SAF Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hi everyone, I'm thinking of purchasing a decent led light for my 30L cube tank. I found one that has 4x 15000k white light and 3x blue led. I remember another member on here saying 6500k is good for plants. Currently in my tank i have a few bunches of java fern, 2 anubias and 2 ludwigia stems. Would the light spectrum be correct to keep the plants happy ? is it an overkill on lights? Here's a pic of it. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhong89 Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 (edited) 15000k is the colour of the light, anything over 10,000K is blue it's not possible to have 150000K and it's white. Also the number does not add together... maybe you have 3 5000K ones? Blue light are excellent for marine tanks for coral but normal tropical tanks would need white light coz it can't absorb the blue light as well Edited December 4, 2012 by Joan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAF Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 hmmm.. maybe i could get it for a marine tank then... Would it have any benefit for the plants seeing that they are only low light ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I would keep searching for LEDs that are around 6500K. I was under the impression there were people making them specifically for aquascapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Hey SAF Didn't u get some 6500K LED lights from me already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAF Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Hey yes I did, but they are playing up. The same issue with some of the lights not working and also now some times it never gets full strength and is very dimly lit. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Hmmm i see.. can you take a picture of how they are situated and where and so forth? Will send you some money as well so you can send them back and will send you a newer set if you wish at no extra cost?SAF i had this happen a few times in one of my experiments, if it is dimly lit it's mostly because it is constantly exposed to water vapour and that has caused the connectors to oxidise (rust) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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