Is the lighting fixture with the two tube fluorescents or the one with the four compact fluorescents better for my juvenile Chinese Water Dragon housed in a 36x18x36 terrarium?
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I would get the four compact that's what I got for my juvenile chinese water dragon
2045373
The aqueon lights have different lengths (led bulb length ) you need to measure the longest length on your aquarium cover and your aquarium must have a safe cover top to rest this light on . We have a 55 gallon corner tank and bought a 24 inch that rest on secure glass top. When they say 24 inch they mean it .there is no better light than this and we have 3 LEDs in unit and one is blue colored , aquarium is gorgeous ! The night time red light is perfect!
807349
I'm using my Reptisun bulb in an aquarium hood. Just make sure you're ordering the correct size and wattage.
1917123
Hi Jennifer. I think 1 light should be good enough. I have a 150G 5x2x2 feet and I have 2 lights and it looks good. Make sure that you hang the light about 12" above the water level so it has good coverage and doesn't bleach the corals. I turned mines to 60% on both blue and white and some of my corals were bleaching badly. I then reduced it down to around 40% for both and the color return slowly and my frogspawn is loving it. Good luck.
1917819
I have the 24" light on a 29 gal tank which is also 30" long. It sits on my glass versa top on legs about an inch tall. Provides great light - enough to grow plants and lots if algae. The moonlights are neat ! I think you can use the 24" and save some money unless you need the 30" light to rest on the sides of the tank. The LED lights are the best !
1855197
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.
157850
I had them both but once I upgraded to 180 gallon the marineland wasn't enough. I like that the aqueon could use 3 bulb and it makes it a little brighter than the marineland.
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I think this fixture is more appropriate for providing light, specifically full spectrum, as opposed to heat. I believe it has a rather low total wattage that can be used, 25 watts on each side. So I don't think you would need two, unless of course you want a lot of light. The CF are nice as they provide full spectrum (UVB) in a compact bulb, eliminating the need for larger fluorescent bulbs. There are not any incandescent bulbs that put out UVB to my knowledge, but they put out a good amount of heat. The CF bulbs are nice as they are lower wattage so less energy. I believe lower heat but they're not really used for heat bulbs in reptiles anyways. I think this fixture is more appropriate for providing light, specifically full spectrum, as opposed to heat. I believe it has a rather low total wattage that can be used, 25 watts on each side. So I don't think you would need two, unless of course you want a lot of light. The CF are nice as they provide full spectrum (UVB) in a compact bulb, eliminating the need for larger fluorescent bulbs. There are not any incandescent bulbs that put out UVB to my knowledge, but they put out a good amount of heat. The CF bulbs are nice as they are lower wattage so less energy. I believe lower heat but... » Read More I think this fixture is more appropriate for providing light, specifically full spectrum, as opposed to heat. I believe it has a rather low total wattage that can be used, 25 watts on each side. So I don't think you would need two, unless of course you want a lot of light. The CF are nice as they provide full spectrum (UVB) in a compact bulb, eliminating the need for larger fluorescent bulbs. There are not any incandescent bulbs that put out UVB to my knowledge, but they put out a good amount of heat. The CF bulbs are nice as they are lower wattage so less energy. I believe lower heat but they're not really used for heat bulbs in reptiles anyways. « Show Less
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I would get one that covers the top of the aquarium without the extensions although the smaller size would probably work if you need to save the extra cost. You will get better coverage using the large size. This light is very bright. You need to adjust the time it is on to make sure you don't develop a lot of algae growth but it is great at promoting live plant growth. The only thing I don't like about it is the timer resets if you have a power failure. It works very well but having to re-adjust it any time the power goes off or if you unplug it during cleaning is kind of a nuisance.
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The lighting will most definitely provide enough light. You may want to look at the bigger models to fit a 90 gallon though. This one fits up to 20gal long aquariums
1470989
If you have high light plants all the way to the back you may need two lights. It puts out a bright light for the front half of the aquarium. Flourish excel is great stuff - it really reduced my algae problem. I also have a UV filter on my pump. Hope that helps.
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I use to used 2 of these for low light plants on my standard tetra "55" g tank (its actually more like 48g and mis-sold as 55.. but I digress) the 24"-36", it has 4 rows of lights that only cover about 17.5" in the center of that 24" space, the 36" is just max leg extension. I removed one leg from each light and put the de-legged side on the center brace (I put a 1" bar on top of the brace to keep lights level), pushing the 2 lights together they fit snugly on top. It worked well for low light aquarium plants like anubias , java fern, vals, mosses, and marimo. However if you want medium light plants I'd strongly advise a different brand made for plant growth.. or just get 6500kelvnin cfls bulbs and clamp on lamps (3-4x) if you don't mind the look of them. I've upgraded to a 2 bulb 6500k t5 light over my "55"g now.
2282614
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.
1332750
I switched from the fluorescent to the led lighting to help lower water temp and have had no problems. However, the "white" lighting that comes with the fixture was a bit odd (warm white), so I purchased a ColorMax bulb to go in the fixture as well. I have Shubunkins (just pretty goldfish) and low light, live plants. All are doing well. I'd recommend the fixture.
2140948
Don, I bought the two foot model for seedlings. If you want to really light up a 4x4 area you will want more tubes. More tubes = more light, more light = more growth and healthy plants.
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.
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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