Lighting a 125 Gallon?

[ragin_cajun]

I'm looking for a light fixture to plant a 125 Gallon tank, 72x18x24. I want to grow Vallisneria, Anubias, Echinodoris, Java Fern. Aquatic Life 72" T5HO fixture has 6 or 8 lights. That's for Saltwater, right? I don't need 6 lights for this do I? Is there a T8 fixture that would work? CF? LED maybe?

 

[ragin_cajun]

Looking around a little more...here's what I really want. I'd like a programmable LED fixture that has enough 6500K light to put me in Medium PAR light range, and also a strip or two of lights that are ideal for showing fish colors, too. That way I can run the "grow light" strips for 6 hours a day, and the other lights for the remaining 6-8 hours a day. Daytime when I'm not home, the grow lights are growing plants. Afternoon and night, they shut off and the display lights come so I can have best light for looking at fish. All of this programmable. How much would that cost me?

 

[jeremoose]

Depends of you're good at DIYing or not. An LED setup like that just bought from the store would be at a minimun 500 bucks.

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[LS2012]

Current USA and Finnex are both coming out with new planted tank led lights really soon.

Current is also releasing a Ramp timer pro that would definitely be worth considering. http://www.current-usa.com/product-sneak-peek

There's also http://www.buildmyled.com

Each have great customer service and prices won't break the bank. I have the Current Sat+ on my low tech 110. Hope this helps

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[ragin_cajun]

UPS just delivered my Finnex Ray 2's today. Yep--they're brighter.... So I put the 25 watt T8's that came with the tank in a closet, set the timer for 9 hours.


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[wrslrcichlid]

Ragin_cajun, I was wondering if you could give a bit more information on what you got for your 125g (which Finnex Ray II, length, how many, etc.), and maybe a bit of a product review?

I have two 125g tanks that I need lights for, and the Finnex is one of my frontrunners.

 

[lowe]

Here's a photo of the Finnex RAY2DS on a 120g. For color I would go with the Finnex MonsterRAY.