DirtDiggler2823
If I can't break it, it doesn't exist
Anyone got a suggestion for a good LED bulb that i can get from Lowes or Home Depot for my refugium? I've seen a lot of threads but some are quite old, and mostly focus on the old CFL tech.
Cheap fuge light
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DirtDiggler2823
If I can't break it, it doesn't exist
You've had good results out of this one? Would a pair be too much for a refugium?
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Good to know. Thanks.
Forsaken77
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I have 2 options. How big is your area in the fuge?
I bought a submersible 6500K Marineland LED light that works excellent for all types of algae. 6500K seems to work better than those reddish grow bulbs, ime. The price doubled from when I bought it, now $45, and it's also 17" long. So you can actually float it diagonally on the water surface to fit the fuge area. It's an enclosed glass tube that you take out of the plastic housing.
Another is a Chinese brand, Mingdak, that is also a submersible light, is $11, and comes in sizes from 7 inches up. People actually complained because the light grew algae in their tank, lol.
They're meant as a supplemental light, but work great for growing algae. I took them out of the plastic housing, so it's just an LED tube (looks similar to a heater) and used a Zoo-Med Mag-clip to hold it onto the sump instead of the included suction cups.
Those Mag-Clips are awesome btw. They come with one magnet, but all different sized clips. I have a small clip holding a grounding rod, a larger one holding a heater, and another holding the temp probe for my temp controller. These are all things that had suction cups originally.
I bought a submersible 6500K Marineland LED light that works excellent for all types of algae. 6500K seems to work better than those reddish grow bulbs, ime. The price doubled from when I bought it, now $45, and it's also 17" long. So you can actually float it diagonally on the water surface to fit the fuge area. It's an enclosed glass tube that you take out of the plastic housing.
Another is a Chinese brand, Mingdak, that is also a submersible light, is $11, and comes in sizes from 7 inches up. People actually complained because the light grew algae in their tank, lol.
They're meant as a supplemental light, but work great for growing algae. I took them out of the plastic housing, so it's just an LED tube (looks similar to a heater) and used a Zoo-Med Mag-clip to hold it onto the sump instead of the included suction cups.
Those Mag-Clips are awesome btw. They come with one magnet, but all different sized clips. I have a small clip holding a grounding rod, a larger one holding a heater, and another holding the temp probe for my temp controller. These are all things that had suction cups originally.
Bazzar1986
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If Amazon is an option check out the LED Floodlights by Stasun.
They use Cree 6000k Led's and work great as a Fuge light.
They use Cree 6000k Led's and work great as a Fuge light.
tastyfish
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Go for a 6400k spectrum flood light, probably as good, if not better than the red/blue LED's. They will penetrate right to the bottom of an algae bed. Personally I use a 125w 6400K Hydroponic CFL grow light which has out performed every LED I have tried, but is large. As far as macro algae are concerned, fluorescent lighting is far superior to LED in my experience.
