T8 compatible LEDs

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T8 compatible LEDs

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Hey, this is interesting:

Any thoughts on how this would do over a planted tank?

http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo ... oduct/870/
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My thought ... It's $70 and only 1600 lumen. $/Lumen, that actually makes it fairly expensive, as LEDs go.
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I agree or at least from my experience that light would be good on a 29 gallon tank at best, so you would need several on a larger tank.

What size is your tank?
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I've used a different T8 LED light in the past in a typical shop light, and didn't contain any white light so the plants looks brown/reddish. The cool white one should grow plants, but you'd want to get one, and measure the PAR at different distances to determine how suitable it really would be.
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I'd be likely to try it in one of the shop lights over my 33 long, or my 55.
150EH wrote:I agree or at least from my experience that light would be good on a 29 gallon tank at best, so you would need several on a larger tank.

What size is your tank?
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They definately work but some of them are a little on the weak side. The smaller screw in bulbs (LED) are a great idea but you would need at least 4 of them on a 10 gallon tank to get enough light, so I think the 4 foot tube will work but even with 2 of them you may have to run a second light fixture if you tank is deep or if you have plants that require high light.

The 33 long sounds like a shallow tank which makes it a perfect canidate for these lights.
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