LED light help

[reefwars]

Fwiw I doubt your getting more light than your 2 t5s were giving you, 1w LEDs are not all that strong and then 21" of water depth is the killer. No reason you can't supplement with other led strips or add more LEDs though if your of the creative kind , I should also note that just because you are doing softies don't mean less light is better you'd still want decent lighting

[Metrontech]

Maybe a dumb question but is the 1W draw, different than the output of the LED?

Also what about my 2 T5's and these LEDS? Would that work?

Mike

Originally Posted by reefwars

Fwiw I doubt your getting more light than your 2 t5s were giving you, 1w LEDs are not all that strong and then 21" of water depth is the killer. No reason you can't supplement with other led strips or add more LEDs though if your of the creative kind , I should also note that just because you are doing softies don't mean less light is better you'd still want decent lighting

[canadianbudz604]

Softies don't need much light, how many watts total is the fixtuee

[Metrontech]

I am not sure...this is a frustrating process, that I know

It has 14 pods in it with 4 LEDS in each...from what I gather they are 1W each (or at least that is their power draw)

So that is 56 LEDS...but I think LED and fluoresent Wattage is different

I really just want to have a couple enenemies and a bubble tipped

I have some leathers and GSP that won't grow now with my 2 T5's

Any way to make this more simple?

Originally Posted by canadianbudz604

Softies don't need much light, how many watts total is the fixtuee

[reefwars]

Yes by buying good lights , 3w is what your after or better.

Google your fixture if success isn't rampant then it's probably not going to be

[Metrontech]

Well I was certainly duped today...

I was told over and over this would be sufficient...

I will see if the store will return me the money, if not I will post not too nice things on here...

Thanks for help

[reefwars]

Alive and thrive are two diff things but yes lighting is important be it soft or hard corals they should have no issue exchanging towards something else I wouldn't think

[Metrontech]

Thanks for the insight

I did research, I was trying to save money as lighting isn't cheap as we all know

I find it so complicated to understand

Watts per gallon seems to be the way to go

Mike

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Metrontech

Watts per gallon seems to be the way to go

Probably the most useless rating for choosing lights

[Metrontech]

So I just spoke with the Elive guys

I guess their HO LED POD is a 60 degree focused lens which allows for deeper light penetration

With a smaller tank like mine they didn't seem to think I would have to add too many more HO Pods to make it functional

I have an opportunity to purchase a 250W Halide lighting setup

What should I do?

LED or HALIDE?