I have a Nano 16. WIll this fixture work well or will it burn my corals?
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I have 3 on a 150 with corals. They adjust down so you will not burn the corals. I have had them for 4 months and all corals are doing fine
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They are dimmable, so you can manually turn them down. There aren't any optics on the LEDs, so there is extra spillage, but burning is less likely.
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For the price your spending id recommend a kessil pendant. An a150 isn't much more that what the cost is for this plus it will have a cleaner look over a 16.
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I think that it would be overkill. Lights are dimmable but more light than needed for a 16 gallon aquarium. In my opinion...
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Yea you can but start by hanging it high and the lowest possible setting on the led Brightness then as the weeks go by lower the lights then adjust the brightness slowly to make sure you don't bleach your corals
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Maybe. They sure blow out easy, don't they? I found a company that sells the replacement but I needed expert help to identify the exact component. He decided not to help once he figured out I'm not really using it to grow coral in salt water aquarium. If I were to buy LED again I'd spend more money upfront on a more reliable unit. Try googling any identifier on the panel, that might take you to a page of specs. If you can read them google the specs on the transformer and look for a retailer. Good luck. I just went back to HPS because we are flowering and we couldn't keep dicking around. Maybe. They sure blow out easy, don't they? I found a company that sells the replacement but I needed expert help to identify the exact component. He decided not to help once he figured out I'm not really using it to grow coral in salt water aquarium. If I were to buy LED again I'd spend more money upfront on a more reliable unit. Try googling any identifier on the panel, that might take you to a page of specs. If you can read them google the specs on the transformer and look for a retailer. Good luck. I just went back to HPS because we are flowering and we couldn't keep dicking around.
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I use this and the magenta light to grow my Mangrove and algae. The corals don't seem to mind either, but there are dedicated Kessil lights that you might want for saltwater that might look and work better.
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Yes! Currently growing photosynthetic gorgonian, soft corals and LPS along with a bubble anemone. This is over a 28 gal nano with 1 strip. Planning on getting a second strip just to cover more square footage in the tank.
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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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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.
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Yes.Although most plant prefer a "warmer" photo spectrum (red and yellow light more emphasis ) the fixture is full spectrum. You would probably REVERSE what most coral keepers do by running the blue light LESS and the full spectrum lights MORE to help you freshwater plants. Of course use of laterite in the gravel bed and a CO2 system ( very expensive and not necessarily needed ) will also help. I love to see a well planted freshwater tank with lots of schooling fish along with rockwork and wooden logs. To me they rival all but the best of saltwater reef tanks. I'm not kidding... heavily planted freshwater tanks are gorgeous! Yes.Although most plant prefer a "warmer" photo spectrum (red and yellow light more emphasis ) the fixture is full spectrum. You would probably REVERSE what most coral keepers do by running the blue light LESS and the full spectrum lights MORE to help you freshwater plants. Of course use of laterite in the gravel bed and a CO2 system ( very expensive and not necessarily needed ) will also help. I love to see a well planted freshwater tank with lots of schooling fish along with rockwork and wooden logs. To me they rival all but the best of saltwater reef tanks. I'm not... » Read More Yes.Although most plant prefer a "warmer" photo spectrum (red and yellow light more emphasis ) the fixture is full spectrum. You would probably REVERSE what most coral keepers do by running the blue light LESS and the full spectrum lights MORE to help you freshwater plants. Of course use of laterite in the gravel bed and a CO2 system ( very expensive and not necessarily needed ) will also help. I love to see a well planted freshwater tank with lots of schooling fish along with rockwork and wooden logs. To me they rival all but the best of saltwater reef tanks. I'm not kidding... heavily planted freshwater tanks are gorgeous! « Show Less
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Yes. It will do a great job. My 100 gal Mixed stony reef is flourishing under 2 units. They are dimmed down slightly at 14k.
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I am not sure but I have had the coral life for about a year and my plants did horrible. They were doing great but now hardly anything grows. Unless you have a shallow tank I would get something stronger.
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You would need a stronger lite for a tank that size of you wish to have corals . Fish only might be ok
2013256
I would say fugeray. Idk about a planted tank but this this thing is pretty dang bright. And my corals grow fast. I would defiantly recommend this for a planted tank. And perfect for that size tank as well. There's also no over glare on the floor around the tank. All the light stays in the tank. Witch is important to me
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The mount clip that clips onto the edge of the lamp is adjustable to about 1/8th an inch so it should work. ive used this lamp on many different nano tanks. the lamp is about 7 inches long
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I have two on my forty eight inch tank which covers the entirety of the tank, placing one may not be enough depending on the corals you play on the edges of the tank. Currently I have brains, pegoda cups, hammers, polpys, mushrooms, sponges and birdnests corals. All are doing very well at 2/3 volume. I started off with half volume on the lights to get the corals acclimated. The plugs are your typical 120 volt 3 prong plugs that works with any normal household outlet.
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Yes. I used it on my 56 cube for a long time, grew algae like crazy in it. Works great. So I would say yes it would work on a Nano.
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No this is not the same as the Reef Capable LED light. It has "3 watt RGB LEDs that provide 460nm blue, 660nm red, and green accent lighting to make your aquatic plants thrive." In addition to the the 1 watt 6,500K LEDs. The Marine Capable has "10000K white and actinic blue one watt LED". So the Marine capable has more of a bluer tint to it, which is more ideal for corals (I think?!? I dont have a salt water tank, so dont take my word on that). But I have heard the 6500K is better for freshwater plants, so thats why I got this one. My plants seem to be doing fine.
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Wouldn't recommend it if you wanna keep more than fish. For the price okay light but i use mine on my refugium. Leds no strong enough to get good coral growth.
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For small corals yes it will... But I would get brighter so u wouldn't have to uograde in the future