I have a MARINELAND 60 Gallon, would this be a good fit for anubis and a sword? Could I leave the hood on and just remove the current light fixtures?
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The fixture is fine because you can double it up if necessary. The bulb selection will be a bit trickier. I use mine for plants with 10k bulbs and it works adequately.
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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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My tank is 17" tall, and the light is so strong I only use it at 65%. I think you would be fine with one at 80-100%
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Well the aquarium you mentioned is 10.5" wide. The light is literally 10" long. I think you could do the 12" fuge ray though as the clamps can slide inward. There might be a little over hang. The Finnex Fugeray-R Ultra Slim Aquarium LED Light Fixture might be a better option depending on what your trying to do?
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The light will fit a 10 gallon tank hood I believe. Make sure you get a good bulb to promote plant growth.
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Lights function great. Like any other similar unit I have tried at the bottom of a 75 gallon tank, the airstone tends to clog thereby steadily reducing air flow. I personally went to a separate airstone. Might work fine in a 20 gal where it's not as deep or if installed close to surface. Much better than any of the Marineland products I have tried. Hope this helps.
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If your hood is open and not a tube you could do that BUT cooling the light allies you to keep light at a closer level to plants, more lumens equals less stretch and more growth, also add a carbon filter or it will reek
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You should be able to use this hood but buy a different type of bulb that will offer the correct light. That is what we did for our 10 gallon and what we are planning to do with our 29 gallon, once it's set-up. I just talked with the guy at Petco who is also a huge fish tank keeper and he was VERY helpful with explaining the different types of lights and what we needed. What I'm trying to say is that you don't need to buy a special hood for fresh water plants, you just need to upgrade your bulbs.
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I suppose you could rig it to the canopy though it's not strictly made for that as long as you are just using it for the lights and not the bubbles, the lights aren't super bright so I'm not sure how effective it will be, the water seems to carry the light further through the tank than when I have it outside the water line if that makes sense. It makes a very good night light but I wouldn't use it as the sole hood light for a tank, you wouldn't get enough light to see everything unless you have a very small tank. - Hope that helps
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Well its not giving us much information about spectrum but lumen level seems a bit lower then I would like, Using a fixture like this then I would stick to low to medium light level plants, if the mediums die out then you know you need to stick with low light level plants like java fern and anubias. Also depends on how deep of a tank you have. Try a few listed above, Would not buy a lot to try as they might end up dead.
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Uvb lamps should be mounted INSIDE of the tank. Get the Lights of America Fluorescent Light Stick. Mount it inside the tanks with command hooks and replace the bulb with a reptisun 10. There was a reason I returned this product.
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My original hood was broken in a move, so I purchased one of these: All Glass Aquarium AAG29024 Versa Top, 24-InchThis fixture doesn't rest on the hood however, it has feet on the ends that let it sit on top of the aquarium. But I don't think it can handle much moisture.
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Yes, I currently have amazon swords, anubis, tiger lotus, and crypts growing very well under this lighting, Thank you for your question
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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
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The 12 watt will probably not meet your needs if you have coral, but 2 would probably light most of your tank for visual purposes. I am guessing that you could only fit 3 over the surface area of the water. Depending on how high you hang them above your tank I am guessing 2 or 3 of the higher watt bulbs (I have a 54watt on my refuguim and my colt corals are thriving there) would support some corals.If you are using a Bio-cube hood these will not fit under it.
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Definitely not. These LEDS in these hoods have a pretty low lumen count and are pretty much strictly for illumination, not plant growth. You could grow some low light freshwater plants, but that's about all.
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I would sayou no I have a 90 gal and have to run a 48 " florescent as well.it is dim with just the orbit your zoas my be ok with only a single light .
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Well, the great thing about this light is, it can be adjusted. You can adjust the light spectrum to your liking as well as, the light intensity. For that size tank all you would have to do is have the light intensity not so high. Overall, I think it'll be just fine for that size tank. This is a great lightning system and so far I love how it looks on my tank, which is a 20 gallon tall tank. Hope this helped. :)