Wouldn't this be too much lighting for the fish in the tank?
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It really depends and your tank, and set up. But in general I would say. The Plant+ is great light for most aquariums. The Planted+ is ideal for tanks with plants that like low to medium light. If you don't have natural plants in your tank, it still will help create a warm rich color, which may help show off your fishes' natural red and yellow colors. The low power combustion and long life are also benefits over old fashion tube lights.
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No it's perfect! The fish have gotten used to the light. It's not too bright. I have about 17 different fish, 10 shrimp, and a ton of growing plants. You have to be carefull when you first put the fish in. They do get slightly shocked from the light. The only thing I wish this light had was a dimmer. In the mornings I noticed the fish kinda freaked out when it first turned on. I bought a hidden led light from marineland and set that light to turn on before the planted plus. My fish are happy and plants that require moderate to strong light are growing well. It's a beautiful light.
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I've never seen the fish act weird because of the light. But you should only get this light is you have live plants. If you don't do real plants I'd go with a current USA led light.
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No, it's not overly bright. Just right. My corycats that are very light shy still stay out and absolutely come to life in the moonlight. Yet it's visually appealing, doesn't appear dim at all.
1480596
Depends on tank size, mine is over a 20 gallon tall, and is successfully lighting duncans, hammer, and various favia and favites. Also look at the reef breeders nano par 38 lamps, they're not too much more $.
1333912
Might be a little big for a 2g tank and powerful, id suggest a robot led lamp or something smaller as this is a 24w lamp and quite powerful to penetrate deep water.
1910782
No. This is supplemental lighting for decorative purposes only. You should use a proper light.
1847186
This item is very bright. I have a 55 gallon tank and it's just right for my tank. This would be way too much for your tank. You would end up with more alge.
2180704
I have mine submerged and works great for my tank at night time, brings out some amazing colors on the fish.
1209856
I use this for my salt water tank and it gives plenty of bright light. Might need to research more if you are going to do plants but for fish and many types of salt water corals it is great.
359675
For the person who leaves the blue light on all night.... that is probably not good for your fish. They need sleep without light. Blue light is not the same as no light, and it does not really mimic faded moonlight.
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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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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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The light will definitely not bother your fish. Certain corals, however, need a larger variety of light spectrum in order to thrive. You may want to look up what light spectrum your specific corals require, but the fact that the light is more blue than white will not be detrimental to your tank overall. You may find that you need more light for some of your corals. Good luck.
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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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Sure, you could do that. Heck, on my 75 gallon (that I have 2 of these fixture on) I took everything off, and just put the lights on, no glass cover or anything. I did make a little blind for the top of the tank. Remember, these lights will be a few inches above the tank. So if the top of your tank is already higher than eye level, you WILL see the bulbs, and it can be a bit bright.
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Hello,These fixtures were designed for agricultural purposes and come with 6500k lamps. Not sure how well they do or don't work in regard to aquariums. Wish I could help more. Thanks & please remember to shop with Healthy Harvest Florida!
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Want overheat but like in the other answer, the fish do need a break from light if you have fish.
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I don't know but It wasn't enough to light up my tank adequately. I have a 150 gallon aquarium and bought 3 of these and had to buy an extra 3 lights to add to each base. I imagine if the tank you're trying to light Is small enough it'll be ok.
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It is a lot of light, even for a 10 gallon tank. I would go with their 8" single strip led light bar. I have both.