Hi all
Totally new to UKAPS, so please be gentle
Does anyone one have any experience with these Dennerle Tropical LED lights?
http://dennerle.com/en/products/aquarium/lighting/trocal-led/trocal-led
I'm looking to upgrade the light on my 60l cube as my current one doesn't seem to get enough penetration passed 35cm (currently use the 16 watt Wave-Point 6500k clamp-on). Every carpeting plant I have tried to grow just limps along, or dies. Even my stem plants (which are thriving) seem to lose most of their leaves passed 35cm of depth.......which isnt great when light to substrate is circa 46cm!
I dose ferts (currently using the Seachem range - N, P, K, Iron & Flourish......but will be moving to dry once my current stock runs out) and use liquid Co2.
I've contacted Dennerle who've been very responsive (kudos to them ) and theyve provided me with a nice chart showing lux and PPFD at varying submerged depths (all taken directly under the emitters) - however, the PPFD numbers (umol m²) seem a little low to me, once you hit 30+cm -especially on the Tropical 40 (the light which fits my tank).
Any and all opinions welcome - I just want a carpet and my other plants to thrive right to the bottom of their stem, not just the top 2/3's......
Totally new to UKAPS, so please be gentle
Does anyone one have any experience with these Dennerle Tropical LED lights?
http://dennerle.com/en/products/aquarium/lighting/trocal-led/trocal-led
I'm looking to upgrade the light on my 60l cube as my current one doesn't seem to get enough penetration passed 35cm (currently use the 16 watt Wave-Point 6500k clamp-on). Every carpeting plant I have tried to grow just limps along, or dies. Even my stem plants (which are thriving) seem to lose most of their leaves passed 35cm of depth.......which isnt great when light to substrate is circa 46cm!
I dose ferts (currently using the Seachem range - N, P, K, Iron & Flourish......but will be moving to dry once my current stock runs out) and use liquid Co2.
I've contacted Dennerle who've been very responsive (kudos to them ) and theyve provided me with a nice chart showing lux and PPFD at varying submerged depths (all taken directly under the emitters) - however, the PPFD numbers (umol m²) seem a little low to me, once you hit 30+cm -especially on the Tropical 40 (the light which fits my tank).
Any and all opinions welcome - I just want a carpet and my other plants to thrive right to the bottom of their stem, not just the top 2/3's......