I have a 150 gal that is 28" deep. Will this LED penetrate that deep for a planted aquarium? Or should I use a T5 lighted system?
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I have a 55 gallon 25" deep and have had the light for over a year I think and the plants are flourishing. Great light as far as I'm concerned. The light itself is 48" the legs can extend out, but the edges of your tank will be dark if the tank is more than 48" long.
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It depends on what you are using it to grow. For low light plants like java fern, anubius, crypts, vals, and some swords YES it will work in a tank that deep. But any medium to high light plants you will have to get 2 of these lights. Or get one planted + and one ray2.
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I would think no, its not as intense of an LED as some brands like USA Satalite+, or ones that can be made at buildmyLED dot com, the light will be much weaker the farther you get from the source, your lower sections will ultimately be starved of lights. Over an aquarium, at 2 feet below it, its barely giving off "low light" so unless you have a short vertical garden and only growing low light plants.. I'd recommend you look into another brand. Just to be clear, this is all speculation based on experiences using these for aquariums. I have no experience with vertical gardens and this light to give first hand knowledge.
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Low like, easy corals. You should look at getting the 48-60" version or finding another light that uses true 5w leds.
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Well, the great thing about this light is, it can be adjusted. You can adjust the light spectrum to your liking as well as, the light intensity. For that size tank all you would have to do is have the light intensity not so high. Overall, I think it'll be just fine for that size tank. This is a great lightning system and so far I love how it looks on my tank, which is a 20 gallon tall tank. Hope this helped. :)
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The FugeRay2 may work, but Finnex makes another light that is expressly intended for your use. I currently have a Finnex Ray2 light that works very well on my 90 gallon (a bit over 25" deep) for plants on the bottom of the tank.
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I can't find a chart specifically for the Planted+ but from what I've read the Planted+ series sits roughly between the FugeRAY and Finnex RAY II for PAR output. I have the 36" Planted+ Fixture and it works great for most plants. It does a good job of bringing the reds out in my shrimp as well. I would say one fixture puts out medium lighting. Here's a graph for both models in the 36" length: http://i46.tinypic.com/20k41uv.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/14wsrcx.jpg I also found this PAR data for a 24" Planted+ fixture: 3": 185 6": 117 9": 88 12": 61 15": 45
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I have 2 48"-60" on my 90 gal discus tank and I love them, I would recommend 2 or 3 for your planted 125gal tank, depending on how bright you want it.
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Yes. I have mine about 2 inches above the tank, with a 24 inch high tank. I get about 35 PAR light intensity. With it on a 18 inch high tank you should get about 50-60 PAR, which is medium to high light, if not high light. If you have aquatic plants in the aquarium you will need to use pressurized CO2 or you will most likely have problems with algae.
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Hello, I am not sure about the Stingray but I am using the Planted + on my 55 Gal. and it keeps my plants looking healthy. You may want to purchase the Planted+, the light output may be different.
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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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Depends on how wide your tank is. The light will only expand to reach over 60". However the light itself is only 48" wide. I do have the same light over my corals and they seem to love it. I definitely love and recomend the light
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Shouldn't be an issue at all. My Oceanic tank is deeper and I found this light to be brighter than the original fluorescent light bar. Plus with this light, you get two settings... Bright white, and a lower setting as well.
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Roger on the light that I got in the directions it says one light is good for 60 gallons and on the tank size that they give for each light is 36inches , so I would guess that one light is good if you are doing soft corals . I know for me this light is fantastic all of my corals are doing fine under this light they open fully and seem to like it. I'm doing 50% blue and about 30% white on a 30 gallon tank.
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I have a wood canopy over my tank. I rested the light on the top of the tank itself so it sits 3-4" above the water. The light comes with metal legs that adjust to fit different length tanks. My canopy has a portion of the tank top that is inside the canopy to rest the light on. With a little creativity, the light should be able to be mounted inside the canopy. Don't forget to avoid using mettalic parts that may contaminate your water. I have had very good results with corals under this light. I replaced MH lighting with this LED fixture and my corals have been happy and propogating rapidly. My rookie reeftank includes, Zooanthids, Mushrooms, Zenia, and Goniapora. Most corals started as frags. The Zoo's grew from a quarter size to about 4" spread, Mushrooms started as one individual and is now five mushrooms, Zenia went from a dime size to about 6" spread, and Goniapora is still healthy. Good luck!
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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!
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Ahhh... I'm not sure since my aquarium is quite small (20 gallons), that's why it's worked well for me. I imagine for that size of aquarium you would require a lot of these LED light in order to fulfill your light needs for that size tank. But that also depends on the dimensions of your tank. If it's not that deep (24 inches in height or less), then these lights will do well. But I suggest you research other LED lights before buying this, and you get others opinions. Hope this helps.