Fish tank lights recommendation
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Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
Any lighting will do. If you don't plan on growing anything specific any cheap hood will do it.
If the room is well lit and you aren't growing anything you don't need a light at all.
If the room is well lit and you aren't growing anything you don't need a light at all.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
If your water quality is bad or you're new to the hobby lower lighting is best. You can put a peacock under metal halides if you wanted too as long as the water quality was matching that of an SPS reef and their burrow is properly built.
A happy healthy stomatopod isn't letting anything grow on it.
A happy healthy stomatopod isn't letting anything grow on it.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
I'm not familiar with much outside of aquarium brands but I don't see why those wouldn't work!
Maybe a little bright though..like light up your whole room maybe. Might just have to wait and see them lit yourself. I'm no expert when it comes to DIY or non-aquarium specifide equiptment.
Maybe a little bright though..like light up your whole room maybe. Might just have to wait and see them lit yourself. I'm no expert when it comes to DIY or non-aquarium specifide equiptment.
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Fartin'Gary
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Beamswork LED's are a knock off of the Marineland LED's but you get more bang for the buck. They with grow some soft low light stuff like capnella and some polyps but are not strong enough for anything else. It's got a moonlight setting too.
Look on here or Ebay. They are pretty good for the price. http://www.aquatraders.com/LED-Aquarium-Lighting-s/22.htm
Look on here or Ebay. They are pretty good for the price. http://www.aquatraders.com/LED-Aquarium-Lighting-s/22.htm
Islandoftiki
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No salt water tank is cheap to set up.
ArmasCG
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Unless you are planning to grow anything in the tank just about any or no lighting will do. The only lighting I have over my G. ternatensis tank is a desk lamp with a fluorescent bulb, and a couple of small marineland led strips that I got for free because some of the LED's are burned out. The mantis couldn't care less and she is the only thing besides prey that lives in the tank.
Kharn
MANTISMAN
Kharn
MANTISMAN
Probably a fire starter or risky piece of equipment....
I would never recommend 'cheap' lights again...I went through 3 different types and 8 fixtures of each type until I have what I have now...
The first 2 different types of lights were by far the cheapest but, they all either died after 6 months or leaked electricity cause when I put my hand in the tank I would get slight tingles etc. They also chewed power like CRAZZZY!
One of the reasons why I by reef lights even though I do not have a "reef" per say...is because true proven reef lights run optimally as far as power usage, like my current Reef Lights run FAR cheaper then my old Chinese dodgy lights...
I would never recommend 'cheap' lights again...I went through 3 different types and 8 fixtures of each type until I have what I have now...
The first 2 different types of lights were by far the cheapest but, they all either died after 6 months or leaked electricity cause when I put my hand in the tank I would get slight tingles etc. They also chewed power like CRAZZZY!
One of the reasons why I by reef lights even though I do not have a "reef" per say...is because true proven reef lights run optimally as far as power usage, like my current Reef Lights run FAR cheaper then my old Chinese dodgy lights...
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