what light would be better for 75gal soft coral/fish set up? TaoTronicsÂ® TT-AL09 165w or the TaoTronicsÂ® TT-AL16 120w?
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I've had the TT-AL09 120w for over a year now that has just the blues and whites. I agree with GCO and definitely look at a full spectrum fixture if you will have light hungry corals. I hope TaoTronics considers building a full spectrum light again.
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I recommend a full spectrum unit (not just blue and white bulbs). The model i bought from TaoTronics (the TT-AL12) is no longer for sale, but it had red and green bulbs, as well as two different 'white' bulbs. This seems to be the trend of the higher-end manufactures like Eco-Tech as well.
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I would def say the Aqueon. The ability to add light strips, plus the option to go with white or their 'color enhancing' gives more flexibility. I have 1 white and 2 color and it makes a huge difference om my tank. I have all (nearly 50 now) schooling tropicals of varying color and they really pop with the enhancing bulbs.
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I do not recommend if you have coral, but for fish only maybe. Im using these light for 40g breed tank. Fish only with live rock
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It's really hard to speak in terms of "watts" when addressing LEDs. It always comes down to lumens. I have the 24-36 Inch Marineland light and it keeps my moss balls quite healthy. This is due to the Blue light providing the specific wavelength required for vegetative growth. Rather than going forward in terms of "watts", calculate the lumens generated by the 120 watt you're told you need...then calculate the lumens generated by the lights you have and fill in the blanks with add-on modules.
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Yes, but I personally wouldn't do that. LEDs are not perfected for the planted aquarium yet unless you go for the ADA aquarium company which I wouldn't do because of the price. The fluval compact fluorescent that comes with the fluval flora should be perfect. I actually did it on my spec. You need to have a timer and set it for 6 hours or less. That's it don't do eight because algea growth can start and you don't want that. You also will need to do lots of water changes.
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Glofish website suggests using blue LED lighting, so I assume this fits the bill. However, I can't say for sure if this will work best, for I use it to light my FOWLR tank. Sorry can't help you much. It is a very cheap system (light+power supply), won't set you back at all.
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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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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 use Coralife Colormax Mini Compact Fluorescent 10 watt, 6 inch bulb. It works well.
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You can purchase the Aqua Culture 15 watt aquarium light bulb from Wal-Mart...it's inexpensive and comes in single or twin packaging. You can buy the bulbs directly from the store or online. Hope this helps.
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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.
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No, actually the blue spectrum is great for coral growth. It should be around the 450nm range for the blues which corals use. The only issue might be having note enough light for a ten gallon, as far as wattage. I would consider another unit if possible. It might be ok for softies, or possibly lps coral. I used mine on a small 12x12x12 cube. Hope that helps!
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It would be more than sufficient for your situation. You'll need to be cautious to acclimate your corals to the LEDs. Start out with them very dim, and work up over a period of a couple months. I'd also suggest getting your hands on a Par meter (maybe from a local reeding club). Then you'd have statistical data as to how much light you're getting with each setting in various parts of your tank...
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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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Sorry, but I don't have much experience with glo fish. I do have a couple yellow glo fish that glo very nicely under the blue night light "moon light". I would think you'd want at least the double bright for a tank that big though.
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My plants have have thrived with my double bright LED. My roommate who used to have a planted tank is impress with how the plants are doing. I wouldnt know about the reef capable LED
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The colormax tubes will stimulate plant growth. But even Aqueon has said a fixture that had all three tubes installed with one standard and two colormax is only enough for low light plants. If you are really wanting to do plants another fixture would be a better choice. I would look at some of the Finnex LED's instead. The colormax tube does throw out a lot of red and you will also notice more algae growth.