Josh Harrington
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- 21 Oct 2013
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Hi
Been hiding in the shadows for a while but finally decided to sign up to this useful forum. Afraid my first post is a question...
MTS has kicked in again and ordered another tank, this time an ADA 60p (60x30x36cm) so I've been researching lighting options for it.
I've looked in MH but this tank will be in the bedroom so I don't really want the heat they give of, plus the running costs.
All my tanks so far have been powered by t5's so that's my first viable option, a 2x24w t5 setup for the tank. But ideally I'd like to use LED's as I do think they're the future for aquarium lighting.
So I've looked into them but most successful cases I've seen have been from America so the Finnex units and similar they use aren't available in the UK.
From what I've read the fluval aqua life LED seems pretty low light, I intend to carpet this tank probably with HC or similar so this light won't be sufficient.
I've come across the grobeam 600's and the classica LED over tank luminaire but know little about them.
So I'm wondering what other people would do in my situation?
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Josh
Been hiding in the shadows for a while but finally decided to sign up to this useful forum. Afraid my first post is a question...
MTS has kicked in again and ordered another tank, this time an ADA 60p (60x30x36cm) so I've been researching lighting options for it.
I've looked in MH but this tank will be in the bedroom so I don't really want the heat they give of, plus the running costs.
All my tanks so far have been powered by t5's so that's my first viable option, a 2x24w t5 setup for the tank. But ideally I'd like to use LED's as I do think they're the future for aquarium lighting.
So I've looked into them but most successful cases I've seen have been from America so the Finnex units and similar they use aren't available in the UK.
From what I've read the fluval aqua life LED seems pretty low light, I intend to carpet this tank probably with HC or similar so this light won't be sufficient.
I've come across the grobeam 600's and the classica LED over tank luminaire but know little about them.
So I'm wondering what other people would do in my situation?
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Josh