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I have a 75 gallon 48x18x21 deep. I started out with an Aquatic Life 4 tube t5ho, and like you I had adequate results. I made the jump to Leds with 2 Beamsworks DA Fspecs. I cut power usage in half, had better results with growth, and although some colors popped, it lacked in the red department, and red plants looked kinda washed out. On an 18 inch wide tank, I found I needed 2 fixtures to get good front to back coverage.
I wanted a change and researched. I wanted a fixture with true 660nm reds without breaking the bank. I narrowed it down to fluval 3.0 or the finnex ALC. I was ready to pull the trigger on 2 fluval 3.0 fixtures when I found a sale on the ALC for 50 bucks cheaper per light than the fluvals. I didnt need the bluetooth control so I bought 2 Finnex ALC. I have been pleasantly suprised. Good color, the fish and plants POP. My congo tetras look like swimming jewels, and my plants have responded. Better growth and now im seeing colors I didnt see before. My red lugwigia is now scarlet, my rotala now has a nice orange hue and the green plants look green, not a washed out yellow green. Im now growing plants I never dreamed of trying before as well.
Once you figure out the remote, they are pretty customizable and they dim and raise intensitiy very smoothly. I have had no issues with the feet, and if you like a strip light, they work ok on a rimmed tank.
They sit lower over the tank than the DA fspec, so there is less light spillage into the room.
I wanted a change and researched. I wanted a fixture with true 660nm reds without breaking the bank. I narrowed it down to fluval 3.0 or the finnex ALC. I was ready to pull the trigger on 2 fluval 3.0 fixtures when I found a sale on the ALC for 50 bucks cheaper per light than the fluvals. I didnt need the bluetooth control so I bought 2 Finnex ALC. I have been pleasantly suprised. Good color, the fish and plants POP. My congo tetras look like swimming jewels, and my plants have responded. Better growth and now im seeing colors I didnt see before. My red lugwigia is now scarlet, my rotala now has a nice orange hue and the green plants look green, not a washed out yellow green. Im now growing plants I never dreamed of trying before as well.
Once you figure out the remote, they are pretty customizable and they dim and raise intensitiy very smoothly. I have had no issues with the feet, and if you like a strip light, they work ok on a rimmed tank.
They sit lower over the tank than the DA fspec, so there is less light spillage into the room.
