Would one light be sufficient for reef tank 40 gal breeder 36" long
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Yea for sure I'm using one light fixture on my 90 gallon tall tank which has a similar footprint with a 40 gallon breeder. 36 inch long 18 inch wide and 32 inches tall. The light is plenty strong make sure you hang it a east 12 inches from top of the water to get good light dispersal for a three foot tank. Also takes some careful aqua scaping so you don't get any shadows on the side. Mine looks like a volcano very high in the middle and slopes down on both sides so as not creating casting almost any shadows. I run it at almost 80-90 percent and eveif I ran two I would probably not have aqua scales this way but I like the look and my coral in the bottom sandbed are getting enough light. I get ton of coralline algae on the sides of the tank so I am pretty confident the light is spreading enough. I don't have a gazillion corals so I did not see the need for more than one light and having one now I can definitely see that I can surely add more in the future without any problems. I am even having luck with sps corals so this is the real deal! You will definitely not be able to run them up that high intensity since the breeder is so much more of a shallow tank but that's good because you will be saving on electricity, also another reason I ran one light... Make sure you a climate your corals from very little light these lights are super powerful!
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I would say yes... I have two on a 55g tank.. It's 48long...turned to about 50%. I also have a 60g cube... It's 24x24... Have one on it and one is plenty! And a 125Reef with 3.... I have the LEDS turmed up about 75% they are BRIGHT!
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It depends how deep your tank is, the light itself is bright and very directional the tank and the light must be the same size. To be honest I was a bit disappointed when I got mine, the blue LEDs are not strong enough in my opinion.
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I found this to be a fine product. However, it only comes with one "bulb" which is great for my 65 gallon aquariums (36" long fixture). However, for my 37 gallon aquarium, 20" fixture, one bulb was not enough. I needed to order and install a second bulb (easily done, by the way), to give adequate light for that set up.
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I have these lighting up 2 dead corners in my 265 gal reef. based on where mine are placed I think you would need no more than 2. try one first holding over tank before installation to see how it works. you can always return the second if not needed. good luck.
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If you have a nano fish-only then this would work fine, but nowhere near enough light output for corals. (maybe some softies?) I am using one, but as a light over my sump/refugium on my saltwater tank.
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Hello Will,A safe estimate would be as follows. In a reef tank the light would be able to cover roughly 23 inches safely. In a planted system roughly 28 inches.
1480599
The light is awesome for lps and sps corals. It should be good for an anemone too but it depends on what the anemone likes.
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I have a 37 gallons planted tank and it's working for me. I'm using all 3 light modules though. So you may want to consider doing the same thing.
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Shouldn't be an issue at all. My Oceanic tank is deeper and I found this light to be brighter than the original fluorescent light bar. Plus with this light, you get two settings... Bright white, and a lower setting as well.
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The tank is made to grow coral . With that being said if you just add the white led I still don't think there will be enough light . It comes with dual bulbs so you can take out one and it shouldn't get too hot . Plus the tank comes with light fan to cool it down .i'm growing coral with mine and I don't have heat problems . The problem that you will have is with all the lights you will grow alge . Good for reef bad for fresh water .
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I think it will light up a 55 gal tank nicely. We have a 125 gal tank, and 2 of them do the trick.The metal extensions allow it to expand to 36".
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iIt would depend on the type of coral you plan to grow, I'm not an expert but I know certain corals require more lighting than others. I have a 40 Gal. bow tank and only one light and doing ok with it.
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The lighting will most definitely provide enough light. You may want to look at the bigger models to fit a 90 gallon though. This one fits up to 20gal long aquariums
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Probably not bright enough for a reef tank. Marine land makes one that is reef bright though. If you were using it in conjunction with other lights to fill out the color spectrum and add intensity it would work. Other than that I've been pleased with mine, I did have an issue with it, but marine land had a new one to me in under a week.
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It works wonderfully on my 29 mixed reef with SPS in the top half however the ~2" at the sides of the tank are a little under-lit. It is definitely bright enough for the depth of a 75 gallon but I would recommend using 2 lights to fully light the length of the tank.
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No, I think you need 2 I have a 90 gallon 48x18x24. The lights are only about 3 inches wide So you probably need 1 in the front and 1 in the back. My corals responded immediately to the lighting. I only have soft corals
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YES if you hang the light 12 inches or higher and you put your light demanding corals more towards the middle ... put lower light demanding corals more towards the end of the tank .. side note: these leds pin point light so be very careful acclimating coral