marineland led single strip for 10g planted?

[linds3y]

Lady at the store told me that the Marineland single strip led lighting bar would be sufficient for my tank, but then I read online (after I already bought it) that it isn't recommended for planted tanks?
I have bronze wendtii, amazon sword, moneywort, water wisteria, anacharis and a marimo moss ball, my substrate is sand. I'm using Seachem Flourish. Anyone ever tried this light before?

 

[linds3y]

This product:

 

[jcolon]

Well .. On my 75gal I have two of the marineland 17inch LED's and one 36 inch single bright LED for a few months ... And my low light plants are still alive and growing.

I'll admit, It is a bit of a wonder since my lighting would barely qualify as low light levels ... But my baby A. sword has doubled in height in the last few months. If you have the right plants with enough light ... It'll work.

In a 10gal an 18-24 inch single bright LED should be enough for low light plants. I recommend adding Java fern and Anubias.

 

[linds3y]

Okay thanks I was thinking it should be okay since it's only a 10g and I'm not going all high tech or anything, just wanna make it look pretty and natural and to be nice for my betta I will look into adding those plants, I was also thinking of some of these plants they have at my lfs, I forget what they're called...tiny floating things, kinda make me think of floating clovers, maybe they're called baby tears or something?

 

[jcolon]

The link below is helpful in finding common LFS low light plants. Not sure if baby tears are low light or not... But worth a try.

PlantGeek.net - Plant Guide

 

[jcolon]

I just looked it up and baby tears is more of a moderate high light plant ... Maybe skip that one. Anarcharis you can let float.

 

[linds3y]

What about frogbit?

 

[jcolon]

First time I've heard of them ... Look like lily pads. Don't know much about them, but I say give a small batch a try.

 

[linds3y]

I think I will, I really like the look of them

 

[CorallineAlgae]

They're sometimes used to shade a tank that has to much light.

 

[aqua_chem]

Unless you can get it super cheap, a T8 will outperform it.

 

[linds3y]

Unless you can get it super cheap, a T8 will outperform it.

Yeah I already got it lol, it was $20 off so I got it before researching it lol

 

[jcolon]

Yeah I already got it lol, it was $20 off so I got it before researching it lol

For a 10gal ... I wouldn't lose sleep over it ... The single bright will work for low light plants.