Need help with lighting

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Jcis85

Discussion Starter · Apr 12, 2014

I'm fairly new to the aquarium hobby and looking for advice on lighting. I recently purchased a 48" Beamswork LED light fixture. 162 10000k (white) LEDs and 12 Actinic (blue) LEDs produce 900 lumens. All in hope to fully sustain a 60 Gal. Planted tank. Will that be sufficient for thriving plant growth or will I need to upgrade?.

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Stone454

· #2 · Apr 12, 2014

the kelvin rating is ok not ideal you want closer to 6500k to be ideal, and I am going to go out on a limb and say at best it is low to med light at best...... rather low in the lumen department

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monkey4life

· #3 · Apr 16, 2014

How many watts on the fixture, and how far from the surface of the water?

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jrman83

· #4 · Apr 17, 2014

I'd return it. Get something without all the actinic. What tank size? 55, 75, 90?

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Jcis85

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 22, 2014

I'm not sure how many watts but it's 3 " from the surface of the water.
My aquarium is a 60 gallon.

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