Looking into getting a 20L...need help

[Lia]

Originally Posted by fr0sty

There probably are cheaper options out there, but I got the fugeray for my tank and I love it!

Mine's low-tech-ish... I am dosing some flourish excel daily and micros 3x a week until the plants grow out a bit, but other than that, pretty low-tech.

That looks great brighter than I had thought , hmmmm might opt for it after all.

[somewhatshocked]

You won't be losing light...? I have several of the fixtures. While they're probably more expensive than you need for this project (they're not my favorite fixtures - but they're convenient), you definitely wouldn't be losing any light because there are a few extra blue LEDs attached. If you don't want to use them, don't flip the blue switch on.

Originally Posted by Lia

What I should have said is that I did not like that I would lose light due to blue leds which I would never use.

I wonder why they dont make them without blue .

[randyl]

Originally Posted by Lia

What I should have said is that I did not like that I would lose light due to blue leds which I would never use.

I wonder why they dont make them without blue .

They do, the Ray II DS http://www.aquavibrant.com/finnex-ra...ual-7000k.html

It is said to have much more light than FugeRay, for 30", it uses 5w more. I'm looking into these two models myself for 20G/L.

[Aquatic Delight]

i have a 30in t5no on my 20l. i have to admit for plants its the best growing tank of my 6. i just borrowed a PAR meter yesterday and plan on doing some testing with it today. anyway. i know t5 is not as flashy and awesome sounding as LED but don't count it out yet.

[fr0sty]

Randy, I've had the light for about 2 months now. I did have some algae in the beginning while the plants were getting situated, but no algae problems anymore (but it could be because I have lots of ramshorns...but I purposely want lots for when I get pea puffers).

Originally Posted by randyl

Hi, Fr0sty, how long have you had that light on the tank? Any issue with algae? I'm thinking to get some for my 20G/Ls, but not sure to get FugeRay or the DS II. (for 24" long ones, only 5 w difference)