Is this light good enough for salt water tank?

[Nosaj82]

As the title says.

Powerful, energy-efficient LED Strip light (8000K, 1470 lumens)

This is the stock lighting that came with my fluval 45 gallon.

Currently have live rock and sand, 3 fish, two crabs, star fish and 1 anemone. No coral yet....... lol.

New to this hobby and not sure if this is the correct lighting.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Kershaw]

If that light can keep that nem alive it should grow coral. How long has that nem been in there?

 

[Nosaj82]

When you "Nem" do you mean anemone? If so it's been in there about a month now.

 

[Kershaw]

Yes nem is short for anemone. Can you post a picture of light and of nem.

 

[Kershaw]

Dose the nem look the same as it did in the store you got it from

 

[Nosaj82]

Sorry lol. Newbie here. Hope these pics help

 

[Kershaw]

To be honest I don't know how well that will grow coral. But your nem looks pretty good. Maybe others can let you know more

 

[Nosaj82]

Thanks kershaw. I think I will be upgrading just not sure to what yet

 

[Kershaw]

If your on a budget look at ocean revive.

 

[Roy 9121]

I'm no expert on lighting, but i think 8000k is to low. Probably not to bad to start off with, but I'd save up for something better. What size is your tank? Demension?

 

[Frop]

As the title says.

Powerful, energy-efficient LED Strip light (8000K, 1470 lumens)

This is the stock lighting that came with my fluval 45 gallon.

Currently have live rock and sand, 3 fish, two crabs, star fish and 1 anemone. No coral yet....... lol.

New to this hobby and not sure if this is the correct lighting.

Thanks in advance.

Usually they use more blue (16,000k, 20,000k+). Maybe a refugium would use 4,000-5,400. Freshwater planted is at 6,700. A brighter freshwater light might be 10,000k. My brain never deals in lumens but lux is the amount of lumens concentrated in one area. So if that light is distributing the light everywhere appose to focusing it straight down it wouldn't be as strong also. But I think our house lights are around 900 lumens so I can't imagine it being all too strong. I'm going to venture to say you should replace that light. Just save it for a quarantine tank or something. The corals and fish will look better with the higher kelvin. Plus the lower color will give more algae (from the red. hints why they use the lower in the refugium that grows algae).

 

[Nosaj82]

Thanks again for all the great feedback. Will be hitting up the LFS this weekend to see what they have.

 

[Reef2zach]

I think everyone on here will agree with the old saying "you get what you pay for" when it comes to equipment, lights aren't an exception to this rule sadly. I think kessil makes a pretty affordable led called the tuna blue. I'd look into that for a tank that size