Best sub 100$ light for small tank!

[oreo57]

The MicMol arrived today, less than a week from China! I'm really pleased with it.
Out of the box the build quality feels lovely. Everything is anodised aluminium. the mount is nice and high so it gives a very good spread of light.

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The setup was very easy (which surprised me). And the app seems feature rich. You can specify the power and timing of each of the four channels independently. Has a few extra features like lunar cycles, thunderstorms, cloud cover etc.



The red channel is very deep


I'm a novice when it comes to plants, so dont really know the names of any I have (surprisingly they are are doing quite well).
With the old lights I couldn't tell this plant had a pink/red tinge to it.

Is the first shot with everything at 100%?

660nm red photographs poorly..

Anyways you might want to be careful with the overall intensity..

 

[Nick9one1]

The first shot is at 60% with red at 100%
Thank you, I'll keep an eye on it.

 

[Andy Pierce]

@Nick9one1 can the light be controlled with an external timer? In other words, if the light loses power (due to the external timer or other power failure) and then gets power back, does the light turn back on by itself and resume what it was doing or does it need to be reset?

 

[Nick9one1]

Hi, if I pull the plug and leave it out 5 mins, then plug it back in, the light turns on and resumes whatever state/time it was previously in.

 

[Nick9one1]

It's not even been a week since I swapped lights, and plants already seem to be doing better.

This is a before and after of the same plant. The tips have become a lot more pink/red.

Before


After

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

After

That gourami looks like he wants to fight me.

 

[Nick9one1]

That gourami looks like he wants to fight me.

He loves getting in the pictures