[Fishcrazy86]

Ok I’m new to plants I’m starting a community tank an have a lot of low tech plants but I dnt want all my money to go down the drain an have them die without good lighting. Now we have a 65 tall so from top to buttom it’s about 24 almost 25 inches tall. So obviously taller an most so what’s a good light we can get to be able to keep our plants healthy an no Co2 or anything like that.

 

[TMaier]

What is the room like? If it has lots of natural light (but not direct sun) you won’t need anything special for low tech.

 

[Fishcrazy86]

The tank is in our living room has a window by one end of the tank but that’s really it.

 

[TMaier]

With that depth I would wait for one of our experts to chime in. I have great luck with the Finnex Planted Plus on my 29g.

And the cheaper Vivigrow on my 20g.

 

[Fishcrazy86]

Yea I was hoping someone with prior depth experience would chime in an give me advice. I dnt want to get a light that won’t work good for us.

 

[JackBinimbul]

Someone previously recommended this BeamsWork to me. It's the one I'll be grabbing as it's not crazy expensive. I intend to grow medium/low light plants.

 

[ZxC]

I've got a single Fluval 2.0 over a 24" tall tank, works well for low tech.

The 3.0 is the new one. 120 degree lenses should work over an 18" wide tank.

 

[Fishcrazy86]

How is the color on the Fluval does it make the plants an fish color pop,?

 

[ZxC]

How is the color on the Fluval does it make the plants an fish color pop,?

You have control over the colour. Make it any colour want.