Does the light with this aquarium really support live plant growth? If so, what light range is it for freshwater plant selection (low/medium)?
1783440
The light on this aquarium will support live plant growth somewhat yes. It will not be really bright to encourage vigorous growth.
610459
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
1122398
I have a 60 inch 110 gallona q and have one on mine. It gives off bright light....my tank does not have live plants... So may want to be sure this is the right light for live plants.
1967385
We have both this light and a grow light and the plants in our tank are doing beautifully. Plus, we cut our electricity bill by more than 65%. We used to have two grow lights, but we are very happy with this set-up now. Hope this helps.
1027837
iIt would depend on the type of coral you plan to grow, I'm not an expert but I know certain corals require more lighting than others. I have a 40 Gal. bow tank and only one light and doing ok with it.
1561996
The light characteristics of this bulb are very similar to the full-spectrum lights I use on my planted freshwater aquarium. I would expect that this bulb's intensity and color temperature would be excellent for indoor plants. Hope this helps!
1256498
I have a couple low-light plants in it and they do ok- I get some light from a window a little ways away, but not a lot. I wouldn't get anything that requires a decent amount of light unless you have good lighting coming from a window etc as well. I also don't have algae problems, but I have some small snails too.My light actually still works, I've had it like a year and use the light every day. I did change the filter and am much happier with a different filter.
1256500
It really depends on the type of plants you are trying to grow. Almost any tank can support live plants and this is no different. As long as you have sufficient light and nutrients this tank will do give for most live plants.
1627915
I have the same tank, with CO2 I run it for 4 on, 1 off, 4 on, and I keep the blue turned off. It is also off center so I cast a shadow past my drift wood for a med-low light area. With these lights I have to dose with fert like twice a week to keep up. Hope you've got lots of plants. With this light I have micro swords and dwarf baby tears growing, and some s. repens is thriving. For some reason though I can not get any species of java fern to grow it just sort of hangs on.
1967383
Although this light is visually bright, my (low light) plants continually degraded after switching to this light from a standard 30" T8 hood. I now use it on a tank without live plants, and am pleased with the overall light output. I have one additional ColorMax light tube installed in mine. I would recommend an additional light for live plant growth.
1499294
Yes, I have had live aquatic plants in my tank for a couple years. I have the light on a couple hours a day during the week about probably close to 8 hours a day during the weekend. I actually had an aquatic plant that died and a few months later the same plant grew back in the place the old plant was at. Let me know if you need any more information. I have had bamboo and also these plants: http://www.petsmart.com/fish/live-plants/top-fin-plant-bulbs-zid36-15175/cat-36-catid-300070?var_id=36-15175&_t=pfm%3Dcategory I'm assuming the other person who responded to your question has not had live plants in their tank.
1257179
Don't go with the plant+... that's for planted tanks... makes the fish look a little worse... and doesn't give the corals the type of light they need. If your corals are low-light tolerant (mushroom anemones, etc.) or don't require any light whatsoever (such as sun polyps or gorgonians) you'll be fine. The light is so bright (for its size) you MIGHT even get away with large-poly stony corals and any other softies. If, however, your corals require relatively high amounts of light, this light might not be sufficient. Or you might need to put two of them in tandem.
2224803
The only thing that really made a difference in the light quality is the height of the tank. I bought this light for a 45 gallon and it looked too weak, but put it on a 30 gallon and it looks great. Very natural, not super bright. The blue/moon light however is still too dark, but I think it always looked that way to me.
1967387
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.
1343432
Well its not giving us much information about spectrum but lumen level seems a bit lower then I would like, Using a fixture like this then I would stick to low to medium light level plants, if the mediums die out then you know you need to stick with low light level plants like java fern and anubias. Also depends on how deep of a tank you have. Try a few listed above, Would not buy a lot to try as they might end up dead.
1516144
Yea for sure I'm using one light fixture on my 90 gallon tall tank which has a similar footprint with a 40 gallon breeder. 36 inch long 18 inch wide and 32 inches tall. The light is plenty strong make sure you hang it a east 12 inches from top of the water to get good light dispersal for a three foot tank. Also takes some careful aqua scaping so you don't get any shadows on the side. Mine looks like a volcano very high in the middle and slopes down on both sides so as not creating casting almost any shadows. I run it at almost 80-90 percent and eveif I ran two I would probably not have aqua scales this way but I like the look and my coral in the bottom sandbed are getting enough light. I get ton of coralline algae on the sides of the tank so I am pretty confident the light is spreading enough. I don't have a gazillion corals so I did not see the need for more than one light and having one now I can definitely see that I can surely add more in the future without any problems. I am even having luck with sps corals so this is the real deal! You will definitely not be able to run them up that high intensity since the breeder is so much more of a shallow tank but that's good because you will be saving on electricity, also another reason I ran one light... Make sure you a climate your corals from very little light these lights are super powerful!
1688781
The unit is a plant grow light--it mimics the spectrum of light needed by plants--more of a daylight bulb--specific to plants and aquariums. Hope this helps