Led Grow Light for Refugium?

reefertank · Apr 11, 2018

Well the title says it all lol. Here is the link to the light I am thinking about?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IVQ96KY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_4uQZAbJGMHHDR

reefertank · Apr 11, 2018

reefertank said:
Well the title says it all lol. Here is the link to the light I am thinking about?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IVQ96KY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_4uQZAbJGMHHDR

Oh and it's a 10 gallon external refugium connected to the sump.

Gungo · Apr 11, 2018

To be honest, your algae will grow with any light you provide.
I was using the eBay UFO light for few months and it worked awesome but I was to the point that I need to trim my chaeto almost every week, so changed to AI prime HD with 6500k color. but even the prime on low light its growing my chaeto like weed!
feel free to choose any, there is no best light, they all will do the job!

Chef Tommy · Apr 19, 2018

I agree with any grow light too. I chose a led bulb for clamp on housing simply because of the ease of installation.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B076ZNKDJ8?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_yo_pop_mb_pd_t2

NinnJinn · Apr 19, 2018

I went with the same thing just grabbing a light bulb off of Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/TaoTronics-L...op?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref=yo_pop_d_pd_title

beaslbob · Apr 19, 2018

ebay has 53W round lights for $13 or so.

FWIW I got a light very similar to the oune you linked and it worked perfectly over my refugium. But then the refugium part of the sump is smaller than a 10g and the light was an almost exact fit. Even our local aquarium maintenance team was impressed with the light.

my .02

Shooter6 · Apr 19, 2018

Im glad you asked your question, ive been looking at the ebay ufo light. I saw someone posted about how well it works, so we both got great info from your post!

cracker · Apr 19, 2018

I'm using a nova Ever Grow refugium light. Works very well for me

Shooter6 · Apr 19, 2018

I have the zetlight 36 inch 6800 mcraven with apex over my refugeum. It has liverock sand and eventually ill ad frags to grow out. I have a big chunk of cheato in there too. Im thinking about moving the cheato to a different chamber though and using one of those grow lights i feed my tank one frozen cube of misis 2 times a day and a pinch of marine flake once a day. I dont have a lot in fish so theres always leftover food. Crabs shrinp ect dont get it all. Between my skimmer and cheato i am at 0 to almost 0 like you.