I bought two Fluval Spec V recently, none of them has switch on LED light for changing between ON/OFF/White/Blue. Did Fluval remove it?
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It's a sliding switch. It's at the end of the long light. On both sides. Slide it once for white and middle for blue. Hope this helps.
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I was told you can not replace it. It's a dumb design if that's true. The aquarium light is not cheap so replacing the whole thing because the light is broke makes no sense to me. If you find away then please let me know as well. Mine is still ok but it will burn out eventually. Thanks
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Six to 8 years ago, there was a prior model that had three levels of brightness and multiple LEDs. However they redesigned the 95-112w and it currently has one LED and no adjustments at all. ON/OFF is all you get. Well if you put old batteries in it, I am sure you can experience a lower light output, but that's not practical.
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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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Im sorry... No suggestions... That sadly is exactly what happened with me. I just threw it away after about a week of it not turning on showing any motion with the lights. Maybe flip the black switch on the bottom and it may work.
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Only by unplugging it. But still very cool in my fish tank. I have this light and the aquarium hood light plugged into an outlet that has a wall switch. You could also get a timer plug. Amazon has those cheap.
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I control mine with a zwave switch. Switching it off and on relativly quickly changes the mode or color. Love this light in my pool.
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I found that if you have the dust and dawn mode in the e setting (a bright white sunlight with a rolling cloud cover though various color spectrums) that the light would flash bright when it went to the next color. The fish didn't like it. It seemed as if the light was trying to give the colors it wanted but the timer was cutting the power to the light causing it to flash bright colors when it went I the next color. I've found the dust and dawn mode to work best on one color setting. I leave mine on full spectum. The fish seem to like it and the dust and dawn mode lets them know it's time to wake up and time to settle down. It also reduces the stress on the fish from the light cutting on in one flash motion. I found that if you have the dust and dawn mode in the e setting (a bright white sunlight with a rolling cloud cover though various color spectrums) that the light would flash bright when it went to the next color. The fish didn't like it. It seemed as if the light was trying to give the colors it wanted but the timer was cutting the power to the light causing it to flash bright colors when it went I the next color. I've found the dust and dawn mode to work best on one color setting. I leave mine on full spectum. The fish seem to like it and the dust and dawn mode lets them know... » Read More I found that if you have the dust and dawn mode in the e setting (a bright white sunlight with a rolling cloud cover though various color spectrums) that the light would flash bright when it went to the next color. The fish didn't like it. It seemed as if the light was trying to give the colors it wanted but the timer was cutting the power to the light causing it to flash bright colors when it went I the next color. I've found the dust and dawn mode to work best on one color setting. I leave mine on full spectum. The fish seem to like it and the dust and dawn mode lets them know it's time to wake up and time to settle down. It also reduces the stress on the fish from the light cutting on in one flash motion. « Show Less
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I looked this morning, but aside from the Hi/Lo toggle switch, I saw no other switches such as an On/Off one. Perhaps you need to contact the manufacturer for help.
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I was looking at these for my daughter, different brands and shops. The AquaSun kind sold at Petco have modules with 4 white and 2 blue LEDs per module and are changeable; their videos shows a 4 white/2 red LED module for plants. However I haven't found where you can buy the red modules... Probably too new for that yet? If what you have now is still working I would wait and see what comes out by the end of this year. If you have a lot of plants in good shape you DON'T want to risk losing them.
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the lights can not be turned off unless you unplug them. I did not like it in my tank anyway. you could see the light bulbs so, that was your focus. It was much nicer when the light was ontop of the tank shining down into the water.
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No, not with the one I bought. Just an on-off switch. The color changing is relaxing, however.
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I've never seen the fish act weird because of the light. But you should only get this light is you have live plants. If you don't do real plants I'd go with a current USA led light.
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I am not from Shark but I think there may have been confusion with this upgrade. I think the power button LED was too bright and they dimmed it. I don't think they plan on lighting the top buttons since that would require a major redesign. If they just painted the symbols white it would be a big improvement
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There is a sealed on/off switch on the top of the unit for the U/V. just turn it on. You will know if it is working as a small LED light by the switch will illuminate.
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You can use the white light. It looks cool on many of the settings. Really makes the other things in the tank "pop" like the colored rocks. If you would like me to send you a picture of the lighted tank on my favorite setting let me know.
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The 18" model works perfectly on a Fluval Spec V. You can keep the stock lid, just remove the stock light.