Choosing a Light

[altums85]

Love the kessil lights cuz of the natural shimmering effect it gives off. But the colors are boring and doesn't bring out the colors in the fish. If u want nice shimmering effect kessil is the one. But if u want colors to come out. You're better off spending less and get led fixtures. But to me, T5s with some nice bulbs are the best for fish colors.

 

[Coot]

This is from a test that someone allegedly did independently. I found another that put it at 148. This would be at maximum output though, which is not the default setting. I did see another source that listed it lower, but didn’t give any details about methodology or what settings the light was on, or if a test was really conducted at all

Edit: Now that I think of it, I doubt this can be trusted at all. It doesn’t even say what size light they tested and on top of that I don’t know if adjusting all the spectrums to max is really a good idea or if it was just done to skew the numbers to look good

 

[phreeflow]

Well one thing is for sure, if you try the light and your plants don’t thrive, you could always add another. Also, these tests have many variables…whether you’re tank has a lid or not, the clarity of the water the light is passing through, etc.

 

[Coot]

Yeah, that’s about where I’m at right now. I’ll just have to pick one to try and go from there. Think I’m going to turn it into a temperate tank with fish that don’t really jump, so should be able to get away with no lid. Thanks for all the help

 

[Coot]

Side note, I keep limia nigrofasciata in one of my tanks. They shimmer like mad under even my cheap lights. I bet they would look unreal under those tuna sun lights