Aquabeam Led Lights

[kennygater]

hi has anyone tried useing the aquabeam led lights yet for plants? i had a twin one in my trigon 190 one blue one white and they was fine but will they be ok for plants?

 

[RadaR]

They're fine to use.
George Farmer used them in a tank that he did for PFK.
Originally he went with the Natural Daylight strip but found them to be too brown. Soon after he switched to Marine White.

 

[kennygater]

They're fine to use.
George Farmer used them in a tank that he did for PFK.
Originally he went with the Natural Daylight strip but found them to be too brown. Soon after he switched to Marine White.

yeah thats what mine are marine white and marine blue, what copy of pfk was it? i dont remember seeing it, im just wondering if 2 is enough for the trigon?
thanks

 

[RadaR]

It was all online and unfortunatly it has all been lost since PFK got hacked.
Is two enough? Well, it depends what your goal is. Do you aim to provide CO2 injection? Are you after a high tech fast growing planted tank or a low tech slow growing planted tank?

 

[kennygater]

It was all online and unfortunatly it has all been lost since PFK got hacked.
Is two enough? Well, it depends what your goal is. Do you aim to provide CO2 injection? Are you after a high tech fast growing planted tank or a low tech slow growing planted tank?

im going to start of with a low tech, im also using the sump as it is already there but not to sure what to have in the sump? im not sure about the co2, i used co2 before but it was just a hagen diy one which was more of a pain to be honest.

 

[RadaR]

In the sump I'd have filter floss and ceramic noodles. If it was high-tech then I'd also have Zeo-carb and Purigen.
DIY CO2 wouldn't be good on a tank this size as it would most likely result in unstable CO2 levels that would cause algae. Must have been a pain.
If you're not keen on adding CO2, then I would only have one aquabeam unit over the trigon190. In combination with a good fertiliser and liquid carbon product, you could grow a suprisingly good amount of plants. Feel free to get two units just in case you want to go high-tech (in which case you will need gaseous Co2 injection), however if you do then I would add a lot of floating plants until you can get the CO2 kit.

 

[kennygater]

In the sump I'd have filter floss and ceramic noodles. If it was high-tech then I'd also have Zeo-carb and Purigen.
DIY CO2 wouldn't be good on a tank this size as it would most likely result in unstable CO2 levels that would cause algae. Must have been a pain.
If you're not keen on adding CO2, then I would only have one aquabeam unit over the trigon190. In combination with a good fertiliser and liquid carbon product, you could grow a suprisingly good amount of plants. Feel free to get two units just in case you want to go high-tech (in which case you will need gaseous Co2 injection), however if you do then I would add a lot of floating plants until you can get the CO2 kit.

well i already have the lights as i did have it set up as a marine tank before, what are noodles? i was thinking of getting the d&d presure co2 later, is that any good? what will the floating plants do just out of intrerest?
thanks

 

[RadaR]

They are these sorts of things.

The D&D kit is great. I have their regulator. Cheaper and just as efficient to do this though.

More light (intensity not duration) means you need to add more Co2. If you block out light using floating plants then the CO2 demand is not as much for the non-floating plants. Just a method to cope with the excess light until you can get the pressurized Co2.

 

[kennygater]

They are these sorts of things.

The D&D kit is great. I have their regulator. Cheaper and just as efficient to do this though.

More light (intensity not duration) means you need to add more Co2. If you block out light using floating plants then the CO2 demand is not as much for the non-floating plants. Just a method to cope with the excess light until you can get the pressurized Co2.

oh i see, i think ill start of with one light then and build up from there. thanks for your advice