I'd like to get this for a planted 90 gallon, 48x18x25 (LxWxH) FW tank. Will this alone provide medium-high light at tank bottom for grasses?
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This light should be more than sufficient for your purposes. It is very bright and works quite well for plants. I no longer have an aquarium, but last spring I set it up for our garden starters; the plants under this light did much better than those under an ordinary full-spectrum light. I hope this helps.
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I have had this same light on a 75 gallon aquarium that is heavily planted. The plants are thriving [cryptocoryne, Amazon swords, chain swords, anubias],val]I am planning to use this same light on a 90 gallon saltwater tank .This is an excellent light and I highly recommend it. Spokeshave
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Yes for medium light grass... A high top aquarium is great for medium light grass with this light fixture...
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My tank is 50g. It's ok for me. Your tank is almost double in size. In my opinion for medium high lighting, this light may not be sufficient.
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I would say yes... I have it on my 75 gallon tank and it is brite in every corner. love the light :)
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It should. Depth is at the limit I would say. I have a 360 Gallon Tank, it is 36" deep, and two of them would NOT work for that tank....IMO you are on the edge. Crypts/Anubias/Stems that grow tall - definitely. Dwarf Sag would grow, but happy? Not sure. Sorry if this leaves you still wondering - but I would be wrong to say most def....maybe someone who has it in similar depth could offer more firm answer. I have a 70 Show - same depth, but less W and it would have worked (decommissioned tank for other reasons).
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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 $.
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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.
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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. :)
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it may be a little too strong for freshwater plants or a little bit of overkill. But it is a great light. I use my 16" on a 29 gallon biocube. With all kinds of coral. And it's only at 60% a few hours a day. Very nice light. You may want to ask Hobbie Bug this question.
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I would say it would do a good job in a 45gal tall tank the light is very intense on my 29gal and i have a well planted aquarium. Medium to low level light. Plants will be sufficent probaly not a high light plant though
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No. This light is only good for low light plants. Get a finnex planted plus for your swords.
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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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The FugeRay2 may work, but Finnex makes another light that is expressly intended for your use. I currently have a Finnex Ray2 light that works very well on my 90 gallon (a bit over 25" deep) for plants on the bottom of the tank.
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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.
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Im running it on 75Gal (21" deep) I get low light at the substrate at best. I've said before to get medium light I would need 4 of these on my tank.
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No. This light is mainly just to light up thr tank and show off the fish. I have the same tank and I am using this light as well as the current USA freshwater planted+ light. Look at that one because it will provide you with medium light.
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The 6500k spectrum is correct for plant growth, but the light level will be insufficient unless your tank is extremely short. You would be better off getting either the marineland double bright, the marineland plant light, or the finnex fugue ray 2.
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Converting to 'watts' doesn't really have a lot of value. It's a 5W LED, but the LED efficiency, color spectrum, light dispersion, and so on means that another 5W LED might make more or less light, and either might make more or less light than a 15W CFL, . Finnex has a PAR estimator on their site for it, which might be somewhat more useful in comparisons: http://www.finnex.net/index.php/fugeray_r/?___store=default In my experience with it, the color spectrum is pretty reasonable for a planted tank, but probably not so 'hot' for a marine tank.
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I have this light on my 120 gal fresh water planted tank. It's the best light I've ever owned for for this tank. I've been using it about four months really keeps algae to a minimum the plants love it. So I'm not ignoring the question I mention all that because a reef light really is different, using a reef light on a fresh water tank burns the edges of the plants and can get some real algae blooms going. This is not the same as the reef light.
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Medium low yes, medium high no. The Java Fern, Anubias, Java Moss should all thrive under LED lighting. If you had a bunch of Amazon Swords you'd have to use the Finnex models instead. Three out of four of their models put out a lot more light, Planted+, Ray2 and Monster Ray. It's about the same light as Finnex's outdated FugeRay line.
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I have 1 unit on my tank which is 3' wide x 2' deep x 2' high. one light is fine; the edges fall of a just a bit but for a 6' tank should be good with 2 lights. I have it set to only to 65% at the highest as the light is brighter than my old T5's.