Will this be good for a 30 gallon fish tank I want to add plants to it will I need a 2nd light for plantsAqua Culture Aquarium Starter Kit, 29 Gallon
1967382
Its an excellent light it should fill all your needs . You can purchase a light for your plants but its not necessary. I love it!
1967383
Although this light is visually bright, my (low light) plants continually degraded after switching to this light from a standard 30" T8 hood. I now use it on a tank without live plants, and am pleased with the overall light output. I have one additional ColorMax light tube installed in mine. I would recommend an additional light for live plant growth.
1967384
This is a great light in my opinion, but I use only artificial plants in my 30-gallon tank. I believe you WILL need a second light with a "grow" bulb for live plants.
1967385
We have both this light and a grow light and the plants in our tank are doing beautifully. Plus, we cut our electricity bill by more than 65%. We used to have two grow lights, but we are very happy with this set-up now. Hope this helps.
1967386
I only have one plant and one Colormax and it give me low medium light in a 20 gallon long tank. You should probably need 6500 and a third strip of your choice would not hurt. I really like what the Colormax bulb does; The colors "pop" on both plants and fish.
1967387
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.
1096813
If you are doing a reef tank, I would go with 2 units, if its just saltwater fish with artificial plants and stuff, you could probably get away with 1 unit. I am looking to maybe upgrade to something like that, I have looked at a 47 Gallon bowfront, and would add another unit, and maybe play around with lowering the light level, or cutting back the white LED levels some. Under full blue LED's only, everything in my tank takes on completely different colors, and glows a bright blue, pretty cool at night sometimes.
1356303
I don't recommend 30 Gallons tank. I bought this for 10 gallon tank. It was not enough.And I found a problem. Connection is weak.(from light parts to AC adaptor)
949357
I bought two hoods for a standard 55 gallon aquarium. It should also work on a 20/29 high tank as well. At work so don't have specs. Nice hood but bulbs they give you are not as bright as I thought .
507845
I have a 150 gallon tank and i have one of these lights that works fine. I will order another one to complete my lighting.
838602
I think it would work with plants, but you might need one more light kit. This would give you better light for the whole tank
256876
Should fit nicely if you have an Aqueon tank. The Aqueon 26 gal bow front tank has a width of 24.2" and the LED light is just 24" in width, with some room for for adjustment. The fixture comes with one row of LED lights but can accommodate 3. I think you will want to add a second, if not a third, row. It makes the whole endeavor rather expensive (I needed to do this for TWO units for my 60 gal tank!) but the lighting is, in my opinion, superior to traditional lighting. If you are going to try one, be sure to order from a vendor who will accept returns, just in case...
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honestly the light is great but not for a planted tank. If you decide to go with this, you will probably need 2. one on each side of the middle brace. I dont know what the dimensions are on each side so just measure that out and go with the closest size available to cover each side from left to right. (I think two 36")My recommendations for a planted tank would be to go with the Finnex FugeRay Planted+ Finnex FugeRay Planted+ Aquarium LED Light Plus Moonlights, 30-InchI have a 37 planted tank and it works great. It is a deep tank and everything both short and tall grows fantastically. Again, with this I would go with two separate lights to cover your tank. honestly the light is great but not for a planted tank. If you decide to go with this, you will probably need 2. one on each side of the middle brace. I dont know what the dimensions are on each side so just measure that out and go with the closest size available to cover each side from left to right. (I think two 36")My recommendations for a planted tank would be to go with the Finnex FugeRay Planted+ Finnex FugeRay Planted+ Aquarium LED Light Plus Moonlights, 30-InchI have a 37 planted tank and it works great. It... » Read More honestly the light is great but not for a planted tank. If you decide to go with this, you will probably need 2. one on each side of the middle brace. I dont know what the dimensions are on each side so just measure that out and go with the closest size available to cover each side from left to right. (I think two 36")My recommendations for a planted tank would be to go with the Finnex FugeRay Planted+ Finnex FugeRay Planted+ Aquarium LED Light Plus Moonlights, 30-InchI have a 37 planted tank and it works great. It is a deep tank and everything both short and tall grows fantastically. Again, with this I would go with two separate lights to cover your tank. « Show Less
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Hello. I would say yes. I have one of these lighting the back corner of a 90 gallon corner tank. The plants there are now growing well. I will say the plants are a bit on the pale side compared to plants under the t5 fluorescents...but they are growing well.
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It would be ok for just fish, but if you are doing corals and inverts, you will want a reef specific lighting. If I were you, I would find a forum or group that has experience with reef tanks and ask there. As I understand it, intensity and spectrum are very important.
705706
This would really depend on the type of tank you are planning. For a Fish Only style tank, two of the Pro LED Strips would give decent light coverage. For "low" light requiring corals you would want at least 4 strips. One power supply (sold separately) can run two of the 36"L strips with a splitter cable (sold separately).
1510242
You can use this light with plant as well..I have my 55 gallon planted tank is working great
1596816
Roger on the light that I got in the directions it says one light is good for 60 gallons and on the tank size that they give for each light is 36inches , so I would guess that one light is good if you are doing soft corals . I know for me this light is fantastic all of my corals are doing fine under this light they open fully and seem to like it. I'm doing 50% blue and about 30% white on a 30 gallon tank.
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It depends on what you are using it to grow. For low light plants like java fern, anubius, crypts, vals, and some swords YES it will work in a tank that deep. But any medium to high light plants you will have to get 2 of these lights. Or get one planted + and one ray2.
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.
1027838
I only have a 29 gallon and my tank is loving the lights. My personal opinion is that it would be better to run two with a 60 gallon. Current is great though. You will love it!
2068443
Definitely not a waste of money! You will need to buy GLO plant products, white plants don't have the same effect. And GLO fish as well. Depending on the dimensions of your tank, it may not fit.