I've got an 8 gallon Aqueon cube with a dinky little LED light with just a pair of clowns in it and one shrimp. Would this benefit me a whole lot?
1990831
A skimmer will always help. With 2 clowns in 8 gallons I would think it can't hurt
1990832
any time you can get any skimmer to do its job correctly in any tank, it will always be a benefit !
1990833
Depends on the quality of your water. Mine does nothing for me. Guess my water is pretty clean. I have seen video where they collect dark liquid but mine doesn't. I have followed the instructions and mine collects clear water. Not sure I can recommend it. But, it may remove protein from your tank.
187974
Very little. Mine just had a few dead stalks. If u have good lighting and patience it might could grow. Don't expect a lot of extra shrimp I just got one(10-30% more makes it sound impressive)and it was dead. But the rest are healthy and doing good a month later.
122629
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
157849
I would def say the Aqueon. The ability to add light strips, plus the option to go with white or their 'color enhancing' gives more flexibility. I have 1 white and 2 color and it makes a huge difference om my tank. I have all (nearly 50 now) schooling tropicals of varying color and they really pop with the enhancing bulbs.
1330743
I would say no because I have it on my 55 gallon column tank and I still have my other light on there to make it brighter otherwise it's kinda dim
1480597
Probably. I have mine over a 10G tank and my mushrooms, ricordea, zoas, and duncans are all doing great.
555593
im not sure i can answer that but i would put my faith in the people that made it biger isnt always beter my water in my 7 gallon tank is clear and no phospate or alergie but i do have snails and cleaner shrimp and hermit crabs but for 10 gallons i would say buy the smaller one unless in the future you want to get a biger tank
507846
i presume it depends on the size lamp you purchase. i have the 10 gallon size on my 30 gallon tank and it works wonderfully. from what i read you had 2 on yours. if so i would purchase 2 of the 10 gallon sizes ones. that is this one here. my fish love the lighting and are thriving under it. if 1 is good for my tank, 2 should be efficient for yours. i hope this helps you with your choice.
1200906
It depends on what kind of saltwater aquarium you have. If you have a fish only with live rock (FOWLR) tank, then I would say yes this light would be great! If you had a reef tank with some LPS or Soft Corals I think they would do fine. I would not recommend harder to keep SPS corals under this light given the dimensions of a standard 210 gallon tank.
1132411
In my opinion this light is ok for some applications but anemones require a more intense light than this particular fixture is able to provide. LED lights are an economical way to provide light but you need a more powerful one than this unless you have him right under it in a 2 gallon bowl. Good Luck.
1710941
I would say definitely not. I have the 36-48" single bright on a 3 ft tank, 30 gal. I feel the light is just adequate and I'm glad I didn't get the 24-36". The light doesn't spread out a lot either so I would think you would want to light full length of your tank with 2 x 36-48s. Even with that, growing plants will not be an option. Hope this helps. Larry
1751119
I don't know. But I woudn't keep anything in a tank that small. Maybe a few Ghost shrimp, that's about it.
160168
A simple answer; Yes. You must understand that I am using two of these lamps on a refugium chamber equivalent to about a 15 gallon tank. The animals in that chamber sure look happy. Note again that I am using two of these lamps at a time, one wont quite do it.
1516144
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!
1585875
It would depend on the deminsions. If by corner you mean its more of s square shape than rectangle, I would think it would be fine. Mine lights the entire length of my 40 gallon breeder reef tank just fine. It is very bright so I wouldn't worry too much about the depth.
1257179
Don't go with the plant+... that's for planted tanks... makes the fish look a little worse... and doesn't give the corals the type of light they need. If your corals are low-light tolerant (mushroom anemones, etc.) or don't require any light whatsoever (such as sun polyps or gorgonians) you'll be fine. The light is so bright (for its size) you MIGHT even get away with large-poly stony corals and any other softies. If, however, your corals require relatively high amounts of light, this light might not be sufficient. Or you might need to put two of them in tandem.
532763
I have mine on my aqueon 55 gallon. It works great so for me so far. Just make sure you get the 48-60 that way it lights your tank from end to end.