I have a 60 36" long tank with sps corals. How much should I dim the blue if at all, full power seems really blue
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I have mine on a 72 gal mixed reef, soft, lps and sps corals. I run the light full power, blue and white...everything seems to thrive.
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I wouldn't at all if it's a 60 due to depth I have a 29 with softies, lps and a lil sps and I only dim the blue a notch or two
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First, let me say that I have two of these units over my 36" 70 gallon tank. With the two units I'm able to grow SPS on the sand bed running 75% blues and 50-60% whites
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Depending on if u have a lot of sps corals. I have 2 on my 72. U need at least 2 three would be better. They are VERY bright so make sure you acclimate or soft corals can get damaged. Also my anemones did not like the intensity and moved around a lot once I put mine up and got to 100%.
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If your coral is not light sensitive. Meaning if you have low light requirement corals then yes. But as a general I would say at least keep the blue bulb too.
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I use it in a 55 gallon aquarium...although it is only as long as 1/2 it lights up the whole thing sufficiently. It is obviously dimmer at the far end but still sufficient. The intensity levels for the white and blue LEDs have 5 different settings.
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I have fish and soft corals. My config is 1 white and 4 blue. This was also the recommendation of my local aquarium store.
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I have 1 mixed white/blue and 1 all blue strip on my 40G. I can grow soft LPS and some SPS corals depending on placement in the tank. However I
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Yes but if you have the lights for coral the extra layer will dim the amount of lighting reaching the tank up to 15% and even more if you don't frequently clean it. Some glass types are better then other
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Someone else already answered the corals part. As for watts, from Marineland's site, the 21" model has 72 white and 16 blue leds, both types are 0.06w each. That gives us: 4.32w of white leds + 0.96w of blue leds = 5.28w total Note this is power consumption, and the light output isn't directly comparable to fluorescent tube watts. LEDs are a bit more efficient and produce more light per watt than most fluorescent tubes do. (and not all tubes are comparable either.. T8's have lower lumen/watt ratings than T5 lamps do) That said 5w of LEDs is not going to be bright when compared with a dual-tube 24" fluorescent fixture (34w total). They're much brighter per watt, but not 7 times brighter...
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Hey Michael, I was able to use the 160w razor for my 4' tank but you should really use 2 120w or the new longer version that recently came out. The light comes with a controller which and real easy to use. I love the light and was able to grow lots of different corals from sps to lps. The 16k has a lot of purple so if you don't like that color you might want to go for a 10k.
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No this is not the same as the Reef Capable LED light. It has "3 watt RGB LEDs that provide 460nm blue, 660nm red, and green accent lighting to make your aquatic plants thrive." In addition to the the 1 watt 6,500K LEDs. The Marine Capable has "10000K white and actinic blue one watt LED". So the Marine capable has more of a bluer tint to it, which is more ideal for corals (I think?!? I dont have a salt water tank, so dont take my word on that). But I have heard the 6500K is better for freshwater plants, so thats why I got this one. My plants seem to be doing fine.
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24 - 36 will fill the tank nicely. 18-24 will leave darker ends. I used this for about 1 hour and realized it's way too bright. Bought the Current brand instead. It's adjustable in brightness and color. My plants are doing just fine. So glad I made the switch.
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Depends on how wide your tank is. The light will only expand to reach over 60". However the light itself is only 48" wide. I do have the same light over my corals and they seem to love it. I definitely love and recomend the light
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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 light you bought is perfect for corals, as my local fish store uses this light on micro tanks to grow SPS. Your fish will already be use to it. Enjoy the look of the light and watch your tank grow.
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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'm gonna have to say no, I put this exact light on 1/2 of a 29g and it wasn't very bright at all. The only chance you have at coral with this would be some soft corals but I wouldn't bet on it. Also keep in mind this fixture is made for rimless tanks only. I had to cut the trim around the top of my tank to get this light to fit.
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My 24 gal is 36 x 12 and supports my lps and sps coral growth. The light has a setting for maximum coral growth and that is what I keep it on.