Just wondering how long you keep your light on for a planted aquarium? I have it on 20gallon. Thank you:)
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Depends on your tank, you may have to experiment with different times. Most fish and plants are tropical and come from equatorial regions so they can do up to 12 hours of light. But most do well with 10 hrs. Do some search on the plants you have in your tank, if they are low light plants, you can do something like 7 or 8 hours. Likewise, if they are high light plants do 11 hours. A good start would be anywhere from 8 to 10 hours. If you get too much algae you may need to reduce the light. Long answer, but i hope helped. :)
1764630
I own a 55gln. I leave the lights on full spectrum for 10 to 12 hrs. Plants are loving it!
1764631
8 to 10 hrs a day in normal, start with that and adjust if you start to have to much algae. Hope this helps
1256504
Also, my light burnt out and I haven't replaced it, but I keep the tank in a very well lit room, right by big windows, and the plants grow a lot. The filter is a problem - it's very strong for my fish and some of the plants have come up, but I wrapped a little bag around the bubbler and that's made it better.
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What everyone else has told you here is true. The only thing I would add is that you may want to play w/ the time in order to fine tune it. I have an 80gal. tank, & have it come on for 1.5hrs in the morning about 6am & again at 6pm. This satisfies all our needs for the day. If you have a cheaper rate at night, time it to come on for the amount of time you determine so that it goes off at the time the rate does too. If the heater is satisfied before the time is up, it won't be on anyway...Remember to reset the clock after a noticeable power outage however!!!
2065253
I would not recommend this light if you are looking for bright lighting. The light only focuses on the middle of the tank, leaving darker spots on the edge. My 10 gallon tank has this problem, where it is insufficient light.
414403
Yeah it is still working great, I am pretty satisfied with it. It lights up my 40 gallon aquarium great by itself. The mode button changes to some night modes with blue LEDs, also there is a couple storm modes that make the tank look like a lightning storm, kinda cool but I don't really use it. I usually just click the mode button before I go to bed and it puts it in a faint blue setting. Overall its a great fixture.
1858013
Nothing grows in my tank because of low light, regardless of this great substrate. Low light doesn't grow plants. This substrate isn't magical. I've never had algae to begin with, though. If you have a problem with it currently, then you may still have that problem after changing your substrate. This wont "create" algae problems, but it wont solve them either.
775225
I leave mine on my desk at work. While it's probably not optimal, the lights are on 24 hours a day there. I have not noticed any detrimental effects from this, but the booklet that if you see excessive algae growth then you should lessen the amount of light it is getting.
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They have a replacement light on Amazon...Marineland LED Aquarium Light. I have had to purchase two already. I find that if you keep it from getting wet, ie: put clear cellophane between it and the top of the aquarium then it does last. The second one I purchased is doing fine since it has not been getting wet.
1302520
This light should be more than sufficient for your purposes. It is very bright and works quite well for plants. I no longer have an aquarium, but last spring I set it up for our garden starters; the plants under this light did much better than those under an ordinary full-spectrum light. I hope this helps.
1760305
Now, do not quote me, but my long time friend has always had saltwater tanks and she says, she leaves the light on the blue side only at night when the moon phases 3 days before and 3 days after full moon and her reef critters love it. I have fresh water tanks and I think this might be a question for a shop. Most full blown aquarium places have salt water tanks. I have been very glad I purchased this model. Regularly buying new lamps for my hoods over the years has been very expensive. I think this is very money wise.
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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.
912925
No on/off switch comes with it. You could plug it into a power strip which has a switch though. 1 gallon might be too small for the intensity of the light. However, if you cover/mask the light well enough, it would be pretty cool. I say go for it, and get creative with disguising the light. Your tank will still pretty much be fully lit...could be kind of cool or even creepy depending on how you do it.
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The light that comes with it is too weak for any but low-light plants. My tank is by a window, though, and I do use a weekly carbon supplement, Seachem's Flourish Excel. I have anubias, cardamine lyrata, and an unknown vine in there now, and they grow so quickly I am constantly pruning!
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If you are doing a reef tank, I would go with 2 units, if its just saltwater fish with artificial plants and stuff, you could probably get away with 1 unit. I am looking to maybe upgrade to something like that, I have looked at a 47 Gallon bowfront, and would add another unit, and maybe play around with lowering the light level, or cutting back the white LED levels some. Under full blue LED's only, everything in my tank takes on completely different colors, and glows a bright blue, pretty cool at night sometimes.
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Lights function great. Like any other similar unit I have tried at the bottom of a 75 gallon tank, the airstone tends to clog thereby steadily reducing air flow. I personally went to a separate airstone. Might work fine in a 20 gal where it's not as deep or if installed close to surface. Much better than any of the Marineland products I have tried. Hope this helps.
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The daylight bulb is 10kk the night one I don't recall, I can tell you I had this on a 90 gallon aquarium and it lit the tank very well for my needs, I would hesitate to use this if you have live plants in your aquarium though.
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I had a couple of live plants in one of these, they lasted for a couple of months each. Plants do better with flourescent lighting but then so does algae and stuff. I really liked this tank and it's LED lighting. Mine got knocked over and I had to buy something else locally. But would prefer to buy another of these.