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    Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

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    Hi everyone,

    I did a search on the forums and most people talk of LED lighting for small tanks. I have just got a heavily planted 30cm cube tank and currently using a 2 clip on lights (one 15watt CF and one cheap LED light set) . Some of my plants like the hair grass are browning, thinking of getting a single good light to replace them both.

    Plants include the following:-

    Glosso,
    japanese hair grass
    spiky moss on driftwwod
    dwaft lily
    banana plant
    Val contortionist
    Nana 'petite'
    Willow moss
    US fisidden.

    Any light recommendations for good growth? Currently using pressurized CO2 system and cooler fan. Water temp keeps around 26 - 27 degrees. Heading down to seaview or NA shortly recommendations are greatly welcomed!

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    Re: Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

    Hi, you may want to look at mine here:

    http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...7-year-hiatus-)

    This LED lamp has 3 bulbs of 3W each, and is very bright. It also has telescopic arms which you can adjust the height, as well as how much you want to extend the lamp. It is bright enough for most of the light demanding plants. As you can see from the pics in the thread, the harigrass is growing quite fast and has cover almost every corner of the tank after about 3-4 weeks of planting.

    However, this is not cheap though. I bought it at Green Chapter.

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    Re: Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

    Thanks for the reply. I picked up a UP Aqua pro Z series-10. Got some pearling! Happy!!

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    Re: Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

    any pictures of your up aqua pro z series, and the pearling?

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    Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

    Nice! You're using two lights cos the lights cannot reach the back?


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    Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

    I think if I place the light in the center it will be alright but I pushed it further to the front as I want the maximum light intensity for the carpeting plants. As a result the background gets shadowed so I placed a CF light there. Heard LED not as good for moss so hopefully it benefits the moss wall at the back

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    Re: Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

    Just got one set for myself for my heavily planted tank. Any updates on your tank with this LED light?

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    Re: Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

    I actually found that with the up aqua pro z series, my glosso's still grew upwards rather than carpet. I have switched to a beamworks Evo 12. Getting a better carpeting effect now.

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    Re: Recommendation needed for 30cm lighting for heavily planted cube tank

    how much does it cost for the beamworks evo 12 ? any picture ?
    i like the design on the pro-z , especially the light stand is sort of transparent

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