Lighting for moss wall

[josephogk]

Not sure if anyone posted this question before, nonetheless would like to seek for some advices.

It's a known fact that LED lights have better penetration compared to T5/PL lights in terms of depth.

Question is, what about coverages to the sides (eg. Moss wall mounted on the sides of tank)

Do you think T5/PL lights has better coverage to the sides as compared to a single LED set?

[Urban Aquaria]

LED lights tend to have a more directional focus, i guess if you want wider coverage (ie. more light bleed/spread to the sides), T5/PL might be better... though alternatively, you could also direct the LED lights towards the moss wall to light it too.

[josephogk]

Bingo. actually that's what I observed too while using leds on my moss wall. Just wondering if I should do an experiment using t5/pl lights


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[thebaldingaquarist]

because of the shape of the bulbs, its easier to spread light onto a wall using PL/T5/T8 bulbs.

but that does not mean you cannot use 10 parallel SMD LED threads and use a reflector to spread the light onto a wall. but that will be significantly more DIY involved.

[Urban Aquaria]

Hmmm.... actually an alternative is to look for those LED lights that are designed to be used in PL light casings, its has LEDs all over the tube which creates an omni-directional light spread, something like this:



Photo from Google Images.

Kinda looks like a corn cob... but it should have similar light spread as PL bulbs when used in a light casing with reflectors.