A lot of you obviously know I'm working on perfecting my heavily planted/high tech 40b w/ a juvy piranha, breeding guppies, bamboo/ghost shrimp.
I know old school guys swear by tubes or cfls but with the advances in leds lately I'm sold on this fixture. It has 512 leds that include 5 different spectrum's, very slim and sleek! I damn near blinded my girlfriend and I when I tested it out!
I use to have 2x 36watt 6500k cfl's and one T8 GE floramax 24" tube, it grew my plants ok but with the addition of co2 injection I just some think the light isnt cutting it. I contemplated some T5ho fixtures but I don't like the bulb replacement every 9-12 months and power consumption.
The hagen fixture http://m.petco.com/product/122154/F...-Plant-LED-Aquarium-Lamp.aspx#description-tab comes with a 5 year warranty and has a 50,000 hour guarantee which equates to 5.7 years @24 hour/day of lighting, BUT @ 8 hours/day of lighting this fixture will last 17.1 years!!!!! This is debatable and I will be a shrivelled old man when I can truthfully say it lasted 17 years but either way the idea of NEVER replacing a bulb and using only 35watts is rad!
Here is the fixture out of the box:
My tank before:
After:
Just a few timers for solenoid, bubbler, lights, diffuser etc lol
Had to make a custom Aluminum bracket siliconed to the brace because my ac110 is mounted on the opposite side, turned out great:
Night light, too bright for my tank tho:
Hope you enjoyed and will update the progress of the plants with the new fixture, hopefully I will incur some positive results and great growth whilst save $$ on my power bill
Thanks for looking! Cheers:beer:
×Go S Vettel #1 Infiniti Redbull! 3x WDC!!!×
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Cheap way to decrease nitrates and keep your fish healthy: http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504763
I know old school guys swear by tubes or cfls but with the advances in leds lately I'm sold on this fixture. It has 512 leds that include 5 different spectrum's, very slim and sleek! I damn near blinded my girlfriend and I when I tested it out!
I use to have 2x 36watt 6500k cfl's and one T8 GE floramax 24" tube, it grew my plants ok but with the addition of co2 injection I just some think the light isnt cutting it. I contemplated some T5ho fixtures but I don't like the bulb replacement every 9-12 months and power consumption.
The hagen fixture http://m.petco.com/product/122154/F...-Plant-LED-Aquarium-Lamp.aspx#description-tab comes with a 5 year warranty and has a 50,000 hour guarantee which equates to 5.7 years @24 hour/day of lighting, BUT @ 8 hours/day of lighting this fixture will last 17.1 years!!!!! This is debatable and I will be a shrivelled old man when I can truthfully say it lasted 17 years but either way the idea of NEVER replacing a bulb and using only 35watts is rad!
Here is the fixture out of the box:
My tank before:
After:
Just a few timers for solenoid, bubbler, lights, diffuser etc lol
Had to make a custom Aluminum bracket siliconed to the brace because my ac110 is mounted on the opposite side, turned out great:
Night light, too bright for my tank tho:
Hope you enjoyed and will update the progress of the plants with the new fixture, hopefully I will incur some positive results and great growth whilst save $$ on my power bill
Thanks for looking! Cheers:beer:
×Go S Vettel #1 Infiniti Redbull! 3x WDC!!!×
__________________________________________________________________
Cheap way to decrease nitrates and keep your fish healthy: http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504763
