New biocube LED lights. Will they work for coral?

[Wirehair]

The new biocubes are all LED lights. Will they work for corals?

 

[pdt7361]

They'll work okay for softies and some LPS...no SPS.

 

[Wirehair]

Thank you for the input. Are there any options to retro fit the hood. To accommodate sps's

 

[cmcoker]

Many options to retrofit a biocube. In no particular order, Nanobox, rapidled, and steves leds are three companies off the top of my head that I've heard good things about.
My buddy had a steves leds kit in a bc29, worked well looked nice, he had some easy Sps in there. He was also pretty lackadaisical about the tank. It ended up a gsp forest.

 

[Surfandturf]

Those stock biocube lights work surprisingly well for softies. In my biocube i grew some nice zoas, frogspawn , leathers, and acans. Hope that helps.

 

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You can always remove the hood and mount another light on top if you want, however if you must have the hood several lights can fit inside it with some modifications. I would recommend taking a look at our Nano Light WiFi, that would work well for a biocube.

 

[bassgod]

I modified 2x 8" reef brite leds into a bio cube and had great results