Is this light okay to use with a none planted tank without an algae bloom? can you purchase an extended mount? the original ones are too thin
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I use the super bright Ray 2 on a 125 with no plants with minimal Algae issues. As long as you are doing weekly maintenance I would think it would be fine. I have no idea about the mount.
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I've never seen any other tank mounts for this. If you are not doing a planted tank I wouldn't use this light. Why don't you look at the cheaper Marineland Single Bright LED or the Marineland ML Double Bright LED. Their mounts might work better for your application.
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The light is pretty dang powerful and probably a little more expensive than necessary if you aren't trying to grow plants. I get algae in my heavily planted 30 gallon tank with it if I don't give it a break for a couple hours a day. I'd probably go with a different, cheaper light if I weren't growing plants. As for the stands, I don't think they offer anything other than the thin ones, you could probably rig something up to work with any set up pretty easily though.All that being said, this is a great light for the money. Good on power and very reliable/built well. Definitely a great light, just might not be what you are looking for. The light is pretty dang powerful and probably a little more expensive than necessary if you aren't trying to grow plants. I get algae in my heavily planted 30 gallon tank with it if I don't give it a break for a couple hours a day. I'd probably go with a different, cheaper light if I weren't growing plants. As for the stands, I don't think they offer anything other than the thin ones, you could probably rig something up to work with any set up pretty easily though.All that being said, this is a great light for the money. Good on power and very reliable/built well.... » Read More The light is pretty dang powerful and probably a little more expensive than necessary if you aren't trying to grow plants. I get algae in my heavily planted 30 gallon tank with it if I don't give it a break for a couple hours a day. I'd probably go with a different, cheaper light if I weren't growing plants. As for the stands, I don't think they offer anything other than the thin ones, you could probably rig something up to work with any set up pretty easily though.All that being said, this is a great light for the money. Good on power and very reliable/built well. Definitely a great light, just might not be what you are looking for. « Show Less
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I would not use this light with a non-planted tank as the PAR would support algae. I would use a basic LED light if you want viewing ability only along with the shimmer effect they create. I don't believe you can purchase extended mounts either.
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Its honestly hard to tell whether or not you'll get an algae bloom. I did get some algae for the first few weeks but by reducing my light per day, its under control now. If your not over feeding and using any fertilizers I'm sure it would be fine. Can you explain what you mean by "an extended mount"?
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As far as I know you can. You may want to get a stand for the light so that way it's not sitting directly in the top of tank or whatever you are using.
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It is great light for my 75g, the only thing you should look at is it's length, i have a 75 long, and i must extend the arms out to its longest setting to allow it to sit on top, and then the lights are shorter than the tanks length by a little. hope this helps.
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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 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.
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I have one on my tank, but it is resting on the glass cover. The mounting brackets will extend to that length, but I absolutely would not trust them indefinitely.
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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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McKAy105, Did you buy this? I am shopping for LED lighting for my 30" deep 150g tank, and would love feedback or other recommendations! Thanks!
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You're probably better off just getting a clamp light like Bayco SL-302B3 10-1/2-Inch Brooder Clamp Light with Porcelain Ceramic Socket You can mount without the reflector dish, but it has a built in clamp to position pretty much anywhere.
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I have a 75 gallon tank with heavy plants. I have been using this light along with an extra strip light for six months now and the plants are growing just fine. The extra strip light is from the same manufacturer as this one, just a single strip of LED's. I have not tried just this light by itself But it wouldn't surprise me if it worked ok with low light plants.
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For a plant tank I would go with their higher output lights made for plants, this would work in a 50-60 gallon tank with lower light requirements, and is very bright to say the least, could not hurt to try it.
549717
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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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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I'm using one of these with my 10 gallon, 3 lights installed, two white, one red. I have java fern, java moss, vallisneria corkscrew, and two types of anubias & everything is growing extremely well under these lights! However, If you're trying to grow any groundcover (dwarf hair grass or dwarf baby tears) I have had zero luck getting that to grow at all. (I should mention it's a low tech tank, I don't use any Co2, but I do have lots of cherry shrimp generating fertilizer) Overall, I'm really happy with this light set-up.
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I had a couple floating ball plants in my tank with this light. Sorry I don't know the actual plant name. They did well before they became too algae covered (a problem I've been having with this particular tank). Therefore I think this light would work with the plants you mentioned. Hope this helps!
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I got the same tank as you and ordered these last year. They work pretty well for my heavy planted aquarium.You don't need to set it up separately. All you need to do is to clip the new light onto your original set up.
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LED are great specifically for deep tanks like that. Shouldnt be a problem getting to the bottom of a 24" tank although I would have to say this fixture may be a little underpowered if your trying to grow any corals on the sandbed. If that isnt the case you should be golden though. LED light usually doesnt start to diminish at all in PAR until 18" of water depth due to its higher focused nature as compared to T5 or hallide which depends on the quality of reflector used to get the light into the tank. This better focus also is what usually will make people say that LED looks very dim in comparison.. which is merely and optical illusion caused by the lack of light escaping the tank thru reflection and refraction, instead being focused more directly down.. in the direction you want it to go.