Best affordable lighting for a 6 foot tank?? any help?

[Evz jardini]

I have two 36'' ones. Def go with the 72''. I have to stagger mine. Or keep them right next to each other and one leg is always falling off one side ha. Its annoying

If I go with two 24" ones instead of a 60" for my 5ft tank would there be a blind spot of light in the middle where they meet or do you think it would cover the majority of my tank ? Anyone ? Its 2ft deep
I'm thinking the evo series as I would like to try a few plants to keep nitrates down in my tank that is if they don't get shredded to bits , I'm presuming the double bright fixtures don't grow plants only light the tank ?
Any help is appreciated as I don't want to rush into buying them

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[ragin_cajun]

What is the "color" of the light emitted? 6500 K will grow plants. 10,000 K not so good. See if you can find data from mfr. on PAR values for that light at various depths.


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[adixon816]

What is the "color" of the light emitted? 6500 K will grow plants. 10,000 K not so good. See if you can find data from mfr. on PAR values for that light at various depths.


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Usually you will find LED power from them and spectrum there is a good post in the planted section on calculating PAR.

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