light recomendations for fowlr

Stroja62 · Sep 30, 2020

hi all,

i am running a 75g fowlr and i want to upgrade from my marine land strip lights. i want to order 2 ai hydra 32 or 2 kessil 360 tuna sun. i did however find the fluval marine 3.0 locally. it is the only marine lighting i can get locally.

so my question is would the fluval be enough or should i order one of the others. and will the ai or kessil be too strong?

Doctorgori · Sep 30, 2020

Go AI ,,, May as well get a bonafied Reef light, but just get one instead of 2 ....never know, may reserve the option to upgrade to a reef tank later

nereefpat · Oct 1, 2020

Stroja62 said:
so my question is would the fluval be enough or should i order one of the others. and will the ai or kessil be too strong?

The Fluval 3.0 will be just fine for a FOWLR. Get the 4 foot 59 watt one. That being said, if you want corals eventually, the fixture is only 59 watts of LED, it won't work well.

AI and Kessil won't be too strong, since you can dim them. It's just up to you if you want to spend the extra money and if you may want corals in the future.

southerntnreefer · Oct 1, 2020

If its going to be fish only, and never have any corals, any full spectrum led will work and make it so you can see your fish and not cost you a fortune.

Stroja62 · Oct 5, 2020

nereefpat said:
The Fluval 3.0 will be just fine for a FOWLR. Get the 4 foot 59 watt one. That being said, if you want corals eventually, the fixture is only 59 watts of LED, it won't work well.

AI and Kessil won't be too strong, since you can dim them. It's just up to you if you want to spend the extra money and if you may want corals in the future.

i have gone with 2 ai prime 16 as i will be doing zoanthids