Its not my money so its up to you, but says right in the description it will not work on your tank. It is for depth 24", you have 36" depth, thats 3 feet of water for light to penetrate. You need Strong light for that,
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Its not my money so its up to you, but says right in the description it will not work on your tank. It is for depth 24", you have 36" depth, thats 3 feet of water for light to penetrate. You need Strong light for that,
I have 3 of the old black boxes . Knowing they work. But I have never used leds . They came with my current tank.I agree. Not great to go off of watts per gallon. If you don't have a par meter, go with lights that are well known here and read up on the par studies that other people have done.
Cheaper good led lights often seen here are viparspectra, noopsyche, smatfarms....
The 36”All of you guys that recommend new lights...you may be right, but please....
I will repeat my question, is 180w led + 216w t5 lights too weak for zoas?
Agree. But, my tank is 24" deep. And with all that light, zoas are streching, and looking very bad.....The 36”
Depth is the questionable part .
most tanks are not that deep
I read in another post even 54watt t5’s with 8 bulbs will have little par at the bottom of a tank greater than 24”
I may have missed this but your issue could be different from OP's issue.Agree. But, my tank is 24" deep. And with all that light, zoas are streching, and looking very bad.....
True, but he already said the lights he's using was the wrong one pretty early on so....... Just trying to help find one that is the correct one.That is my point.
Changing the lights will probably solve problem, i was just pointing that zoas sometimes behave exactly like op, and low or unadequate light is not a problem
So doing more research I found the exact light I bought it was a saltwater
Light for necrew, it produces thirty two watts so by theory if I buy a light that has 20 to 30precent more watts it should be enough correct
W per g is uselles when led lights are used.
wpg is an old way of figuring it out based on much less efficient light sources. Going by WPG the ecotech radion xr15 isn't bright enough for even a 30gal and that's obviously silly...Why? Please explain.